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ROSALYN ELDER on Massachusetts’ African American Heritage
The Boston Public Library welcomes author ROSALYN ELDER for an exploration of African American Heritage in Massachusetts. This combination tourist guide and history book explores the contributions of African Americans to the history of Massachusetts through 742 sites around the state. Ignorance about these contributions have blinded many to the vision, faith, and determination that allowed these ancestors to persevere and accomplish so much in the face of overwhelming obstacles.
Find out more »Olympic Readers Book Club at Boston Public Library Jamaica Plain Branch
We’ll discuss Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, a graphic novel by Judd Winick and create our own graphic novel hero. For homeschooled children, ages 6-8. Copies of the book are available at the JP Library. Note time change to 10:15 a.m.
Find out more »Readers in the Realms of Knowledge Book Club at Boston Public Library Jamaica Plain Branch
We’ll discuss The Cardboard Kingdom, a graphic novel by Chad Sell and make cardboard Professor Everything book masks. For homeschooled tweens, ages 9-12. Copies of the book are available at the JP Library.
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.