Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2021: Picture Books

October 18, 2021

Picture Books 1. The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear, ill. Gracey Zhang A girl and her Japanese grandmother don’t share a language, but they do share a love of bathing! A gentle story of family and loving all kinds of bodies, big and small. JPicture Macle.K 2. Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder One […]




Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2021: Poetry

October 18, 2021

Poetry 38. Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman, ill. Diana Sudyka Slip into the secret spots of your garden and meet a coy creature unafraid to be silent and stealthy. Contains lovely poems and delicious facts about the tiny treefrog. JPicture Sidma.J 39. Honey for You, Honey for Me: A First Book of Nursery Rhymes collected […]


Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2021: Fiction

October 18, 2021

Fiction 44. Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston Men in Black meets Harry Potter! When Amari Peters discovers that her brother has nominated her to attend the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs she discovers powers she never knew she had. J Alsto.B 45. Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz A girl as precious […]



Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2021: Non-Fiction Picture Books

October 18, 2021

Nonfiction Picture Books 78. Begin With a Bee by Liza Ketchum, Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Phyllis Root, ill. Claudia McGehee Every bumblebee colony begins with just a single queen, waking in the spring, doing everything herself. Colored woodcuts highlight one of the more peculiar tales in the insect kingdom. x595.799 Ketch.L 79. How to Find […]


Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2021: Nonfiction for Older Readers

October 18, 2021

Nonfiction for Older Readers 94. Escape at 10,000 Feet (Unsolved Case Files) by Tom Sullivan / Jailbreak at Alcatraz (Unsolved Case Files) by Tom Sullivan In 1962 three men made an impossible escape from the notorious island prison Alcatraz. The case remains unsolved. Later in 1971 a man hijacked a plane and stole $200,000 before […]


Up From Down Home: Talking with Local Artist Jevoid Simmons

September 2, 2021

“I’m working to be the me I’m meant to be at this time in life”. That’s the retirement mantra Jevoid Simmons lives by as he fully devotes himself to making his art. Over the years Jevoid has exhibited his work locally at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center (April – October 2019), Evanston’s Noyes Cultural […]


Evanston History, or, Everyone Old Is New Again

August 2, 2021

Recently I was curious to see how Evanston looked a mere 50 years ago, back to August of 1971. After digging through copies of The Evanston Review, what I found was both incredibly familiar and uncommonly strange, all at the same time. Stuff like . . . “A regular review of topical news and issues […]


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