Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Kissing Coyotes (& otherwise keeping your word)

Kissing Coyotes by Marcia Vaughan Jack Rabbit likes to brag. First he tells his friend Roadrunner he can dance with a rattlesnake. Next he tells Gila Monster he can scare a herd of longhorn cattle, all by himself. Finally he boasts to Fox that he can...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 3:19 pm by myzticrhythmz@evpl

Filed under: animals, books, folktales, southwest

Animals and ABCs

Kids love animals, so Creature ABC will fascinate them with its range of familiar and not-so-familiar beasts.Photographs from Andrew Zuckerman's 2007 work Creature are arranged alphabet-book style, with a letter and photograph on facing pages, then...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2009 1:51 pm by mrsweasley@evpl

Filed under: animals, books, alphabet

Like Animals? Zoobooks Are For You!

Zoobooks magazine is published monthly. Each issue specializes in one animal or type of animal, and you can find out lots of info from reading it! While I am here in READ Center in Central LIbrary this Sunday, I see issues on skunks, koalas, lions, and...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2009 4:47 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: mccollough branch, east branch, north park branch, oaklyn branch, red bank branch, animals, dinosaurs, magazines

Jack and Miss Stretchberry are back.

Miss Stretchberry loves poetry, and makes it part of her classroom every day. In Love That Dog , we meet Jack, who thinks poetry isn't for boys, and that he can't understand it. The story is told through Jack's poetry assignments. As the year...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 2:54 pm by kiya@evpl

Filed under: fiction, animals, school stories, poetry, Sharon Creech

A "heifer" is not always a cow...

Homeschool moms, teachers, and librarians interested in teaching children a lesson in compassion will appreciate these gems. The fact that these books are based on TRUE happenings will impact children's thoughts and feelings. Beatrice's Goat by...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 2:44 pm by bookmarkbeck@evpl

Filed under: animals, events, storytime, picture books, grandparents, books

Everything Is Connected, Even Wolves

Who knew wolves were so important to a place? For nearly 70 years there had been no wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Then in 1995, ten adult wolves were brought to the park from Canada. The Wolves Are Back by Jean Craighead George tells how their...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 1:08 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, animals, wolves, ecology

woodrat

Woodrat Jill by Nicky Laak Keep an eye open for this one. The author, (a Keys resident of 16 years originally from Sussex England) feels it's very important to protect endangered species - especially the Key Largo woodrat which has been maligned in...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 2:41 pm by bookmarkbeck@evpl

Filed under: east branch, fiction, animals, books

Actual Size by Steve Jenkins

I hope I'm never eyeball-to-eyeball with a giant squid! But if I want to know what a giant squid's eyeball looks like in its actual size, I can look in Steve Jenkins' book . And now I'm absolutely sure I don't want to do this in real...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 9:31 am by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: animals, picture books

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