Last Stop on Market Street & More Books on Feeding Each Other! (Thanksgiving )
Read about how folks help feed each other in this great list! A good list for Thanksgiving or any time kids want to understand and help.
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Andrea Tsurumi Recommends! Choice Books from an Amazing Artist/Upcoming Virtual Guest
The amazing Andrea Tsurumi has written and illustrated such great books as Accident, Crab Cake, and the Elephant & Piggy Like Reading title I’m on It!. They virtually visited with author Jarrett Dapier to promote the hilarious Mr. Watson’s Chickens on Sunday, November 7. 2021. Here are some books that Andrea absolutely loves!!
Announcing Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids List of 2021!
Book Bird , Kids , Book List , Library News
Evanston Public Library is pleased to announce the results of our incredibly hardworking 101 Great Books for Kids committee! In 2021 we still felt many of the residual effects of 2020 throughout the year. Our library didn’t return to full-time hours until the Summer. Many publishers opted for PDFs rather than physical copies of advanced […]
Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2021: Picture Books
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: Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Religious Tales
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Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Religious Tales 22. Blancaflor, The Hero With Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America by Nadja Spiegelman, ill. Sergio García Sánchez Can true love triumph when your dad’s an ogre? Only daughter Blancaflor can defeat her dad’s tricks and traps as she aids a young prince on his daring quest. JGraphic […]
Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2021: Easy Books and Early Chapter Books
Easy and Early Chapter Books 29. Burt the Beetle Doesn’t Bite by Ashley Spires Burt’s just your average ten-lined june beetle so there’s not too much that’s interesting about him. Yet even the most average bug can be a hero if it uses what it’s got. And what Burt has… are hugs. JEasy Spire.A 30. […]
Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2021: Poetry
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
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 […]