Every year from September 15 to October 15, we honor Hispanic Heritage Month. On September 15, several Latin American countries – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua – celebrate their independence. In addition, Mexico celebrates independence on September…
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Ensuring free access to books and fostering a love of reading are central to the Library’s mission, and this summer, visitors not only could borrow books but could also take books home to keep. Thanks to JetBlue’s Soar with Reading initiative, Central Library hosted a book…
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The creators of Peg + Cat, the popular PBS television show and book series, came to Central Library for a special storytime today as the last event of JetBlue’s Soar with Reading initiative at Queens Public Library. JetBlue’s BookDrop book vending machine, which dispenses free…
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The Queens Public Library team at the 2017 Run the River 5K. Queens Public Library is once again partnering with the Randall’s Island Park Alliance for Run the River, a 5K race on Randall’s Island! Whatever your experience or background, you can run with us to help protect the…
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Jeff Kinney, the author of the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, visited Queens Public Library on April 9, the day he launched his new book, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal. When Kinney completed the book, he and his team pondered fun and…
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