Yes, that’s right, Catalan: a language spoken in Andorra, northeastern Spain and the French side of the Pyrenees mountains. It's just one of the many treasures to be found in the Children’s Room! 
In addition to our famously abundant Spanish-language collection (and one book in Catalan), we also carry children's books for speakers and learners of Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Estonian, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Polish, Portuguese, Panjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Zulu.
Come join The Knitty Gritty Committee, MLK’s knitting circle!
Did you know that there are six book clubs based at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library? Discovering these groups is like finding buried treasure in the middle of downtown Washington, DC! 
In this busy, fast-paced world, peace seems like an elusive commodity.
Gather around, boys and girls! The Children's department is pleased to announce its new weekly storytime schedule for the Winter-Spring 2013 season. Each program takes place in Room 200, the Children's room, on the second floor of the building. 
Please join us on Tuesday, Feb. 12 for an enlightening panel discussion on the dynamic role that Frederick Douglass played in the history of Washington, D.C. during the era of Post-Emancipation.
With the wild temperature fluctuations we've been having lately, do you ever get the feeling that nature’s become a little bit unhinged? Maybe, maybe not. But if you want to learn a little bit about how dangerous and disturbing mental illness and insanity really is, try out 