Mariners Harbor Library
NYPL's Top Checkouts of All Time
Television
Science and Technology!
The United States
100

Mariners Harbor's only male staff member and the manager of the library

Who is Peter or Mr. Peter?

100

The fantasy book series about a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday (hint: the first book in the series is NYPL's 9th most checked out book of all time!) 

What is Harry Potter or the Harry Potter Series?

100

This beloved children's show stars an eight-foot two-inch tall bright yellow canary

What is Sesame Street?

100

To make this, combine water, glue and liquid starch...and maybe some food coloring

What is slime?

100
Serving from 2009-2017, he was the United States' first African American president

Who is Barack Obama?

200

You have to leave this at the front desk in order to borrow headphones at the library

What is your library card?

200

Checked out a total of 337,948 times in NYPL's history, this children's novel is the story of an unlikely friendship between a spider and a pig


What is Charlotte's Web?

200

This show follows the adventures of a young girl, a monkey named Boots, and Backpack 

What is Dora the Explorer? 

200

This planet is known for its beautiful rings

What is Saturn?

200

This is the capital of our state, New York

What is Albany?

300

The number of digits in your library card PIN, or the password you use to log onto a library computer

What is four? 

300

#2 on NYPL's Top 10 Checkouts of All Time, this is a story about a tall cat who wears a red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie

What is The Cat in the Hat?

300

He lives in a pineapple under the sea!

Who is Spongebob Squarepants?

300

Solar energy is electricity powered by this

What is the sun?

300

This is the second most spoken language in the US

What is Spanish?

400

The amount of time you can check out a library book at a time

What is three weeks?

400

Clocking in at #10 on NYPL's Top 10 Checkouts of All Time, this beloved children's book by Eric Carle is a story of transformation featuring a caterpillar who eats everything in sight 


What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

400

This blue locomotive thinks he can, thinks he can, thinks he can

Who is Thomas or Thomas the Tank Engine?

400

The abbreviation WWW seen in web addresses stands for this

What is World Wide Web?

400

You'll find this ocean off the coast of California

What is the Pacific?

500

This is where you will usually find the latest Dogman, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Adventure Time books

What is the display table under the yellow school bus?

500

The cover of this famous children's book can be seen on NYPL's current limited edition library card celebrating the library's 125th birthday


What is The Snowy Day?

500

This Adventure Time character is 1,000 years old


Who is Marceline the Vampire Queen?

500

Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of this

What is a web browser?

500

This mountain has the faces of four former presidents carved into it

What is Mount Rushmore?