Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Books to Warm your Heart

February is full of holidays and special events, and we have books for every occasion. Here are some heart-warming books for that chilly mid-winter holiday, Valentine's Day ( February 14) and a bonus book for Black History Month. Dog meets Cat (and...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2010 4:57 pm by mrsweasley@evpl

Filed under: books, Black History, Valentines Day, authors and illustrators

New Jim Arnosky Book

Jim Arnosky, naturalist and artist, shows how familiar he is with the oceans, and particularly the Florida Keys, in this quick, suspenseful read for the 4th-6th grade crowd. The title is The Pirates of Crocodile Swamp. Jack and Sandy escape from a bad...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 10:21 am by bookmarkbeck@evpl

Filed under: fiction, book review, authors and illustrators

Say That Fast Three Times!

Jon Agee has a new book called Orangutan Tongs , and the subtitle is a perfect description -- Poems to Tangle Your Tongue. I found myself wanting to read them out loud. Here's the beginning of a real tongue twister: A three-toed tree toad tried to...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 7:06 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: poetry, jon agee, authors and illustrators

We Are the Ship

Three cheers for We Are the Ship ! I wrote about this book earlier, and said I thought it might be a good candidate for the Caldecott Award. It didn't win that, but it did win the Sibert Award, for the most distinguished informational children's...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2009 6:16 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: Newbery, Kadir Nelson, Coretta Scott King, authors and illustrators

Ghosts of the Past (and Present)

Have you ever been haunted by a book? I was haunted by a book I couldn’t remember. My mother told me that when I was about three years old, I had a favorite book, one I checked out over and over again. I had absolutely no recollection of that book...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2009 11:22 am by mrsweasley@evpl

Filed under: picture books, books, haunted house, ghost, authors and illustrators

Former Newbery Award Winner Coming Here!

I love to hear authors speak about their books. This March, Patricia MacLachlan is coming to Central Library as part of the Evansville Area Reading Council Young Authors Program. She is the 1986 Newbery Award winner (best American children's novel...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 1:49 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: dvd, Newbery, Sarah MacLachlan, authors and illustrators

"Where has Tillie laid her egg?"

Tillie Lay an Egg by Terry Golson is a delightful book about a hen who likes to do things a little differently than the other hens. Wait her turn to lay an egg? Bah! Tillie has more important things to discover. You can discover them too as you read this...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2009 9:26 am by bookchick@evpl

Filed under: reviews, Tillie Lays an Egg, Terry Golson, Ben Fink, authors and illustrators

Do You have a Famous Relative?

Every family has a relative who is their claim to fame. Mine is Branch Rickey, the man who hired Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in major league baseball. Now Kadir Nelson has written and illustrated We Are The Ship; The Story of Negro...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2008 1:34 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, Caldecott, American History, Branch Rickey, Kadir Nelson, Negro League Baseball, authors and illustrators

What does it mean to be poor?

People are talking about tough times economically, and many fear it will get worse. For an idea of what it really means to be poor, try reading Ruth White's Little Audrey. White writes in the forward that the story of four little girls and their parents...

Published Sat, Nov 11 2008 11:50 am by mrsweasley@evpl

Filed under: fiction, books, poverty, coal mining, West Virginia, authors and illustrators

Honey Cake

Every year, David's mother bakes a honey cake for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration. Eating honey cake symbolizes the hope that the new year will be sweet. David's sister Rachel expresses the opinion of all Denmark in 1943: "A...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 3:39 pm by mrsweasley@evpl

Filed under: fiction, reviews, history, wartime escape, Nazis, World War II, Germany, Jews, Denmark, cake, Joan Betty Stuchner, Rosh Hashanah, authors and illustrators

What's the Point?

Mel's life was well-rounded until he tripped one day and fell into another dimension where everything is pointy. No one believes his stories of a pointy world, but he won't give up his tale. What's the point of this picture book by the always...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 9:29 am by mrsweasley@evpl

Filed under: picture books, point of view, books, authors and illustrators

If you Turnip your nose at these books, you'll be in The Doghouse

Pig and Mouse have a surprise for Cow's birthday! They are baking the best birthday cake ever! Duck wants to help, but who wants TURNIPS for their birthday? Who indeed? A Birthday for Cow answers that question, while its companion story The Doghouse...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2008 12:46 pm by mrsweasley@evpl

Filed under: Mo Willems, pig, books, mouse, duck, cow, authors and illustrators

Curious about Curious George?

I was! I love adventure stories and was drawn to The Journey That Saved Curious George The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey by Louise Borden. Thanks to the author's exciting account, the reader is caught in the moving drama of the Rey's...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 6:29 pm by bookmarkbeck@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, history, evpl.org, wartime escape, authors and illustrators

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