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Check out our list of recently released books for all ages, including a variety of absorbing novels, twisty thrillers, and mind-expanding nonfiction—from Kristin Dwyer’s debut YA romance Some Mistakes Were Made, to Linda Villarosa’s Under the Skin, which examines the toll…
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Known for Spreading the Joy of Reading Among Children, Ms. Scatena Was Beloved by the Community and Respected by Her Colleagues (JAMAICA, N.Y. – January 22, 2020) Queens Public Library today announced that its longtime Whitestone Library Children’s Librarian Susan Scatena, also…
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For Newbery Medal recipient Erin Entrada Kelly, reading isn’t only entertainment or a diversion. It literally saved her life. The author explains that she has suffered from chronic depression her entire life: “Without books, I would have felt so much more alone than I already…
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Christina Matula came to the library this fall to share her first picture book about the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, The Shadow in the Moon.Matula grew up celebrating the festival and eating mooncakes, but not knowing about the legend of Hou Yi and Chang’e.“Mooncakes were just…
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David Ezra Stein is an author-illustrator whose previous books include LEAVES, winner of an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. His most recent children's picture book, I'm My Own Dog was just released this month. He lives in Kew Gardens, New York.I’m My Own Dog, started…
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