We have a new Young Reviewer post by Santino (July, 2026). www.bankstreet.edu/ccl/children... #YoungReviewers #BankStreetCBC #bankstreet @bankstreet.edu

Spread the love of reading this summer! ☀️ Check out Audrey's Summer Reading Lists 2026 at the link in our bio, and don't forget to share it with your family and friends! 📚✨ @bankstreet.edu #bankstreet #kidlit

📚 Ready for download and free! Bank Street Children's Book Committee's 2026 Best Children's Books of the Year list. Featuring 600+ outstanding titles for ages 0-14+! educate.bankstreet.edu/cbc_awards/36/ #bankstreet #kidlit #BankStreetCBC @bankstreet.edu

Please feel free to share Audrey's Summer Reading Lists 2026 with family and friends! See link in our bio. @bankstreet.edu #bankstreet #kidlit

📚 Ready for download and free! Bank Street Children's Book Committee's 2026 Best Children's Books of the Year list. Featuring 600+ outstanding titles for ages 0-14+! educate.bankstreet.edu/cbc_awards/36/ #bankstreet #kidlit #BankStreetCBC @bankstreet.edu

🥪 Bug-sized appetite, giant achievement! 🐛🪱Congratulations to @briannefarley.bsky.social "Worm Makes a Sandwich" has crawled away with a Silver Medal at the 2026 Irma Black Awards! A wonderfully creative, and perfectly illustrated story. @bankstreet.edu @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

🎉 Double trouble and a whole lot of magic! 🧙‍♀️🐱 Huge congratulations to Beth Ferry and Charles Santoso! "Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet." A Silver Medal at the 2026 Irma Black Awards! ✨ #IrmaBlackAward #KidLit @bankstreet.edu #bankstreet

We have a new Young Reviewer post by Julian (June, 2026). #YoungReviewers #BankStreetCBC #bankstreet @bankstreet.edu @littlebrownyr.bsky.social www.bankstreet.edu/ccl/children...

Congrats to Carmen Agra Deedy and Raúl Colón! 🥜✨ "The Peanut Man" has officially taken home a Silver Medal at the 2026 Irma Black Awards! A well-deserved win chosen by the ultimate critics—the kids themselves! 🏆👏 @bankstreet.edu #kidlit #IrmaBlackAward #bankstreet

New #BankStreet National Center for Children in Poverty 2025/2026 TANF Cash Assistance Policy Series provides critical data on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies to help strengthen family economic security www.nccp.org/wp-content/u... (2/2)

Congratulations to Neil Sharpson and @dansantat.bsky.social 🐟✨ "Don’t Trust Fish" has officially hooked the Gold Medal at the 2026 Irma Black Awards! The kids have spoken, and they clearly have excellent taste! 🏆👏 #IrmaBlackAward #KidLit @unshavedmouse.bsky.social @bankstreet.edu

Congratulations to the brilliant team behind this book: ✍️ Written by Jessica Stremer 🎨 Illustrated by Gordy Wright 📚 Published by @holidayhouse.bsky.social Thank you to the Bank Street CBC for honoring this vital story! #bankstreet @bankstreet.edu

Congratulations to Danna Zeiger & Josée Bisaillon for "Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability," Cook Prize Silver Medalists 🥈📚🧠 #bankstreet #CookPrize @drzathome.bsky.social @joseebisaillon.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social

Congratulations to Tae Keller and Rachel Wada 🌟 “We Carry the Sun” is a 2026 Cook Prize Silver Medalist! 🥈✨Bravo, creators! 🙌☀️ #BankStreetCBC #bankstreet #kidlit #BankStreetCCL #CookPrize @bankstreet.edu

We have a new Young Reviewer post by Quade (May, 2026). #YoungReviewers #BankStreetCBC #bankstreet @bankstreet.edu  @deandrawrites @simonandschuster.bsky.social www.bankstreet.edu/ccl/children...

A Writer-in-Residence is a program where a professional writer is invited by an institution to work and engage with their community for a set period. Think of it as a creative "exchange program." @dangutmanbooks.bsky.social #BankStreet

Capturing the magic of the 2026 Dorothy Carter Writer-in-Residency! ✨ Dan Gutman is back in the 4th-grade classroom, sharing his storytelling secrets. From "hooks" to "cliffhangers," our students are learning from a master of the craft! ✍️📖 @sfc_bankstreet @dangutmanbooks

🎥 Big thanks to Sophie, Phoenyx, and Nick from NYU Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program for all their hard work this month adding identifying information, improving storage conditions, and making AV items easier to access. 📀 #BankStreetArchives #AVPreservation #NYUMIAP @bankstreet.edu

#OnThisDay March 30, 1951: Bank Street grad students took the final post-WWII “Long Trip” to TN—exploring civil rights, labor, TVA impacts & community life. Explore the digital exhibit: educate.bankstreet.edu/exhibit/the-... #BankStreetArchives #BankStreetHistory #BankStreet @bankstreet.edu

Next Wednesday! More information and registration here: www.bankstreet.edu/library/blog...

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Join us as Dr. Abena Ampofoa Asare examines the life & legacy of Dr. Annie Mae Walker—founding director of Black Studies at Stony Brook University—drawing from the Bank Street Archives. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BankStreetLibrarySalons @bankstreet.edu @stonybrooku.bsky.social

Join us as Dr. Abena Ampofoa Asare examines the life & legacy of Dr. Annie Mae Walker—founding director of Black Studies at Stony Brook University—drawing from the Bank Street Archives. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BankStreetLibrarySalons @bankstreet.edu @stonybrooku.bsky.social

These Picture Books Are Ready for Their Close-Up www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/b...

These Picture Books Are Ready for Their Close-Up

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Curious about Bank Street’s history? 🤔 Ask an Archivist! Submit your questions and we’ll dig into the archives for answers. You could be featured on social media or in the archives newsletter. Submit: forms.gle/hAqAHAu5Yxfh... #AskAnArchivist #bankstreetarchives #bankstreethistory @bankstreet.edu

What an incredible day for our students! 🎨📚 Huge thanks to author-illustrators Daniel Salmieri and Sophia Haas for visiting us today. They shared a reading of their book Next to Me and drew on our library wall! ✍️✨ @bankstreet.edu #BankStreet #BankStreetCBC #BankStreetCCL

#onthisday Holiday card from Bank Street's founder, Lucy Sprague Mitchell and husband Wesley Clair Mitchell featuring their four children: Arnold, Marni, Sprague and Jack, from the 1920s. Notice the book is the focal point 📖 Happy Holidays from the Bank Street Library! ❄️ #bankstreetarchives

"In certain aspects, smaller libraries like Sellon’s are more reliant on IMLS funding" than others. Reinstatement of federal grants will help libraries in Iowa sustain their work: www.thegazette.com/federal-gove... Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...

Federal agency reinstates terminated grants for Iowa libraries, museums

Iowa libraries can once again access millions of dollars in federal aid following the reinstatement of previously terminated grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Curious about how A.I. has really changed the classroom? Read this original piece in @nytimes.com by Professor Carlo Rotella, author of WHAT CAN WE GET OUT OF THIS? Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

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📣 Announcing the second issue of The Record, the newsletter from the Bank Street Archives! Includes upcoming events, new collections, projects, and more. 📩 Want a digital copy with clickable links? Go here: educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcont... #bankstreetarchives #bankstreet #bankstreethistory

Need gift ideas for young readers? The Bank Street CBC just released "The Best Children’s Books of 2025: Holiday Gift Edition"! From board books to YA – recommendations for all age group. educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/31/#Bank... #bankstreet #kidlit #BankStreetCCL @bankstreet.edu

#onthisday October 30, 1864, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge was born. She was the wealthy cousin of Lucy Sprague Mitchell (Bank Street’s founder), and underwrote the school for its first decade. Below is her 1923 portrait by John Singer Sargent. #bankstreetarchives #bankstreethistory @bankstreet.edu