Happy birthday, Patience and Fortitude! The marble lions flanking the entrance to the New York Public Library are the symbols the city needs right now—and they turn 109 today! (You're looking good, fellas.) The NYPL is celebrating the occasion with a full day of virtual festivities:
• Twitter Takeover: Patience and Fortitude are in charge of the @NYPL Twitter account
• Storytime: Lost in the Library: A Story of Patience and Fortitude, will be read at 2pm at nypl.org/storyime
• Book List: Each of the literary lions chose their favorite books which you can borrow for free on SimplyE, the e-reader developed by the NYPL.