Queens Library is developing a new program to introduce kids in our community to engineering projects that they will tackle through innovation and teamwork. Children in grades 4-8 can join LEGO robotics teams at eight participating libraries and become part of the Queens…
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Frans de Waal’s new book about animal and human emotions has been starred by Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. While he is a prolific scholar, de Waal grew up in a town that had no library. He did have a small set of books at home that he returned to again and again,…
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Lisa See’s latest novel explores a matrifocal society of haenyeo, female divers on the tiny Korean island of Jeju, which she learned about through a magazine article found in her doctor’s waiting room. It took See eight years to begin her project on the women of the island, who…
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“Growing up, my parents led me to believe that reading for leisure was a virtue. We went to the library once a week on Saturdays, especially during the period after we initially immigrated to the United States. Libraries offered escapism, rehabilitation, and answers in our new…
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Here are some of the new books coming to the Library—from mysteries to literary novels to science and self-help. March 5, 2019Unto Us a Son Is Given by Donna Leon The 28th novel that features detective Guido Brunetti was starred by Booklist. It traces an elderly man’s plans to…
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