Podcasts about children's department

5/23, Alb.--New Secretary Elizabeth Groginsksy readies the way that has been in the plans for some years. Launch of NM Early Childhood and Care Dept-July 1.

Joanna Katz from the Children's Department talks to us about Harry Potter Book Night on February 6th, 2020

Each year, Jewish Book Month is celebrated the month prior to Hanukkah. This year's Jewish Book Month is November 22 to December 22, and Schlow marks the celebration with book displays in its Children's Department and Adult Services Department.We chat with Jewish Book Council executive director Naomi Firestone-Teeter about Jewish Book Month and the Jewish Book Council and about the changes that have happened over the years.Jewish Book Council: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/Paper Brigade: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/paper-brigade

Check out some news about what is going on with our Children's Department here at Friendship! Hear about whats been going on, what is happening right now, and what is coming really soon!

Schlow Library chats with Conn Thieman, author of the new children's book A Weekend in Happy Valley. Conn will be visiting Schlow on Sunday, September 9, as part of the Meet the Authors even in the Children's Department.

In this first episode of 2017, Julia Cozad-Callaghan recommends a unique reading challenge to start off the new year (9:55); Randi Sutter talks up the Children's Department's new S.T.E.A.M. Club (6:14); and Mari McKeeth recommends a couple of 2016 books that stood out from the rest (14:55). Julia mentioned: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Swygert by Jeffrey Harold Utterback Find the details of the challenge here at BookRiot.com. Mari recommended: Becoming Wise by Krista Tippett The Trespasser by Tana French   Email us! ask@normalpl.org Tweet us! @NPLTweets     Julia 9:55 Randi 6:14 Mari 14:55

On tonight's podcast, we'll be looking at The Singing Sword, an Eastern European folk tale brought to us from Estonia via Brooklyn.  It was written in 1928 by Frances Jenkins Olcott, who was born in Paris and later moved to New York to become an assistant librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. She left that position to head up the first Children's Department at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, returning to New York in 1911 to write children's books, including Wonder Tales From Baltic Wizards -- where we find this piece.  The Singing Sword is a brilliantly energetic tale, opening with a breathless description of our hero, the Giant Kalevide, and his titular weapon. It goes on to describe how he loses the sword first at the hands of crafty wizard, and then more permanently to a Water Nymph. Honestly, it has been a while since I've had this much fun with a read. The Singing Sword is a fast-paced story about giants, wizards, magic, and the beauty of Nymphs.  I hope you enjoy.  Background music provided by: https://soundcloud.com/michel-escaillas/classik-electro Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/steve-reads-stories/id1087197185