Hand-Made Summer Camp: Checkerboard Cards!
Hello and welcome to Hand-Made's Summer Camp!Our first project is making woven cards, adapted from Sarah Swett's book, Kids Weaving.For me, weaving has always been a summery craft. The summer before...
View ArticleHand-Made Summer Camp: Online Projects
Hi there! Our next craft will be posted on Tuesday, May 31th and until then, here are some fun project ideas that we found online: If you liked the checkerboard card project, then you'll love: pop up...
View ArticleAkata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Sunny is accustomed to being different. She was born in New York City but lives in Nigeria. She has the same features as her West African family, but she is an albino. The people in her community don’t...
View ArticleHand Made Summer Camp: Lace Stencils!
Welcome back to Summer Camp! I hope you had fun with Jessica’s paper people — I know I did! This week, we’ll be using lace as a delicate and unique stencil. You can use fabric lace or paper doilies (as...
View ArticleSummer Reading Kick-Off: Top Chef Edition
What do you get when you combine 11 teenagers, two brave judges, and a shopping bag filled with after-school snacks? Muhlenberg Library’s first annual “Top Chef” competition!Last Friday, teens at...
View ArticleHand Made Summer Camp: Graphic Tees
Hey there summer campers!We are working on a great new blog post that includes making your own mini loom! Until then, check out a blog post from last year, Graphic Ts! Enjoy!Have you ever gone to a...
View Article"The Magnolia League" by Katie Crouch
In The Magnolia League, Alex is a free spirit that is forced to move in with her grandmother after her mother’s mysterious death. Alex doesn’t want to leave her commune in California, and Savannah,...
View Article"Wildwood": A Review
I was drawn to Colin Meloy's Wildwood for two very superficial yet important reasons. First, the cover is spectacular!Carson Ellis has done illustrations for Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead and...
View ArticleNothing by Janne Teller
Get ready for one of the darkest books I've seen written for YA readers. Janne Teller's Nothing is the story of a group of eighth graders trying to find meaning in the world. Sounds pleasant enough,...
View Article16 Block Photography
Every week the Teen Advisory Groups from the Jefferson Market Library and the Muhlenberg Library take a photo of what's happening during their meeting. Here's last week's photos: and 16 blocks away:...
View Article16 Block: Snacks and Entertainment!
Every week the Teen Advisory groups from Jefferson Market Library and Muhlenberg Library take a photo of what's happening during their meeting. Here's last week's photos:Find a Teen Advisory group...
View ArticleGilded Love: Stokes and Sargent
The last time I was in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, being classy, I literally stopped in my tracks when I saw this painting:It's called Mr. and Mrs. I.N. Phelps Stokes and it was painted by John...
View ArticleBadge of Honor: Make Your Own Library Buttons!
The library has started a "Protect Your Roots" campaign, where you can find your local branch's badge and download/pin/post it with pride. The teens at Mulberry Street took it a step further and made...
View ArticleThe Library: in 3D!
We have a Crafternoon every Tuesday at the Mulberry Street Library. Sometimes we make bracelets, sometimes we make greeting cards. But last month we were able to play with 3D.You may not know this, but...
View ArticleCrafternoons at Mulberry Street Library: Fashionista Edition!
We have some fun upcoming craft programs at the Mulberry Street Library and you are invited!Wednesday, August 22nd: Decorate your own tote! We've got some drawstring backpacks courtesy of the...
View ArticleBack to School: New School Year, New You!
A few years ago, I put together a list of my favorite back to school books. It was a list of fun books to read after all of the mandatory summer reading that you had to do. Over the last two years,...
View ArticleIt's Henna Time at Mulberry Street!
The teens at the Mulberry Street Library had a special treat at their weekly Crafternoon, a workshop with Mehndi artist Mengala Bühler-Rose of MehndiNYC!First, we learned about the history of henna and...
View ArticleLive at the Mulberry Branch! NYC Teen Author Fest
The NYC Teen Author Fest is BACK, and the Mulberry Street Library is happy to host a panel with some of your favorite authors on Monday, March 18th at 6 p.m.! The panel's title is "I'll Take You There:...
View ArticleCheck it out: YA Novels in Verse!
I can't say that I've always been the biggest poetry fan. But lately I've been getting into novels in verse, which have been popping up all over the YA Fiction scene for awhile now. Ellen Hopkins is...
View ArticleHack the Library with Hackasaurus!
Are we teaching New York's teens tools for a life of crime?! Not exactly. Hackasaurus is a website that makes it easy for people to manipulate our favorite webpages while we learn about the ins and...
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