The beautiful Beekman Family Coach is back! Coaches like this were very rare, super fancy, and would have been used on special occasions. This coach is only one of three surviving coaches from 18th-century America. It was made for the merchant James Beekman in 1771, and New-York Historical has it today thanks to Beekman family…
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Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Create your own Egg-cellent Feeling Faces Paper Craft
September 28, 2020
Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. How are you feeling out there these days, Little New-Yorkers? Now more than ever we each need to practice balance, self-care, and accepting those we love (even if they can be a bit rotten…
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Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Make a Fireboat
September 7, 2020
Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Hello, Little New-Yorkers! This week, meet the John J. Harvey, a talented and brave fireboat who lent a hand on one of New York City’s toughest days. Maira Kalman wrote and illustrated this…
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Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Create a Flower Hat
August 31, 2020
Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Hi there, Little New-Yorkers! This week, we are beyond excited to be sharing one of our favorite classic children’s books with you: Jennie’s Hat by Ezra Jack Keats! In this lovely story, Jennie and…
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Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Knuffle Bunny Dress-up
August 24, 2020
Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Hello, Little New-Yorkers! This week, we’re reading another Mo Willems classic, Knuffle Bunny Too, and partying, once again, with our pal, Knuffle Bunny! In this installment of Knuffle Bunny’s adventures, our friend Trixie brings…
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Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Create Your Own BunnyBear!
August 10, 2020
Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! This week we’re so pleased to introduce you to our friend Bunnybear, from the picture book named after him by Andrea J. Loney and Carmen Saldaña. Bunnybear was born a bear…
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Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Moose and Me
August 3, 2020
Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Hello out there, Little New-Yorkers! Anyone ever had a pet, a furry friend, or an imaginary pal who just won’t do what you want them to? Meet Wilfred and “his” pet Moose, who can’t…
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Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Incredible Pop-up Book!
July 13, 2020
Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! Especially when we’re spending a lot of time indoors, books can offer us so much: a special treat, a comforting hug, a gateway to new worlds and feelings. This week we…
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Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Beastly Mask
July 6, 2020
Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! This week’s book and craft show us the power of perspective. In Esmé Shapiro’s charming and thoughtful Alma and the Beast, a furry creature named Alma meets a person she…
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