1. Summer Readers Good Luck For The Grandy Man?

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    Soooo, as we previously mentioned, the Yankees honored six of our top summer readers at the Stadium yesterday before their game against the Oakland A’s. The Yankees went on to set the record for grand slams in one game, smacking three during a 22-9 pounding of the Athletics. Who hit the record-setting third slam? Curtis Granderson, the player who met with the summer readers beforehand (in the photo above by Sean Scanlin, Curtis is shaking hands with 16-year-old Khadija Bhuyian of The Bronx, our top summer reader who was profiled by the NY Times). He also met with our top summer readers during last year’s ceremony at Yankee Stadium - and he hit two home runs that day! Could we be a good luck charm for Curtis Granderson? Well, he HAS hit quite a few homers this year without any of our help, but we’d like to think so anyway! If he wants to invite us to every game, we’d be happy to oblige! 

  2. The Yankees Root, Root, Root For Our Summer Readers

    The Yankees honored some of NYPL’s top summer readers on the field today before they faced off against the Oakland A’s in the Bronx (rain couldn’t spoil our parade). Our six young reading machines - who read well over 1,000 books combined this summer - got to meet Yankee outfielder Curtis Granderson and were on the Jumbotron as part of the fun (as you can see in the photo above). Over 104,000 kids signed up for our summer reading program this year, which helps kids stay engaged when they’re out of school. The lead sponsor was Bank of America.

  3. Tonight is the Major League Baseball All-Star game, so we thought we’d share a baseball-related gem from our collection: a photo taken at the 1939 World’s Fair of Babe Ruth teaching kids how to hit. It’s from the 1939-40 World’s Fair Collection in our Manuscripts and Archives Division. By the way, if you’re interested in the World’s Fair, you should definitely download the inaugural issue of our free app Biblion, which is highlighting the Fair. The app is worth checking out - it’s a hit! OK, that was a lame pun, but you should still check out the app.

    Tonight is the Major League Baseball All-Star game, so we thought we’d share a baseball-related gem from our collection: a photo taken at the 1939 World’s Fair of Babe Ruth teaching kids how to hit. It’s from the 1939-40 World’s Fair Collection in our Manuscripts and Archives Division. By the way, if you’re interested in the World’s Fair, you should definitely download the inaugural issue of our free app Biblion, which is highlighting the Fair. The app is worth checking out - it’s a hit! OK, that was a lame pun, but you should still check out the app.