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Tammy’s Tremendous Tuesday Tales
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, First Lady Tammy Murphy launched “Tammy’s Tremendous Tuesday Tales,” a weekly storytime to help bring the joy of books to New Jersey’s youngest readers. Tune in every Tuesday at 4:00 PM on the First Lady’s social media as we go on another adventure!
Latest Stories
Quincy: The Chameleon Who Couldn’t Blend In
By Barbara DiLorenzo
TDo you ever feel like you stand out when you want to blend in? Chameleons are usually great at blending in wherever they are!
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
By Mia Wenjen
Yesterday was Earth Day! We love the Earth every day and we are working hard to take better care of it.
Zahra’s Blessing
By Shirin Shamsi
Ramadan is a time of fasting, prayer, reflection, and spending time with loved ones.
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- Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
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- In My Heart: A Book of Feelings
- I Love Everything About Me
- Once Upon a Book
- Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Kuther King, Jr
- P. Bear's New Year's Party
- The Night Before Kwanzaa
- The Christmas Quiet Book
- Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor
- Sadie's Almost Marvelous Menorah
- Warren Goes to Grandpa’s
- Thanksgiving in the Woods
- America’s White Table
- Everyone Gets a Say
- How to Scare a Ghost
- Sunny and Oswaldo
- Library Mouse
- Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots
- Paletero Man
- Measuring A Year: A Rosh Hashanah Story
- Mango, Abuela, and MeThe City Tree
- This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth
- A River of Words
- The City Tree
- A Justice for All
- The Wizard who Saved the World
- Harold the Iceberg Melts Down
- Goodnight Jersey Shore
- How to Eat a Book
- All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
- With My Daddy: A Book of Love and Family
- Red: A Crayon's Story
- Eyes that Speak to the Stars
- The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh
- Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country
- I've Loved You Since Forever
- Iggy's Second Chance
- Poetree
- Mommy's Khimar
- More than Enough: A Passover Story
- The Way Champs Play
- Yo Soy, I Am
- Fiona's Luck
- Just a Worm
- Have You Thanked an Inventor Today?
- George Did It
- This is Not a Valentine
- Mae Among the Stars
- The Little Blue Bunny
- Grumpy New Year
- Saturday
- Pinch and Dash and the Terrible Couch
- We March
- The Night Before New Year's
- Lil Rabbit’s Kwanzaa
- Little Red Sleigh
- Hanukkah Bear
- Lil Rabbit’s Kwanzaa
- Little Red Sleigh
- Hanukkah Bear
- Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
- Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
- Thankful
- Rags: Hero Dog of WWI: A True Story
- Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
- Goodnight Princeton
- Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
- *Binny’s Diwali (posted as Bonny's Diwali on FB)
- My Pinsans & Me: Amara's Talent Show
- Sammy Spider’s First Yom Kippur
- Sebi and the Land of Cha Cha Cha
- The Scarecrow
- Grandma's Records
- Franklin's First Day at School
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- Grace Hopper, Queen of Computer Code
- The Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Twins
- Stick and Stone
- My Best Friend Moved Away
- Don't Feed the WorryBug
- The Nice Dream Truck
- Let Liberty Rise: How America's Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty
- Speechless
- I Am Perfectly Designed
- Juneteenth Jamboree
- Heather Has Two Mommies
- Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Solider
- Mama's Saris
- Danbi Leads the School Parade
- Thank you, Mama
- Pippa's Passover Plate
- Easter Bunnies Helpers
- Baby Boy, What will you be?
- My Name is Celia/ Me Liamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/ La vida de Celia Cruz
- Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
- Fiona's Lace
- The World is Not a Rectanlge
- Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber
- Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal
- Love is
- Stacey's Extraordinary Words
- Lunar New Year
- Snow Friends
- My Uncle Martin's Big Heart
- Dear Juno
- Every Month is a New Year: Celebrations Around the World
- The People Remember
- Snowmen at Christmas
- A Girl's Bill of Rights
- One Hug
- Jeremy's Dreidel
- Ballons over Broadway: The True Story of the puppeteer of Macy's Parade
- You Can't walk a Fish
- The Poppy Lady: Moina belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans
- Bold & Brave: Ten Heros Who Won Women the Right to Vote
- Honk! Quack! Boo!
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- Kindess Rocks
- A Letter to My Teacher
- Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
- Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño played the Piano for President Lincoln
- On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
- Fireboat: the Heroic Adventures of John J. Harvey
- Our Classroom is a Family
- Rosie Revere, Engineer
- The Best Days are Dog Days
- The Dot
- Of Thee I Sing
- The Sandwich Swap
- Flying High: The Story of Gymnastic Champion Simone Biles
- Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea
- They Called Her Molly Pitcher
- Love is Love
- Hair Love
- Juneteenth for Mazie
- Mr. Astley’s Blueberries
- I Am A Prince
- Under My Hijab
- Cora Cooks Pancit
- Ohana Means Family
- The Name Jar
- The Molding of Clay
- Anywhere Farm
- Lailah’s Lunchbox
- Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream
- The Easter Bunny Is Coming to New Jersey
- Passover Scavenger Hunt
- How to Catch a Leprecaun
- She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed The World
- Malala’s Magic Pencil
- Hidden Figures
- President's Day
- Ruby’s Chinese New Year
- Firebird
- Superheroes Are Everywhere
- A Sweet Smell of Roses
- Bee-Bim Bop
- Bird Watch
- My Family Celebrates Kwanzaa
- 5 More Sleeps 'Til Christmas
- Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas
- The World Needs Who You Were Made To Be
- Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light
- Thank You Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
- The Couch Potato
- Veterans: Heroes In Our Neighborhood
- Grace for President
- Trick or Treat in New Jersey: A Halloween Adventure Across the Garden State
- Greata and the Giants
- Alma and How She Got Her Name
- Dreamers
- Just Ask!
- I Dissent
- Layla's Happiness
- Sequoia
- The Story of Ruby Bridges
- Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America
- The More We Get Together
- Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement
- Trees Make the Perfect Pets
- Ada Twist, Scientist
- My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay
- The World Needs More Purple People
- If Kids Ran the World