We were so lucky to have Gail Carson Levine visit our first ever Reading Into History book club. She read from her book Dave at Night and she told some cool stories about her dad. He grew up in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in Harlem. We even got to see pictures of what it looked like back…

Hello historians! Remember to come to the Museum Wednesday June 20th for our first ever Book Wrap event for Dave at Night. Gail Carson Levine will be here to read to you, answer your questions, and sign your copy of Dave at Night. There will also be snacks, photographs of real orphans like Dave from the New-York Historical…

Hello historians! To get you excited about the Book Wrap for Dave at Night on June 20th, we asked Gail Carson Levine a few questions about herself and her book. If you bring a question for Ms. Levine to the Book Wrap, you will receive a free gift from us! Read on and think of what YOU…

Welcome to our first book club post! Reading into History is our new monthly book club for kids 9-12. We are excited to get people talking about history and historical fiction and to connect the books we blog about to the New-York Historical Society’s collection. What is historical fiction and why bother reading it? I…