Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Mystery at the Club Sandwich

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Wednesday, September 23 2009, 1:41pm

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...

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Filed under: picture books, doug cushman, mystery

Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Monday, October 27 2008, 5:16pm

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...

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

Beginning Recorder Class in Evansville Parent Magazine

by FiddleChick@evpl on Wednesday, October 29 2008, 3:01pm

Within the November 2008 issue of Evansville Parent magazine, myself along with Rowan Tree are featured under the paragraph titled: The Library . "A special course will be beginning on Nov. 5 at Central Library for elementary-school children interested...

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Filed under: Performance, Music Education

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AREA NEW BOOKS!

by TeachersPet@evpl on Tuesday, May 4 2010, 4:39pm

Once again, I have great new books to share with you from the Educational Materials area in the READ Center at Cental Library! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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Filed under: kids, teachers, parents

"Banjo Granny"

by FiddleChick@evpl on Wednesday, September 10 2008, 2:43pm

As I was looking for books patrons could check out that tied into my theme of the week (Folk Music) for Music Mania, I found a great book called " Banjo Granny " by Sarah Martin Busse & Jacqueline Briggs Martin. At the very beginning of...

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Filed under: storytime, Music, Banjo

Fun Ways to Learn About Classical Music

by FiddleChick@evpl on Wednesday, January 5 2011, 10:25am

Classics for Kids is a radio station based out in Cincinnati Ohio where its host Naomi Lewin brings classical music's great composers to life through music and stories. Within this website there is a bit of everything for everyone! Children and adults...

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Filed under: Music Education, Classical Music

Election Year Fun

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Monday, August 11 2008, 3:27pm

Sam's mother is the President of the United States. His father is the First Guy. Sam has a pet cat named Warren and they know a friendly rat named Leonard. It's great to live in the White House for a while, but Sam has too many limits. That's...

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Filed under: White House, picture books, presidents

New Books in the Educational Materials area

by TeachersPet@evpl on Tuesday, September 2 2008, 4:58pm

Come see the wonderful resources we have available for parents and teachers in the Educational Materials area in the READ Center at Central Library. We have a special resources area, magazines, seasonal displays, new books, and a quiet place to work....

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Honey Cake

by mrsweasley@evpl on Friday, November 21 2008, 3:39pm

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...

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

Celebrate Poetry Month!

by mrsweasley@evpl on Tuesday, April 21 2009, 3:05pm

98 young poets in grades K-12 submitted 130 poems to McCollough Branch for our first (annual?) Poetry Month celebration and contest. Subjects ranged from the African Plains to a humble Hoosier mushroom, from love and friendship to the wisdom of starting...

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Filed under: mccollough branch, events, poetry

DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!

by mrsweasley@evpl on Friday, August 14 2009, 11:38am

Libraries and librarians are known as promoters of intellectual freedom , but I was shocked to find this dangerous and subversive propaganda among my new books. Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians purports to be an account of the exploits of dubious...

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I've heard there are TWO sides to every story - maybe even THREE

by kiya@evpl on Wednesday, September 17 2008, 4:07pm

Millicent Min is having a bad summer - 1. Her mom signed her up for volleyball 2. Her grandmother is about to move away 3. She doesn't really have friends, though Emily is a possibility 4. She has to tutor awful Stanford Wong 5. Her mother might be...

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Filed under: humor, Lisa Yee, point of view

Know Any Budding Authors?

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Friday, August 28 2009, 1:46pm

A Book is the book for them! Mordicai Gerstein has written and illustrated this picture book about a family who lived in a book. "When the book was closed it was night in the book and the family slept. When the book was open it was morning and the...

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Filed under: Caldecott, fairy tales, child authors, mordicai gerstein

Fall Children's program schedules available now!

by Blazer@evpl on Friday, August 22 2008, 10:59am

Check out your favorite branch and all the wonderful programs coming your way beginning September 2!

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Filed under: events, storytime, kids

Jack and Miss Stretchberry are back.

by kiya@evpl on Tuesday, November 18 2008, 2:54pm

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...

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

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