The New York Public Library and WNET Summer Reading Segment
By Sara Beth Joren, Senior Publicist
June 8, 2020
The New York Public Library is looking for children to participate in a special television opportunity! With WNET/Channel 13, the Library is producing a series of summer reading segments featuring our Librarians, titles from our 125 Kids Books We Love—and maybe your child! For this pre-taped television opportunity, we are looking for children in grades K-5 who love any of the books listed below, or just the joy of reading. If interested, please fill out this Google Form—space is limited and the deadline is Friday, June 12, so please submit as soon as possible! Parents/caregivers will need to fill out a release form if their child is selected.
You can find many of these titles on SimplyE (available on the App Store or Google Play).
- Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
- Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Book #1 in series) by Lenore Look / LeUyen Pham
- Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes / Gordon C. James
- Drawn Together by Minh Lê / Dan Santat
- Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
- Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña / Christian Robinson
- Lola Levine Is Not Mean by Monica Brown / Angela Dominguez
- Nikki and Deja by Karen English / Laura Freeman
- Redwoods by Jason Chin
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford / Eric Velasquez
- Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
- The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson / Rafael Lopez
- The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
- Tia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina / Claudio Munoz
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorrell / Frane Lessac
- Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton / Don Tate
- Zita the Spacegirl (Book #1 in series) by Ben Hatke