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    Books for Kids and Teens Featuring Memorable and Inspirational Teachers

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | April 19, 2024

    These fiction titles highlight some of the ways that teachers make a profound differences in the lives of children. 

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    NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Ariela Braunschweig

    By Jeanne-Marie Musto, Librarian II | April 18, 2024

    Most Jewish artists persecuted by the Nazis have been forgotten. Ariela Braunschweig leads a project to document their work and lives.

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    Announcing the 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists

    By NYPL Staff | April 18, 2024

    These five talented authors are finalists for the 24th annual Young Lions Fiction Award.

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    Library Talks: Hillary Rodham Clinton with Jennifer Weiner

    By NYPL Staff | April 16, 2024

    The former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady takes the stage for a candid and in-depth conversation.

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    'The Vanguard: A Register of Those in Front': An Introduction to the Newly Digitized African American Directory

    By Makoroba Sow, Librarian II | April 15, 2024

    A history of The Vanguard, social register and classified directory for New York's African American community, 1933-1943–recently digitized!

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    Connections in 'The Connector'

    By Douglas Reside, Curator, Theatre Collection | April 15, 2024

    Doug Reside looks at connections between Daisy Prince and Jason Robert Brown's musicals The Last Five Years (2002) and The Connector (2024)

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    KidsLIVE! Author Talk With Roger Mello

    By NYPL Teen Reading Ambassadors: Chloe, Christina, and Karen, from Columbus, Macomb's Bridge, and Seward Park Libraries | April 12, 2024

    Join us for a talk with Roger Mello about his book João by a Thread

     

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    NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Carlos Calderon

    By Andy Mccarthy, Librarian II | April 12, 2024

    "I thought research was completely inaccessible because I presumed we knew everything already. I was unbelievably wrong..."

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    Inspiring Picture Books About People Protecting Our Planet

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | April 11, 2024

    Celebrating environmentalists, conservationists, and naturalists and the important work they have done to take care of our planet.

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    Meta Warrick Fuller: Her Eyes Were Ever Opened Unto Beauty, and All The World Was Art

    By Kimberly Henderson, Digital Curator, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | April 11, 2024

    Sculpter Meta Warrick Fuller is often credited with foretelling the rich creative output of the Harlem Renaissance in one artwork.