The New York Liberty and Brooklyn Public Library on Wednesday announced their collaboration to issue 100,000 special edition library cards featuring the 2024 WNBA Champion, New York Liberty, and Liberty mascot, Ellie the Elephant.
The Liberty and Brooklyn Public Library will celebrate their collaboration as part of Ellie’s Birthday at the Liberty game this Sunday, June 1 at Barclays Center. Fans attending the game will enjoy book-themed activations in and around the arena, including a Brooklyn Public Library bookmobile on the plaza, offering books for loan to library card holders.
Inside the arena, fans can stop by a photobooth and pick up Ellie-themed bookmarks, each with a QR code linking to an Ellie-approved reading list for readers of all ages. Her curated list includes titles like Lola Joins the Team by Keka Novales, Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson and Elephants Living Large by Jason Viola.
This summer, the Liberty and Brooklyn Public Library will also partner through Brooklyn Basketball to support the library’s summer reading programming.
The Liberty and Brooklyn Basketball-themed library cards will be available at all branches of the Brooklyn Public Library starting Monday, June 2.
