Sunday, May 15 at 11:30 am
Free with Museum admission
Ages 3-7

To celebrate our special exhibition, The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems, we will be reading Mo Willems’ books all month long! 

In My Friend is Sad, Gerald the elephant is…sad. Piggie, his best friend doesn’t know why Gerald is sad but what can she do to make him happy again? Come find out, this Sunday!

Sunday, May 8 at 11:30 am
Free with Museum admission
Ages 3-7

To celebrate our special exhibition, The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems, we will be reading Mo Willems’ books all month long! 

Stop by this Sunday to get to know an unusual pair of best friends who share plenty of adventures. Gerard the elephant and Piggie want to go for a drive! But, will everything go according to plan?

Sunday, May 1 at 11:30 am
Free with Museum admission
Ages 3-7

To celebrate our special exhibition, The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems, we’ll be reading Mo Willems’ books all month long!

Sunday, April 24, 11:30 am
Free with Museum admission
Ages 3-7

To celebrate our special exhibition, The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems, we will be reading books starring the Pigeon all month long!

Would you let a pigeon drive a bus? Even if he asked nicely? Join us on Sunday for a reading of Mo Willems’ iconic book Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!  Listen to this funny New York pigeon pull out all the stops to try and convince you to let him get behind the wheel.

Sunday, April 17, 11:30 am
Free with Museum admission
Ages 3-7

To celebrate our special exhibition, The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems, we will be reading books starring the Pigeon all month long!

In this Sunday’s book, the Pigeon doesn’t want to drive a bus—he wants a puppy instead! Do you think it’s a good idea for the Pigeon to have a pet? Stop by and listen to this comical New York Pigeon try to convince you to let him have a puppy.

Sunday, April 10, 11:30 am
Free with Museum admission
Ages 3-7

To celebrate our special exhibition, The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems, we will be reading books starring the Pigeon all month long!

This Sunday, the Pigeon has found another thing he really, really, really wants—a delicious hot dog! But, a hungry duckling wants the hot dog too. What will the Pigeon do? 

Sunday, April 3, 11:30 am
Free with Museum admission
Ages 3-7

To celebrate our special exhibition, The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems, we will be reading books starring the Pigeon all month long!

The Pigeon is one of the most “asking-est pigeons in town” – he asks for everything! He’s even asked to drive a bus! But, he never gets anything he wants. The Duckling, on the other hand, asks for a cookie—and gets one! How do you think the Pigeon will react? 

Sunday, April 24 and Sunday, May 1, 11:30 am
Free with Museum Admission
All Ages

Over April School Vacation Week, Sunday Story Time is going bilingual! Stop in on April 24 to listen to a Mo Willems’ classic in English and Hebrew, and on May 1, tale in English and Mandarin!

Free with Museum admission
Recommended for ages 9-12 and their adults

Author Kim Brubaker Bradley joins us via Skype to discuss this fascinating book told from the perspectives of the sons of President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, an enslaved African American woman who he owned.  After a discussion and Q & A, we’ll see artifacts related to Jefferson and slavery in early America in our Library collections. 

​About Jefferson’s Sons

Free with museum admission
Recommended for ages 9–12 and their adults

Come learn about the Civil War and Skype with acclaimed author Rodman Philbrick. After a discussion and Q & A, we’ll explore the Museum’s extensive collection of Civil War artifacts in the N-YHS Library, including kid-related artifacts! 

About The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg