Book Review: Tress of the Emerald Sea
Our summer intern, Sarah Lawrence College student Aurora Sharp shares the following review of one of her favorite books.
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Book review: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Our summer intern, Sarah Lawrence College student Aurora Sharp shares the following review of one of her favorite children's books.
Fireworks! Happy Independence Day 2025!
Fireworks, right up there with flags and apple pie as an iconic image of July 4th celebrations!
Celebrate National Park and Recreation Month at Lenoir Preserve
On June 20th, Yonkers Crestwood Public Library and Yonkers Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NNORC) collaborated, offering the
Let's Read Canadian Authors for Canada Day!
July 1 is Canada Day! Canada Day is a Canadian national holiday that celebrates Canadian culture and history, not unlike the Fourth of July for
June is National Pollinators Month
As National Pollinators Month finishes, it is important to remember that raising awareness and preserving pollinators doesn’t stop here.
626 - Disney Stitch Day
Aloha! June 26, or 6/26, is Stitch Day. Stitch, the loveable, trouble-causing blue alien from the Disney movie Lilo and Stitch, is also known as Experiment 626 (pronounced as Six-Two-Six).
In the Garden at Crestwood Library
Soil, light, water, and warmth: it’s the formula for starting seedlings indoors or directly sowing them in a raised garden bed.
Birds and Bird Watching
The air is alive with birds in the springtime: tweeting mating songs, building nests, and eating from feeders! It’s easy to say that Spring has sprung!
Children’s Book Week - May 5 to 11 - Oceans of Stories
Children’s Book Week is once again upon us. This bi-annual week sponsored in part by the Children’s Book Council is a great way to celebrate the books that have helped shape lives for generations.
Growing Seeds - STREAM Storytime May 10
Watching seeds grow is an exciting experience! This week’s STREAM Storytime at Crestwood on Saturday, May 10 at 10:30 AM, we will be starting an experiment called Seeds in a Jar, or Germinating Seeds.
Earth Day 2025
“Clean up, clean up! Everybody. Everywhere!” You may have heard that song since you were a little kid. Well, let it remind you that it’s Earth Day on April 22, 2025! And every day!
The Heart! Library Lovers Month! Valentine’s Day!
Adults know that the shape of the real heart isn’t actually the shape all of us have come to know as a heart. It’s a shape that’s everywhere, from emojis to greeting cards to the much-loved Valentine’s Day.