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One day in this peaceful community of frogs appeared an uninvited visitor.It was a pink-colored pig with a very large head. If that wasn’t enough, every time he opened his mouth, he says, "Ribbit!"
Tales in celebration of Asia Pacific Heritage Month
For Asia Pacific Heritage Month, the Children's Room at Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood library had two special kamishibai performances of Momotaro, the peach boy.
In honor of National Library Week (April 14-20), Francis Gregory Library invited a special guest, Janice Greene. Ms. Greene is a griot, or storyteller, who performs folk tales in the West African tradition.
DCPL has a large selection of lift-the-flap, touch-and-feel and pop-up books in our Toy and Movable Books collection. Many of these books are board books for younger children and available for check out. They are colorful, fun and stimulating for story time at the library or reading together at home.
When a little girl visits her great-grandfather's house for the first time, he invites her to choose something from the room and he will tell her its story.
Moses Jenkins was a superstar rapper until he was shot on the steps of his mother's house. Waking from the traumatic event as a slave in the antebellum South, Moses learns firsthand the accounts of his ancestors as he endures torture, isolation, and adversity.
