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Reading Into History
Welcome to our first book club post! Reading into History is our new monthly book club for kids 9-12. We are excited to get people talking about history and historical fiction and to connect the books...
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First Reading Into History Meetup a Success!
Kids and Gail Carson Levine We were so lucky to have Gail Carson Levine visit our first ever Reading Into History book club. She read from her book Dave at Night and she told some cool stories about...
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August 29th Book Wrap – Meet Walter Dean Myers!
Greetings readers! We had a wonderful Book Wrap for Chains last week. We discussed the book, did a scavenger hunt, and saw Thomas Jefferson’s handwriting up close. It was pretty cool! Now it’s time to...
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What Do I Want To Know About Harlem?
Harlem, the neighborhood where Walter Dean Myer’s book Harlem Summer is set, has an interesting story of its own. Some things I wonder about Harlem are… How did Harlem get its name? How come it is so...
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Reading into History Interviews Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers Readers, we know you are out there enjoying Harlem Summer, imagining the days of rent parties and bootlegging, and hoping Mark finds a way out of all the trouble he is in. For a...
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Reading into History: An Incredible August Book Wrap
Walter Dean Myers answers questions from Reading Into History Book Club members Hello families! The Reading into History book club had a fantastic Book Wrap event for Harlem Summer this past...
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Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of African American History Month
The New-York Historical Society and DiMenna Children’s History Museum celebrate African American history year-round, but we, and most other cultural institutions, pay special homage in February for...
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