Hip hip hooray for books! We recently met up with the Brooklyn Book Bodega and picked up an additional 543 books for the avid readers in our community. This expands our collection to include more tween and young adult books just for you! The socially distant book swap will continue through the summer until we run out of books (and will not take place during rainy days). Available book shopping dates and times will be updated continuously, so check back often.

We are incredibly grateful to the Brooklyn Book Bodega for their ongoing support of the young learners in our community. 

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BOOK SWAP AND RESERVE YOUR BOOK SHOPPING TIME

Wrap up your holiday season and say goodbye to your tree at Mulchfest. Join NYC Parks and the New York City Department of Sanitation  in the NYC holiday tradition of recycling your Christmas tree! Drop off your tree at any Mulchfest location between December 26 and January 11.

District 17's Ready for Success Career Expo is coming up on Saturday, January 11th. Employers, community partners, and professionals will meet with prospective job seekers, interns and volunteers. 10am to 2pm at the District 17 office located at 1224 Park Place. Learn more and register online.

Broaden your horizons with this Martin Luther King Jr day celebration, which is all about civil rights and literacy. The event strives to teach young visitors about the Civil Rights Movement and help them develop a love for reading. This year's event features authors Sharee Miller and Anastasia Higginbotham as well as music, arts and crafts and a free lunch. This free, family-friendly event takes place on Monday, January 20th, 11am to 3pm at Grace Reformed Church of Flatbush (1800 Bedford Ave).

Bringing science to the community is one of our favorite things! Thank you for joining us during the Maple Street block party as we explored giant bubbles then enjoyed a soda rocket demonstration.

It was a fun and exciting morning at the Kiddie Science Lab during our recent (and very first) chess tournament. Over 20 players participated, and were divided into rated and unrated groups. Four rounds were played, with medals and trophies given to highest scoring players in each group.

Special thanks to our chess teacher, Simon, who directs and organizes chess tournaments through out NYC. Save the date for Sunday, May 19th for our next tournament at the Kiddie Science Lab!

Special thanks to Diana's Event Space for the extra tables!