Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3-7

Happy Halloween! After reading about a special little pumpkin in the book Stumpkin, Little New Yorkers will use their creativity to craft a special Jack-O-Lantern of their own. The designs may be silly or spooky or maybe just sweet.

Stumpkin written by Lucy Ruth Cummins, 2018.

Support for Sunday Story Time provided by Macy's.

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Have you ever imagined a parade of elephants marching down the streets of New York? Well, it has already happened! Can you believe that? We’ll learn about this amazing event while reading Twenty-one Elephants and Still Standing. Afterwards we will craft elephant ears and trunks so we can have our own parade!

Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing by April Jones Prince and Illustrated by Francois Roca, 2005.

Support for Sunday Story Time provided by Macy's.

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. But not everyone feels this way! This week at Sunday Story Time, we will read Rain! and discuss our many different feelings to the changing season of autumn. Does it make us excited? grumpy? happy? Or all of the above? After reading, we’ll create a cute mood frog who is just as expressive with feelings as we are.

Rain! written by Linda Ashman and Illustrated by Christian Robinson, 2013.

Support for Sunday Story Time provided by Macy's.

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Doo be doo be doo...If you can hum that line, you are ready for Sunday Story Time this week! We will be discussing what some people call “America's classical music”—jazz! One of the first freeform jazz festivals began in Manhattan in October 1964. After reading Cats Night Out, we will craft a jazz drum and play it freely!

Cats Night Out written by Caroline Stutson, Illustrated by Jon Klassen 2010.

Support for Sunday Story Time provided by Macy's.

Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for ages 9-12

Meet author Zetta Elliott in person and share thoughts on this historical fantasy that takes kids on a journey to the African Burial Ground to help free a soul imprisoned by ghost soldiers from the American Revolution. After discussion, we’ll visit the Library to look at artifacts related to African Americans in early New York.

Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for ages 9-12

Author Barbara Wright joins us to discuss her book and commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 in North Carolina. We will also visit part of our exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow to check out artifacts related to the history behind this important and gripping story.

Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for ages 9-12

Join us and author J. Anderson Coats via Skype to discuss her novel about a girl and her widowed stepmother who move to the Washington Territory after the Civil War. After the discussion, we’ll explore stories of women and the Civil War in the Library.

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3-7

Do you ever feel like you’re different from everyone else? This week at Little New-Yorkers we are discussing and celebrating being our unique selves! We will read Gaston, a story about a very special puppy who felt like he didn’t fit in with his friends and family. Afterwards, we will each craft our own puppy—just as unique as Gaston.

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Oh, no! It’s the end of summer! This week at Little New-Yorkers we will read Tar Beach as we celebrate the end of summer in New York City, then we’ll create a craft featuring a favorite summertime treat—ice cream!

Tar Beach written and illustrated Faith Ringgold, 1988

Support for Sunday Story Time provided by Macy's.

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Do you like to sing and dance? Or enjoy watching others perform? This week at Little New-Yorkers we’re getting excited about Broadway Week by celebrating performing artists. We will be honoring one performer in particular named Bill “Bojangles” Robinson who liked to sing, act, and tap dance. We’ll read Rap A Tap Tap and create some simple tap shoes of our own!