Walk into the Widener Library in Strawberry Mansion and you might spot a hidden elephant tucked into the children’s section, part of an African Plains theme woven through the space. Walk into Parkway ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - When school is over, learning shouldn't stop and the best way to learn and have fun is joining a summer reading program. Kids who don't read on vacation lose reading skills and it ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A poet who originally moved from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia for graduate school has been named the city’s new poet laureate. Raquel Salas Rivera was named the poet laureate for ...

Alec Adelman and Carter Watson received $1,000 grants from the Friends of the Tuscarawas County Public Library-New ...

PHILADELPHIA -- What's cooking at the Philadelphia public library? Plenty, now that it has a million-dollar kitchen at its main downtown branch. The library has whipped up an unusual culinary program ...

Meghan Talarowski of Studio Ludo designed the climbing wall at the Cecil B. Moore library with the idea that children need "risky play." (Emma Lee/WHYY) This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly.

PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation has unveiled an impressive lineup for its Spring Author Events Series, featuring prominent writers and thinkers across various fields.