Summer Reading: Louie Miranda
Louie Miranda has been dazzling the hearts of children, parents & teachers everywhere he goes. He is unique, original & loved by an ever-growing population across the country! He has...
Teen Book Club Book Fan Fiction on Discord
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for grades 6-12.
Discuss writing you have written about the current book. It can be...
Teen Book Club Book Fan Fiction on Discord
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for grades 6-12.
Discuss writing you have written about the current book. It can be...
Virtual Storytime
Join us for virtual storytime with books, songs, and tips for your child to acquire early literacy, fine motor, and language developmental skills!
View the live broadcast from the...
Virtual Storytime
Join Ms. Olivia for virtual storytime with books, songs, and tips for your child to acquire early literacy, fine motor, and language developmental skills. View the live broadcast from...
Park Slope Library's Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Come join one of the Park Slope Library...
Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops with City Harvest
We are delighted to announce a new series of workshops in collaboration with City Harvest!
Over the next six workshops, you will learn:
Learn new practices that will lead to lasting...
Summer Reading: Science Edutainment
Spells & Potion Science!Welcome to the online laboratory of Bill Louden Science! “Brainy Bill” amazes and amuses crowds of all ages and sizes with his incredible live science demonstrations...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with...
Book Adventures: Olivia by Ian Falconer
Join us for an enteraining read--Olivia by Ian Falconer. Afterwards, we will create a watercolor resist. Ms. Ann from the Mill Basin Libary will also attempt to demonstrate how to make water color...
Teen Time: Jeopardy
Join us for Virtual Jeopardy! Ages 12-17 are welcome.
Online registration required. This program will take place on Zoom. Registrants will receive an email with access to the Zoom meeting...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with...
Summer Reading: City of Hope
“City of Hope” will premier on the FunikiJam YouTube channel at 11 AM.
“City of Hope” is the story of how music from African Roots developed into beloved forms of artistic...
Book Adventures: Hey, Water! x Ice Excavation STEM Activity
Take a book adventure as Ms. Sarah reads “Hey, Water!” by Antoinette Portis! After reading children will go on an Ice Excavation adventure!
This will take place on the Carroll...
Teen Book Club Book Art Expression on Discord
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for grades 6-12.
Show us any art you’ve made pertaining to the current book. You can...
Book Adventures- The Twelve Dancing Princesses Retold by Rachel Isadora
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Take a book adventure as Ms....
Teen Book Club Book Art Expression on Discord
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for grades 6-12.
Show us any art you’ve made pertaining to the current book. You can...
Jack & Friends: Drag Queen Story Hour
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
What do drag queens and children have in...
My New York City
My New York City is a six-session online creative writing workshop from Parachute Literary Arts and poet/filmmaker SM Gray in which participants explore, reflect, and write about their NYC borough...
Virtual Preschool Storytime
Join us for virtual storytime with books, songs, and a simple finger play activity. View the broadcast on the Saratoga Library's Facebook Page at 10:15 am
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with...
Decoupage for Teens
Come join me live on the Canarsie page on Facebook where I will be demonstrating how to decorate glasswear and a wooden tray through the traditional craft of decoupage.
This program will...
Summer Reading: Spin, Pop, Boom
Are you ready for some fun science?
Witness amazing feats of chemistry as we explore all sorts of spectacular reactions. Mad Science is a group that is on a mission to spark the...
Teen Book Club Book Discussion on Discord
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for grades 6-12.
We will discuss the current book.
What are your...
Jack & Friends: Stomp, Clap, & Sing with Suzi Shelton
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join local family performer Suzi Shelton...
Teen Book Club Book Discussion on Discord
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for grades 6-12.
We will discuss the current book.
What are your...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with...
Summer Reading: Silly Jazz and Camille!
Come dance along to “silly jazz” with comedian and jazz singer, Camille Harris. Popular songs include: “The Monster Under My Bed,” “Muffin Man,” and “Chopsticks.”
View the broadcast on...
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition!
Calling kids ages 5-12! Have you signed up for Summer Reading on Beanstack? Would you like to see how other kids are rising to the weekly...
Kids Create: Fly Guy's Castle
We'll learn some fun castle facts with Fly Guy, and then Kat will show participants how to make a castle with cardboard and paper! Watch the video premiere at the Adams Street Library and Annex...
Summer Reading: Stewzo Musical Puppet Show
Kids love this unique show as Stewzo performs funny songs with his guitar and comedy routines with his cast of wacky ventriloquist puppets and characters. Lots of surprises, magic, and audience...
Teen Book Club Book Fan Fiction on Discord
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for grades 6-12.
Discuss writing you have written about the current book. It can be...
Teen Book Club Book Fan Fiction on Discord
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for grades 6-12.
Discuss writing you have written about the current book. It can be...
Adult Yoga with Melanie
Join Melanie Morgan for alignment-based flow classes uploaded every Wednesday at 6pm! Each class lasts about one hour and 15 minutes. All levels are welcome!
View the broadcast on the...
Virtual Storytime
Join Ms. Olivia for virtual storytime with books, songs, and tips for your child to acquire early literacy, fine motor, and language developmental skills. View the live broadcast from...
Park Slope Library's Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Come join one of the Park Slope Library...
Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops with City Harvest
We are delighted to announce a new series of workshops in collaboration with City Harvest!
Over the next six workshops, you will learn:
Learn new practices that will lead to lasting...
Virtual Storytime- It's Raining Cats and Dogs!
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual ...
Anansi The Spider: A West African Folktale
A Celebration of West African Folktales performed by Nadine Grisar. Puppetry in Practice uses the creative arts to enhance literacy, spark curiosity and imagination, and engage in cultural...
Summer Reading: The Magician's Workshop
Introduces children to the fascinating world of magic and magicians.
The magic show video will be posted below at 2PM.
My New York City
My New York City is a six-session online creative writing workshop from Parachute Literary Arts and poet/filmmaker SM Gray in which participants explore, reflect, and write about their NYC borough...
Summer Reading: Stories From Latin America
This collection of stories involves sneaky characters who use wit and humor to trick their often bigger and scarier opponents.
View the broadcast on Facebook Live at 2 PM.
Jack & Friends: Stomp, Clap, & Sing with Suzi Shelton
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join local family performer Suzi Shelton...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with...
Cara's Caterpillars
Clap, dance, sing, and party along with Cara Samantha and her magical musicians as they crawl their way into your hearts with a variety of pop, Motown, Disney, and family favorite song.
...
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition!
Calling kids ages 5-12! Have you signed up for Summer Reading on Beanstack? Would you like to see how other kids are rising to the weekly...
Summer Reading: African Jewelry Making
Participants will design and create African jewelry while listening to some ethnic beats for inspiration.
View the broadcast at 2 PM.
Adult Yoga with Melanie
Join Melanie Morgan for alignment-based flow classes uploaded every Wednesday at 6pm! Each class lasts about one hour and 15 minutes. All levels are welcome!
View the broadcast on the...
Virtual Storytime
Join Ms. Olivia for virtual storytime with books, songs, and tips for your child to acquire early literacy, fine motor, and language developmental skills. View the live broadcast from...
Park Slope Library's Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Come join one of the Park Slope Library...
Summer Reading: Zumba for Kids
It is a perfect combination of fun and fitness, featuring international rhythms and dancing.
View the broadcast on Zoom at 2 PM.
Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops with City Harvest
We are delighted to announce a new series of workshops in collaboration with City Harvest!
Over the next six workshops, you will learn:
Learn new practices that will lead to lasting...
Summer Reading: Hopalong Andrew
Hopalong Andrew is an American Western and Folk music singer and humorist who revisions classic cowboy and folk songs to playfully reflect city life for urban cowpokes.
View the broadcast...
Jack & Friends: Drag Queen Story Hour
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
What do drag queens and children have in...
My New York City
My New York City is a six-session online creative writing workshop from Parachute Literary Arts and poet/filmmaker SM Gray in which participants explore, reflect, and write about their NYC borough...
Summer Reading: Funkytown Playground YOGA
Follow along as Aly Sunshine leads a fun and family-friendly introduction to yoga. You’ll get to warm up, practice breathing and poses, and relax into a power down.
View the broadcast on...
Jack & Friends: Stomp, Clap, & Sing with Suzi Shelton
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join local family performer Suzi Shelton...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with...
Summer Reading: Yo-Yo Mania!
Part workshop, part performance, Artist Brian Klimowski shows you the basics of yo-yo so you can put on your very own yo-yo show in your home! Stick around to the end to be wowed by the amazing...
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition!
Calling kids ages 5-12! Have you signed up for Summer Reading on Beanstack? Would you like to see how other kids are rising to the weekly...
Summer Reading: Music with Marc: Around the World and Back Again!
Marc Evan Diaz is an accomplished Urban Music Educator and Music Producer who has produced 16 international children’s albums representing songs from different countries, styles, and time periods...
Illustrator Talk with Keith Henry Brown
Join us for a musical reading from Birth Of The Cool: How Miles Davis Found His Sound, written By Kathy Cornell Berman, illustrated by Keith Henry Brown who will narrate and discuss in lively...
Adult Yoga with Melanie
Join Melanie Morgan for alignment-based flow classes uploaded every Wednesday at 6pm! Each class lasts about one hour and 15 minutes. All levels are welcome!
View the broadcast on the...
Virtual Storytime
Join Ms. Olivia for virtual storytime with books, songs, and tips for your child to acquire early literacy, fine motor, and language developmental skills. View the live broadcast from...
Summer Reading: Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats
Multi-award winning children's artist, Lucy Kalantari, brings delightful jazz age inspired music everyone can enjoy! Kids and families will love the interactive jazz-scat-along play, while singing...
Park Slope Library's Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Come join one of the Park Slope Library...
Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops with City Harvest
We are delighted to announce a new series of workshops in collaboration with City Harvest!
Over the next six workshops, you will learn:
Learn new practices that will lead to lasting...
Book Discussion: Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Check out an eBook copy of this fun Summer Reading title and tell us what you think about 10 year old Mia Tang's adventures behind the desk at the Calivista...
Summer Reading: Myron the Magnificent
Myron the Magnificent - with secrets passed down from his grandfather Mervyn the Magnificent and his father Marvin the Magnificent - will present a program of miracles that will entertain the...
My New York City
My New York City is a six-session online creative writing workshop from Parachute Literary Arts and poet/filmmaker SM Gray in which participants explore, reflect, and write about their NYC borough...
Summer Reading: Monkey Monkey Music: At Home with Merry
Come sing along with Merry in her special space created just for child viewers. Explore Merry's handmade world while she entertains children with familiar favorites and classic Monkey Monkey Music...
Summer Reading: Stomp, Clap, and Sing with Esther Crow
Esther Crow is an award-winning singer, songwriter and teacher. Her online show experience is an eclectic mix of original acoustic guitar songs, and backing tracks of Thunder & Sunshine songs...
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition!
Calling kids ages 5-12! Have you signed up for Summer Reading on Beanstack? Would you like to see how other kids are rising to the weekly...
Summer Reading: Dance Advance: Educational Dance Party
Last summer, Marc Herstein aka Mr. Marc brought his Dance Advance: Educational Dance Party program to 12 BPL branches and had everyone moving their feet and letting lose! This summer Mr. Marc is...
Summer Reading: Puppet Making
Make a puppet out of an envelope!
Hear the story Too Much Noise while making a puppet with me to represent one of the animals that are brought into the house. It's a perfect story during...
Adult Yoga with Melanie
Join Melanie Morgan for alignment-based flow classes uploaded every Wednesday at 6pm! Each class lasts about one hour and 15 minutes. All levels are welcome!
View the broadcast on the...
Park Slope Library's Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Come join one of the Park Slope Library...
Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops with City Harvest
We are delighted to announce a new series of workshops in collaboration with City Harvest!
Over the next six workshops, you will learn:
Learn new practices that will lead to lasting...
Summer Reading: Parallel Exit
A vaudeville show for the entire family, with juggling, magic, and music. Fun-loving physical comedians present a wide range of old-fashioned family entertainment, and you get to join in the fun!...
Summer Reading: Star Stories
For millennia, people have gazed at the night sky and told themselves stories about the pictures they see there. These same stars and constellations also allowed sailors to find their way back to...
My New York City
My New York City is a six-session online creative writing workshop from Parachute Literary Arts and poet/filmmaker SM Gray in which participants explore, reflect, and write about their NYC borough...
Summer Reading: Calpulli Youth Dance
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company’s mission is to celebrate the rich diversity of Mexican and Mexican-American cultural heritage through dance-based programming. Join us for a festive celebration of...
Summer Reading: Conroy Warren
Feeling the beat! Enjoy the power and pleasure of Jazz, Calypso and Reggae through singing and dancing in this interactive performance with versatile entertainer Conroy Warren. It’s fun! It’s...
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition!
Calling kids ages 5-12! Have you signed up for Summer Reading on Beanstack? Would you like to see how other kids are rising to the weekly...
Summer Reading: The Jolly Lollies
Liz Corwin and Holly Johnson are both singer-songwriters who teamed up to create Liz, Holly, & The Jolly Lollies. Based in Charlotte, NC they are known around the Queen City for teaching early...
Adult Yoga with Melanie
Join Melanie Morgan for alignment-based flow classes uploaded every Wednesday at 6pm! Each class lasts about one hour and 15 minutes. All levels are welcome!
View the broadcast on the...
Park Slope Library's Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Come join one of the Park Slope Library...
Summer Reading: Gary the Great
Magician Gary the Great presents his high-energy blast of magic, comedy, and juggling.
This hilarious tour through the world of magic gets everyone involved!
Register for the Zoom...
Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops with City Harvest
We are delighted to announce a new series of workshops in collaboration with City Harvest!
Over the next six workshops, you will learn:
Learn new practices that will lead to lasting...
Summer Reading: Shine and the Moonbeams
Shine and the Moonbeams - create a soulful musical extravaganza that captures the sweetness, uncertainty and simplicity of youth. Guitarist John Heagle currently plays with the faux French garage-...
My New York City
My New York City is a six-session online creative writing workshop from Parachute Literary Arts and poet/filmmaker SM Gray in which participants explore, reflect, and write about their NYC borough...
Summer Reading: Folktales from Around the World
Every country from Albania to Zaire has it's own tales - in this program we will hear stories from all over the globe that are filled with wonder and fun!
View the broadcast on Zoom at 2...
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition!
Calling kids ages 5-12! Have you signed up for Summer Reading on Beanstack? Would you like to see how other kids are rising to the weekly...
Summer Reading: Become a Mermaid, Neptune, or Pirate
Join Author/Illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg and become a mermaid or any sea creature you can imagine. Create your own Mermaid or Neptune Crown. Based on her book Mermaids on Parade.
...
Summer Reading: Jewelry Making
Learn to make the kind of jewelry worn by celebrities!
View the broadcast on Instagram Live at 2 PM.
Adult Yoga with Melanie
Join Melanie Morgan for alignment-based flow classes uploaded every Wednesday at 6pm! Each class lasts about one hour and 15 minutes. All levels are welcome!
View the broadcast on the...
Summer Reading: Big Jeff
Big Jeff is an award winning children’s singer/ songwriter. Show includes movement, children’s songs, interactive fun, musical story time, and learning through music.
View the broadcast on...
Park Slope Library's Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Come join one of the Park Slope Library...
Book Discussion: The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
You thought your lockdown was difficult! Try being locked down to your small town in Indiana by your father your entire life! That's how Caleb Franklin felt until the summer he...
Summer Reading: The Lion and the Mouse
Can a Mouse save a Lion?
He can…as you will find out from this classic folktale told with a giant pop-up book. No one can be so small as to be ignored.
View the broadcast on Zoom...
Summer Reading: Lunar Landers
What might be difficult about landing on the moon? Explore Intrepid's connection to the Space Race and analyze the result of the engineering design process that made landing on the moon possible...
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition!
Calling kids ages 5-12! Have you signed up for Summer Reading on Beanstack? Would you like to see how other kids are rising to the weekly...
Summer Reading: Children's Zumba Class
Join a rockin', high-energy dance party packed with kid-friendly routines. Elaine breaks down steps, adds games and activities with an emphasis on feeling fearless on the dance floor.
View...
Summer Reading: Meet the Author/Illustrator: Gabriel Gale
Lions, tigers, and bears?... not quite. Fairies, dragons, and underground rock kings?... that’s more like it! Gabriel Gale, the creator and writer of Ages of Oz, will tell you about his new...
Park Slope Library's Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Come join one of the Park Slope Library...
Summer Reading: Misterios de la máscara: Lucha Libre Mask Making
Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a luchador? Join us for a brand new maskmaking workshop where we jump into the world of Lucha Libre. Come learn about the history of Mexican wrestling...
Sponsors
Major support provided by the New York Life Foundation, the 2020 city-wide sponsor for the Summer Reading Program.
Lead support for Brooklyn Public Library’s Summer Reading 2020 program is provided by the National Grid Foundation.
The program is supported by Con Edison and Macy’s.
