Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Mystery at the Club Sandwich

Everybody likes a good mystery, right? And a good detective, too. Nick Trunk is a great detective -- that's his picture there on the cover. He works for peanuts -- not bad, since he's an elephant. Doug Cushman tells and illustrates this picture...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2009 1:41 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: picture books, doug cushman, mystery

It's a Duck! No, it's a Rabbit! It's Duck! Rabbit!

OK, now it's your turn to take a good look at the picture on the front of this book, and it's nice and big so you can really study it. The two unseen characters inside are in disagreement. One thinks it's a duck quacking, and the other thinks...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2009 9:43 am by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: picture books, point of view, book review

Does Your Toddler Love Vehicles?

Jennifer Riggs Vetter has written a variation of the old song Down by The Station , with lots of modes of transportation. Of course there's the tried and true train to begin with, but this version goes on to include school buses, trucks, ex cavators...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 5:35 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: picture books, songs, jennifer riggs vetter, transportation

Gardening

This spring and summer, I've been working on making my yard a nice place to spend time. I grew up spending time in the yard at home or at my grandparents' house and I learned a lot from watching my mom and my grandparents take care of their yards...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 4:43 pm by Shh_ImReading@evpl

Filed under: nonfiction, picture books, food, books, growing, gardens, compost, plants, flowers, vegetables

Sitting Down To Eat

Author Bill Harley calls this a "zipper" song. He defines a zipper song as one where each verse is the same except for one word being changed. He gives as an example Pete Seeger's If I Had a Hammer . In Sitting Down to Eat , the singer relates...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 1:23 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, picture books, book review, bill harley

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, children's authors and illustrators, children's books, haunted house, ghost

It's a Fairy Tale! It's an Alphabet Book! It's an Art Book! It's a Cookbook!

It's Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet! This LIttle Red Riding Hood version has a main character named Carmine. The first page shows the word ALPHABET (Granny taught Carmine to read by putting together the letters in her alphabet soup.)...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2009 7:30 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: picture books, fairy tales, LIttle Red Riding Hood

Christmas Guests? Here's a Reading Suggestion!

Are you expecting an influx of children visiting for the holidays? Are you planning ways to keep them occupied? Here's one idea: Check out a stack of picture books from the library and put them where the kids can have access to them. Of course Christmas...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2008 2:04 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: riddles, picture books, activities, Christmas guests, houseguests

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, children's authors and illustrators

Think Honda Is Only a Car? Think Again!

I love my Honda Civic -- but I was surprised to learn that Honda is the last name of Soichiro Honda, born in Japan in 1906. Honda: The boy Who Dreamed of Cars is a picture book biography that begins with his early life and shows the long road to his eventual...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 6:45 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, picture books, vehicles, children's, Honda

Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour

How does a kid feel when the electricity goes out in the middle of the night and he can't find anyone but his dog? That's what happens to the boy in Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour by Eve Bunting. Donald Carrick's pictures are very realistic...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 5:16 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, picture books, kids, Halloween, spooky stories, dogs, children's

What Can Kids Do About the Economy?

Sheila Bair, FDIC chairwoman, has written a picture book for children on responsible money managing. Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock relates the story of twins whose grandfather gives them one dollar a week for ten weeks. Gramps promises to match each...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 5:53 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: reviews, picture books, grandparents, Sheila Bair, National Public Radio, Rock Brock and the Savings Shock

Adele and Simon

Kids and Moms will enjoy the interaction while reading the Adele and Simon books by Barbara Mclintock. They are definitely for readers who like to study pages and find the hidden objects. Reading these books will be fun and entertaining-not to mention...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 1:25 pm by bookmarkbeck@evpl

Filed under: I Spy, puzzles, picture books, moms, American History, books

Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

There has been a lot of interest in a new poster in the Children's area of Oaklyn Branch Library. It shows the cover of each Caldecott Award winner for the best picture book of the year since the beginning of the award in 1938. Kids are looking for...

Published Sat, Oct 10 2008 12:34 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: Caldecott, picture books

Have You Heard This Story About Abe Lincoln ?

There's a new picture book about Abe Lincoln. Deborah Hopkinson has written Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek; A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend). John Hendrix has drawn the pictures. When Abe was seven , he and his 3-years-older...

Published Sat, Oct 10 2008 12:27 pm by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl

Filed under: picture books, American History, Abraham Lincoln

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