The site was created to provide kids with an entertaining educational experience that draws on the unparalleled American historical collections of the Library. America's Library' puts the 'story' back in history.
Questions invite children to talk to their family and friends about what they have learned.
Photo by Gail Fineberg. The answers are among the fascinating facts conveyed in this section about these and other amazing Americans such as George Washington, Buffalo Bill, Harriet Tubman, Houdini and Teddy Roosevelt. Virginia is named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen of England. See, Hear and Sing The origins of animation, oddball instruments, and disasters, devastation and destruction are among the topics explored through films and sound recordings. Georges Melies in 1896.