The Evanston Public Library (both the Main Library and Robert Crown Branch) will be closed this Thursday, April 25, for a Staff Development Day.
October 18, 2021
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 […]
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 […]
October 18, 2021
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 […]
October 18, 2021
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
October 18, 2021
Comics and Graphic Novels 66. Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens When Artemis discovers that she and her mom come from a long line of werewolves, she also finds a family she never knew she had. But what’s hunting Artie and her family? And will they be strong enough to survive? JGraphic Steph.O […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
