A blog for young readers (and YA lovers) from the Providence Athenaeum.
The Providence Athenaeum is a unique library and cultural center in the heart of Providence, Rhode Island. Growing out of the Providence Library Company (fourth library in the United States), the Athenaeum as we know it was formed in 1836. Our handsome building on the corner of Benefit and College was completed in 1838.
We are one of the few surviving membership libraries in the nation. Student memberships are available - visit or call for more information.
This blog is updated by one of our circulation assistants (and YA enthusiast), RJ. Follow us to find out what's new in our Young Adult corner, or just for a daily dose of literary shenanigans.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Without stopping to read / Sin parar de leer (ilustración de Anna Grimal)
Happy Birthday to Hans Christian Andersen, author of fairy tales such as The Little Mermaid, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Garden of Paradise, The Snow Queen and The Princess and the Pea, illustrated above by Edmund Dulac.
(Source: animationresources.org)
In honor of Martin Luther King Day tomorrow and Black History Month in February, here are 10 books for teens and kids (and everybody) about the civil rights movement.
Library, place of magic and meetings / Biblioteca, lugar de magia y encuentros (ilUstración de Pinwheel Bunny)
Reading enlightens us against ignorance / La lectura nos ilumina contra la ignorancia (ilustración de Cristina Bernazzani)
A special librarian / Una bibliotecaria muy especial (ilustración de Eleonora Arroyo)
Author and illustrator John Steptoe (creator of one of my own favorite childhood books, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters) was born in Brooklyn on this day, September 14th, in 1950.
Happy 89th birthday to Ashley Bryan!
Illustrator Leo Dillon died last Friday. Here are a few of the covers and titles he, along with his wife, Diane, illustrated.
