Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for ages 9–12 and their adults

In conjunction with our exhibition World War I Beyond the Trenches, author Clare Vanderpool will join us via Skype to discuss her 2011 Newbery Award-winning novel that interweaves a story of the Great Depression with a story of the World War I era.  Families will also go on a guided mini-tour of the exhibition!

About Moon Over Manifest

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Can you stand on your tippy-toes like a Degas ballerina? Or twirl and spin like Van Gogh’s starry night? Does a Picasso move you to tears?  Museums are places for creative energy and inspiration!

This week at Sunday Story Time, we will read The Museum written by Susan Verde, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Then we’ll spend time in the newly renovated Luce Center copying sculpture poses with our bodies and sketching works of art.  

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Once upon a time, a little round and fat and red lighthouse was built on a sharp point of the shore by the Hudson River. In the daytime, the lighthouse greeted big steamers, canoes, and tug boats as they sailed by. And at nighttime, the lighthouse felt very useful and important as it flashed its bright light warning passing boats of the dangerous rock on the riverbank. But then one day, a great gray bridge was built right over top of the little red lighthouse. The lighthouse did not feel useful or important anymore.

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Maisy and her friends decide to visit on a rainy day. What kinds of thing will they find? Dinosaurs? Bugs? Toys? Cars? Rockets? Join us this week at Sunday Story Time to read Maisy Goes to the Museum by Lucy Cousins. 

Maisy Goes to the Museum written by Lucy Cousins, 2008.

Support for Sunday Story Time provided by Macy's.

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Sam the library mouse and his friend Sarah take a trip to a museum. They explore sculptures, paintings, ancient artifacts, and so much more! Sam and Sarah sketch all the interesting things they see in the museum in their journals.

This week at Sunday Story Time, we are going to be just like Sam and Sarah! We will read Library Mouse: A Museum Adventure and then sketch a few treasures from the New-York Historical Society’s collection. 

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Maisy and her friends decide to make a visit to a museum on a rainy day. What kinds of thing will they find? Dinosaurs? Bugs? Toys? Cars? Rockets? Join us this week at Sunday Story Time to read Maisy Goes to the Museum by Lucy Cousins. We will explore and sketch objects from the New-York Historical Society’s collection.

Maisy Goes to the Museum written by Lucy Cousins, 2008.

Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for ages 9–12 and their adults

In honor of the 100th anniversary year of women’s suffrage in New York State, this book club meeting will celebrate the achievements of women in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Author Sue Macy will join our meeting to discuss her book, then families will view artifacts in our collections related to women’s suffrage and cycling.

Featuring: Jewell Parker Rhodes

Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for ages 9–12 and their adults

What was life like on Southern plantations just after slavery ended? Join us to discuss the historical fiction novel Sugar, set in the Reconstruction Era, with award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes. After the book discussion and Q&A with the author, families can check out original documents and images related to the book that we found in our Library collections. And don't forget to get your book signed!

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Sunday Story Time is celebrating Women’s History Month! This week we will read Here Come the Girl Scouts! by Shana Corey, illustrated by Hadley Hooper.

Here Come the Girl Scouts! is the story of Juliette (Daisy) Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Daisy never wanted to be a proper young lady—she had a thirst for adventure and excitement! This led her to inspire generations of young women to learn, work hard, and push boundaries. 

Free with Museum Admission
Ages 3–7

Sunday Story Time is celebrating Women’s History Month! This week we will read Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leader of the Women’s Suffrage Movement, but her social activism began all the way back when she was a young girl. Join us to learn about Stanton’s perseverance and triumphs.