Tag Archives: Reading into History
Reading into History’s May Book: Around the World by Matt Phelan
by Rachel Walman May is here and it’s time for a new book club read! Reading into History is now reading our first graphic novel, Around the World, by Matt Phelan. Phelan is a Scott O’Dell Award winning author and illustrator. Around the World tells the stories of three nineteenth-century world explorers. First, there was [...]
Reading into History: Book Wrap Recap and Picture The Dead
by Rachel Walman Hello Families! We had a wonderful Book Wrap on December 2nd with special guest author Donna Jo Napoli. This book dealt with such tough issues- loss, poverty, immigration, the struggle to fit in- that families were debating ideas right out of the gate. Bravery was a particularly interesting topic of discussion. Is a [...]
Interview With Author Donna Jo Napoli, Author Of The King Of Mulberry Street!
Hello families! We hope you are enjoying The King of Mulberry Street. If you can tear your eyes away from the adventures of Dom, Gaetano, and Tin Pan Alley, take a few minutes to read our interview with author Donna Jo Napoli. We hope learning more about her makes you even more excited to meet her and ask [...]
Book Wrap Recap and Our Next Read: The King of Mulberry Street!
By Rachel Walman Hello readers! Our Book Wrap for Same Sun Here was a resounding success. Neela Vaswani did an amazing job fielding questions, and our discussion was really thought provoking. I am still thinking about the theme of what it means to be an American, which comes up a lot in Same Sun Here. When River gets in [...]
Same Sun Here Book Wrap is ON for November 4th!
by Rachel Walman Hello RiH families! The New-York Historical Society and DiMenna Children’s History Museum have made it safely through the storm, and we hope all of you have as well. We wanted to assure all of you that we are going forward with our Book Wrap for Same Sun Here this Sunday, November 4th We are going to [...]
Interview With Same Sun Here Author Neela Vaswani
By Katie Fuller On November 4, the Reading Into History book club will be discussing Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani. We spoke to author Neela Vaswani about her inspiration for the book, and her favorite parts of New York! DCHM: What were you like between the ages of 9 and 12? NV: I [...]
Reading into History: Book Wrap Recap and our Next Book!
By Rachel Walman and Katie Fuller We had a fantastic Book Wrap last Sunday. Families who came got to discuss the real-life stories told in We Rode the Orphan Trains — stories of family, loss, loneliness and perseverance. They were also able to interact with Lukas Weinstein, Archivist for the Children’s Aid Society. Lukas shared interesting historical [...]
Reading into History: An Interview with We Rode the Orphan Trains Author Andrea Warren
by Rachel Walman Hello families! As the We Rode the Orphan Trains Book Wrap approaches, we interviewed the book’s author, Andrea Warren. Ms. Warren has a lot of wonderful things to tell you about herself and her work. She is “delighted” that we are all reading her book about this important but little-known part of history. Though [...]
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