The Evanston Public Library (both the Main Library and Robert Crown Branch) will be closed this Thursday, April 25, for a Staff Development Day.
Can there be a more perfect spring read aloud? Everyone is having a wonderful spring day — the dog, the cat, the bird, the squirrel — even Bert who arranges everything for these happy animals. Then from the white pages comes bear — and in the end only bear is having a perfect day! Grab […]
A genre-busting mix of steampunk, Western and thriller, with a dash of real history. The story is narrated in the distinct, first-person voice of a “seamstress” (aka saloon girl) named Karen Memery, and populated with a terrific collection of vivid and diverse characters that will keep you hooked throughout! Together, Karen and the other employees […]
In each picture book she writes and illustrates, Keiko Kasza provides plot twists and surprises galore. You never know where her tales will take you. She is the perfect author to use to introduce the idea of narrative to young readers (preschoolers and early elementary). Just look at all The Dog Who Cried Wolf, The […]
Evan’s father died with a yellow bound book in his hand. The yellow book contains the journal of a Japanese soldier, who was stranded on a small island in the Pacific during WWII. As Evan cracks the journal open he realizes that it was recovered by his estranged grandfather, a U.S. Marine and that the […]
Young readers cannot help but cheer for Lucía, the cape-wearing star of this energetic, vibrant picture book. Cynthia Leonor Garza’s text zips and bounces along as she introduces our young heroine, first seen pulling some cool superhero moves on the playground. Alyssa Bermudez’s vibrant art leaps off the pages as Lucía flies off the monkey bars, […]
Poet/novelist Kwame Alexander won the 2015 Newbery Award, a 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and the 2017 Rebecca Caudill Award for his moving free verse novel The Crossover. For this brilliantly conceived poetry collection he invited Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth to join him and create evocative poems that pay tribute to legendary poets […]
“I’m innocent,” said every inmate in a correctional facility ever but Mary B. Addison is innocent well according to Mary she is innocent. The infamous Mary B. Addison was only 12 when she was convicted of murder. After spending time in a juvenile detention center, she is transferred to a group home where she endures […]
The Lone City Trilogy has been touted as a cross between THE SELECTION SERIES and THE HANDMAID’S TALE. In a world where the rich and royal cannot reproduce on their own, they must purchase surrogates— young, beautiful, talented women from the poorest areas of the city, women who are gifted with special, supernatural abilities—to bear […]
This is a wonderful continuation of The Lunar Chronicles (CINDER, SCARLET, CRESS, WINTER) series, only in graphic novel form. This all new story features Cinder’s best friend, the android named Iko. There has been a peace agreement between Earth and Luna, but rogue packs of Levana’s wolf/human hybrid soldiers still roam the Earth, causing trouble. […]
A wakes every day in a new body-male, female, transgender, addict, jock, mean girl, etc. The change happens at midnight and A is helpless to stop it. This has never been a problem since this is the only life A knows but then A falls in love with Rhiannon. Never having shared the secret of […]
