History Detectives

By Meagan Raker Join us via Zoom every Tuesday at 3:30 pm or Friday in-person at the Museum for Little New-Yorkers. Check our Family Programs calendar for additional information. It’s the first week of our January Jam! This month we will be reading books all about music, starting with Tito Puente: Mambo King, written by…

Looking for a new book this winter break? Read along with us! We’re reading Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney. Get lost in the captivating story of the Little family. Pinkney masterfully weaves together the voices of three Little family members—‘Retta, Rolly, and…

All aboard! Celebrate our special exhibition Holiday Express and December School Vacation Week with Train Tales and Crafts all week long! Join us via Zoom at 3:30 pm each day for a train-themed story time (including songs and games! Each program is led by one of our terrific Family Programs high school interns, part of…

Join us via Zoom every Tuesday at 3:30 pm or Friday in-person at the Museum for Little New-Yorkers. Check our Family Programs calendar for additional information. . By Meagan Raker Inspired by the New-York Historical Society’s annual Holiday Express exhibit, we are getting ready for Christmas by reading Chris Van Allsburg’s classic book, The Polar…

By Meagan Raker Join us via Zoom every Tuesday at 3:30 pm or Friday in-person at the Museum for Little New-Yorkers. Check our Family Programs calendar for additional information. Choo Choo! Tweet Tweet! This week we are reading Subway Sparrow by Leyla Torres. The Holiday Express exhibit has arrived at the New-York History Society and…

This December, our Reading into History Book Club is taking a deep dive into the life of the legendary Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg with the young readers’ edition of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The adult version of the book inspired our current exhibition Notorious RBG. We are…

By Meagan Raker Join us via Zoom every Tuesday at 3:30 pm or Friday in-person at the Museum for Little New-Yorkers. Check our Family Programs calendar for additional information. . November is Indigenous Heritage Month! To celebrate, we are reading Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard and illustrated by Juana…

Join us via Zoom every Tuesday at 3:30 pm or Friday in-person at the Museum for Little New-Yorkers. Check our Family Programs calendar for additional information. By Meagan Raker November is Indigenous Heritage Month! To celebrate, we are reading Nimoshom and His Bus, by Indigenous author Penny M. Thomas, with illustrations by Karen Hibbard. Follow…

By Meagan Raker Join us via Zoom every Tuesday at 3:30 pm or Friday in-person at the Museum for Little New-Yorkers. Check our Family Programs calendar for additional information. . Happy Election Day, Little New-Yorkers! The first Tuesday in November is Election Day in the United States, a day when people 18 years and older…