“There is abundant wildlife in New York City – hundreds of different species call the Big Apple home. From soaring hawks to curious coyotes, it’s no surprise that we encounter animals everywhere from our parks and greenspaces to our roads and roofs. After all, they’re New Yorkers, too!” – WildlifeNYC Our summer read, The Evolution…

We’re thrilled to be hosting author Ruth Behar in person on Sunday, October 20, when her poignant novel Lucky Broken Girl is the subject of our family book club Reading into History. In honor of her  appearance, we wanted to revisit an earlier interview we did with Behar last year when Lucky Broken Girl was a finalist for the Children’s…

Are you looking for a great book to share with a middle reader in your life? (Psst! You will love these, too!) Dig into the four finalists for this year’s New-York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize and visit us here on the blog to meet each of the authors and hear more about their…

In 1866 a ship departed from New York Harbor with an unusual group—nearly every passenger onboard was a young, unmarried women from Lowell, Massachusetts, leaving behind a life on the East Coast for the very different world of Washington Territory. In the press, these women came to be known as the “Mercer Girls,” named for…

What great finalists we’ve had this year for our annual Children’s History Book Prize! If you’ve been reading along, you’ve surely enjoyed Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar, Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin, This is Just a Test by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang, and Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi….

This post is part IIII of our four-part series on this year’s finalists for our annual Children’s History Book Prize. Join us here on our History Detectives blog over the next few weeks as we meet the authors and learn more about their amazing books. Read all four finalists, then help us choose the prizewinner…

This post is part III of our four-part series on this year’s finalists for our annual Children’s History Book Prize. Join us here on our History Detectives blog over the next few weeks as we meet the authors and learn more about their amazing books. Read all four finalists, then help us choose the prizewinner…

This post is part II of our four-part series on this year’s finalists for our annual Children’s History Book Prize. Join us here on our History Detectives blog over the next few weeks as we meet the authors and learn more about their amazing books. Read all four finalists, then help us choose the prizewinner…

Today we’re re-visiting an interview with Ruth Behar, author of the middle-reader novel, Lucky Broken Girl. We spoke with Behar in 2018 when her book was a finalist for the Children’s History Book Prize and we are so excited to meet Behar in person this month when she joins us for our monthly family book…