Pictures of the Week: Queens Library's First Pre-K; Joshua David Bellin Launches ‘Colony 9’

by SLJ
Sep 30, 2014 | Filed in News & Features
Queens Library opened its first-ever pre-kindergarten class at the Woodhaven branch on September 22. Author Joshua David Bellin celebrated the publication of his YA debut at the Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA.
Queens Library in New York began its first-ever pre-kindergarten class at the Woodhaven branch on September 22. The library is the first in the nation to provide formal early childhood education at its libraries, using dedicated, licensed early childhood educators hired by the institution for the program. Queens_PrK-girl

Photos courtesy of Queens Library

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Joshua David Bellin celebrated his debut YA novel's book launch on September 22 at the Pittsburgh-area Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA. The author gave a reading of his sci-fi thriller Survival Colony 9 (S. & S., 2014) to a crowd of more than 75 people and signed books for the attendees. 2Launch Party-Bellin signing-rvd2

Joshua David Bellin at his YA debut novel's launch party at the Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA.

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Bellin signing copies of Survival Colony 9.

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