Macy's Sunday Story Time: Marching Toward Freedom
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech by reading We March by Shane W. Evans and reflecting on what it means to gather and march together for civil rights.
We March by Shane W. Evans
Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
Macy's Sunday Story Time: The Perfect Time to Paint
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Ever wonder when the best time to start making art would be? Artist Clementine Hunter never had the perfect time to paint but taught herself and started to paint anyway; and today her artwork is in museums across the country.
Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter by Kathy Whitehead and Shane W. Evans
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
Macy's Sunday Story Time: Enlightening the World
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Hear the Statue of Liberty speak through Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus,” and discover why Emma’s poem was so important to the statue’s construction!
Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
Macy's Sunday Story Time: Balancing Between the Towers
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Follow Phillipe Petit’s performance as he crawls, climbs, and balances one thousand three hundred and forty feet in the air, between the World Trade Center Towers, nearly 40 years ago.
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
Macy's Sunday Story Time: Do You Have Pancakes?
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Join American folk heroes Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox as they embark on a great pancake adventure across the country, changing its landscape forever!
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox by Matt Luckhurst
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
Macy's Sunday Story Time: Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Relive the summer of 1899 through the eyes of the New York Newsies and read all about how they managed to beat The World by sticking together.
Kid Blink Beats The World by Don Brown
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
Macy's Sunday Story Time: Neighborhoods
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Share what you love about your neighborhood after reading El Barrio and learning what makes Spanish Harlem special.
El Barrio by Debbi Chocolate
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
Macy's Sunday Story Time: Tar Beach Lullabies
Recommended for children ages 4–7.
Explore 20th century Harlem with Cassie Louise Lightfoot while she flies through the city and dreams about her family and her future.
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Support for the Macy's Sunday Story Hour provided by the Macy's Foundation.
The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War
EVENT DETAILS
In collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a series of free lectures to stimulate your mind on popular topics including politics, biography, Civil War history, and more.
Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877
EVENT DETAILS
In collaboration with the New-York Historical Society and Oxford University Press, the Bryant Park Reading Room presents a series of free lectures to stimulate your mind on popular topics including politics, biography, Civil War history, and more.
