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Kids & Teens Get a New Start at NYC Libraries

Libraries help kids and teens succeed in school. That's why NYC libraries reset all kids' and teens' library fines to $0 as of October 19.

What's Happening

Exhibitions
Author Talks & Conversations
Performing Arts & Films
Other Events

Exhibitions
- What's New? Recent Acquisitions
  Through Feb 11
  Schwarzman Building
- Black Power!
  Through Dec 30
  Schomburg Center
- Power in Print
  Through Mar 31
  Schomburg Center
- Picturing the City: Illustrated Maps of NYC
  Through Apr 18
  Schwarzman Building

Learn Something New

Staff Picks

An experimental, poetic novel obsessed with the flow of data and the meaning of information...

Genoveve Stowell

Managing Librarian

An eye-opening discussion of our love/hate relationship with plastic, told through the histories of eight ordinary objects...

Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel

Maura Muller

Manager, Volunteer Program

New & Noteworthy

Harmony

Carolyn Parkhurst

Adult

Fiction

Nobody

Marc Lamont Hill

Adult

Nonfiction

Blood in the Water

Heather Thompson

Adult

Nonfiction

How to Party with an Infant

Kaui Hart Hemmings

Adult

Fiction

War & Turpentine

Stefan Hertmans

Adult

Historical Fiction

Laika

Nick Abadzis

Young Adult

Graphic Novel

As I Descended

Robin Talley

Fantasy

The Gods Lie

Kaori Ozaki

Graphic Novel

Weekends with Max & His Dad

Linda Urban

Kids

Fiction

The Thank You Book

Mo Willems

Kids

Easy Book

From Our Blog

Kids and Teens get a new start at NYC Libraries

NYC Libraries Announce Fine Forgiveness for Kids and Teens

Today, NYC libraries reset all teens' and kids' library card fines back to zero. Get the facts about #FineForgiveness and spread the word.

NYPL Staff

Library Services

Hey, Mr. Producer: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 61

Against his better judgment, the producer joins Gwen and Frank to talk books, tattoos, and how the podcast came to be.

Kids & Teens Get a New Start at NYC Libraries

What's Happening

Exhibitions

Learn Something New

Staff Picks

New & Noteworthy

From Our Blog

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