Brooklyn Public Library offers educators a wide array of resources and services, both in our neighborhood branches and online. We encourage you to make BPL a partner in your classroom!
What can BPL do for you?
- Sign up for a class visit, including Brooklyn Connections.
- Take advantage of extended borrowing privileges for educators!
- Access our many online Research and Learning resources (library card may be required).
- Attend free, high-quality workshops and seminars at the Library throughout the school year, available to all educators.
- Earn qualifying credit towards the New York State Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) 100 hours requirement.
- Participate in Brooklyn Connections, the school outreach arm of the Library's Brooklyn Collection.
- Enjoy rare access to original archival materials while completing a customized, standards-based project.
- Take advantage of our professional development workshops, after-school visits and online resources.
- Book a librarian for library orientations and card drives, booktalks and research lessons, professional development for educators, workshops for parents, and more! All sessions offered free of charge at your school.
- Download a full menu of school outreach services.
- Send any school outreach questions via email, chat, or phone via our reference service.
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Need a reading recommendation for you or your students? Try Brooklyn Public Library’s free service, Bklyn BookMatch. Complete our online form and a BPL librarian will create a customized book list of at least five titles for you. You can expect a response within approximately two weeks.
Get MatchedStaff Picks
- Diverse Children's Books
- Brooklyn History & Memoirs
- History of NYC
Can I touch your hair? : poems of race, mistakes, and friendshipIrene Latham
Game changers : the story of Venus and Serena WilliamsLesa Cline-Ransome
Charlie takes his shot : how Charlie Sifford broke the color barrier in golfNancy Churnin
Gloria's voice : the story of Gloria Steinem -- feminist, activist, leaderAura Lewis
I dissent : Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes her markDebbie Levy
A season of flowersMichael Garland
Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed musicMargarita Engle
Maybe something beautifulF Isabel Campoy
Quizás algo hermoso : cómo el arte transformó un barrioF Isabel Campoy
Rad girls can : stories of bold, brave, and brilliant young womenKate Schatz
The wheels on the tuk tukSurishtha Sehgal
Round is a tortilla : a book of shapesRoseanne Thong
Round is a mooncake : a book of shapesRoseanne Thong
Lola at the libraryAnna McQuinn
Leo loves baby timeAnna McQuinn
Hello helloBrendan Wenzel
Her right footDave Eggers
Stella brings the familyMiriam B Schiffer
This is how we do it : one day in the lives of seven kids from around the worldMatt Lamothe
What can a citizen do?Dave Eggers
Let the children marchMonica Clark-Robinson
Say hello!Rachel Isadora
Free as a bird : the story of MalalaLina Maslo
Malala's magic pencilMalala Yousafzai
Grandma's purseVanessa Brantley-Newton
Julián is a mermaidJessica Love
Marisol McDonald doesn't matchMonica Brown
It's okay to be differentTodd Parr
Be who you areTodd Parr
I walk with Vanessa : a story about a simple act of kindnessKerascoët
The dress and the girlCamille Andros
Mixed meTaye Diggs
I like myself!Karen Beaumont
Red : a crayon's storyMichael Hall
Mango, Abuela, and meMeg Medina
Mango, Abuela y yoMeg Medina
Not quite narwhalJessie Sima
My princess boy : a mom's story about a young boy who loves to dress upCheryl Kilodavis
GraciasPat Mora
Last stop on Market StreetMatt de la Peña
Bravo! : poems about amazing HispanicsMargarita Engle
Be a friendSalina Yoon
We're all wondersR J Palacio
OneKathryn Otoshi
SporkKyo Maclear
Strictly no elephantsLisa Mantchev
Why am I me?Paige Britt
LoveMatt de la Peña
A boy and a jaguarAlan Rabinowitz
And Tango makes threeJustin Richardson
This day in JuneGayle E Pitman
Princess hairSharee (Illustrator) Miller
Prospect Park : Olmsted and Vaux's Brooklyn masterpieceDavid P Colley
The Brooklyn nobody knows : an urban walking guideWilliam B Helmreich
Brooklyn by name : how the neighborhoods, streets, parks, bridges, and more got their namesLeonard Benardo
The great bridge : the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn BridgeDavid G McCullough
Brooklyn's promised land : the free black community of Weeksville, New YorkJudith Wellman
In the country of Brooklyn : inspiration to the worldPeter Golenbock
The Three Graces of Raymond Street : murder, madness, sex, and politics in 1870s BrooklynRobert E (Robert Emmet) Murphy
February houseSherill Tippins
Two cents plain : my Brooklyn boyhoodMartin Lemelman
I remember Brooklyn : memories from favorite sons and daughtersRalph Monti
Song of Brooklyn : an oral history of America's favorite boroughMarc Eliot
A history of New York in 101 objectsSam Roberts
The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New YorkRobert A Caro
Nonstop metropolis : a New York City atlas
Tenements, towers & trash : an unconventional illustrated history of New York CityJulia Wertz
Inside the Apple : a streetwise history of New York CityMichelle Nevius
The colossus of New York : a city in thirteen partsColson Whitehead
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