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Reading into History’s May Book: Around the World by Matt Phelan
May is here and it’s time for a new book club read! Reading into History is now reading our first graphic novel, Around the World, by Matt Phelan. Phelan is a Scott O’Dell Award winning author and...
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Meet the Campers Who Made Digital History at DCHM
For four days in late August, talented middle schoolers descended on the New-York Historical Society to learn everything they could about the American Revolution…and digital game design. You probably...
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Author Interview: Adam Osterweil
This Sunday, author Adam Osterweil will join our Reading into History Family Book Club to discuss his novel Cooper and the Enchanted Metal Detector. There is so much to sink our teeth into in this...
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Meet the Author! Joe McKendry and One Times Square
This Sunday we will be joined by children’s book author and illustrator Joe McKendry. Joe’s book One Times Square: A Century of Change at the Crossroads of the World is a terrific look at the history,...
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Living History Day: Meet a Revolutionary War Reenactor
By Shana Fung Come meet members of the Revolutionary War’s Third New Jersey Regiment this Memorial Day. The brigade will be stationed at the New-York Historical Society in full uniform ready to answer...
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Reading into History: Author Matt Phelan Discusses Bluffton
Summer may be drawing to a close, but the Reading into History family book club is about to start up again! We’re meeting this Sunday at 2 pm to discuss Matt Phelan’s graphic novel Bluffton about a boy...
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Reading into History: Interview with Tim Tingle, author of “How I Became a...
Have you ever read a novel narrated by a ghost? Choctaw author and storyteller Tim Tingle’s How I Became a Ghost is just such a book, and it’s this month’s selection for the Reading into History...
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Reading into History: An Interview with Rodman Philbrick
Slave catchers, medicine showmen, and the Battle of Gettysburg…They’re all part of The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, this month’s read for the Reading into History family book club. Readers...
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Meet Curator Lily Wong: Interview by a Kid Reporter
Written by N-YHS History Detectives Kid Reporter Riley Neubauer, age 13 When you visit the New-York Historical Society, you might wonder how their great exhibits are produced—I know I did! So I met...
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Interview with J. Anderson Coats, author of The Many Reflections of Miss Jane...
In 1866 a ship departed from New York Harbor with an unusual group—nearly every passenger onboard was a young, unmarried women from Lowell, Massachusetts, leaving behind a life on the East Coast for...
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