Eve's Fan Garden

All of us at Eve’s Fan Garden wish all the moms and grammas a very Happy Mother’s Day! Being moms ourselves we know it takes a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to be a mom always staying busy! So we hope that you took some time for yourself today! One of the best ways [...]

Thank you to 13 year old Alaina Knowles for joining us this week for the Book of the Week! Be sure to check out the web site of this talented young lady! She not only has her book for sale, but lots of cute and clever notecards. The winner of our giveaway is: Amy S. [...]

Have any grads in your life? This image is obviously not a part of the ABC Animals  book. It’s available as a note card. I am so impressed with Alaina’s talent. Here’s what she has to say about this card: “Graduation…this is my newest one for graduation!  I used all different colors for the hands [...]

I love the colors in this one. Here’s what Alaina has to say about it:” “Maple Leaf….my mom’s friend ask me to make this for her to use as part of a wedding rehearsal dinner invitation for her son.  I love how the colors look so different but when you see it as a whole it [...]

ABC Animals is a picture book for children created by a 13 year old artist, Alaina Knowles. Here, Alaina gives us some background on today’s mosaic: “Crab…I made this crab as part of the alphabet book and the eye brows are my favorite part.  I used scrap book paper as the background.” Alaina’s website  Facebook [...]

Alaina Knowles is a 13 year old girl from Vermont who has published her own book of mosaic collages. We asked her a few questions about her artwork and her book. Here’s what she has to say:  Hey Alaina, where did you get the idea for making mosaics? In 7th grade I had to do [...]

We are excited to present our  newest Book of the Week ABC Animals by Alaina Knowles This week’s Book of the Week is a little different than our usual. It’s not fiction. It’s not Young Adult. It isn’t published by a major publisher. What is it? A picture book by an extremely talented 13 year [...]

Earth Day is April 21st. Even though we are a little late posting our Earth Day books, we figure every day is a good day to feature books that promote caring for our Earth! Let’s start with the book Every Day on Earth: Fun facts that happen every 24 hours. This book is full of [...]

From Goodreads.com: Accompanying a manuscript Dr. Seuss wrote in 1973, was a letter outlining his hopes of finding “a great color artist who will not be dominated by me.” The late Dr. Seuss saw his original text about feelings and moods as part of the “first book ever to be based on beautiful illustrations and [...]

Bobby is sometimes brave. He is sometimes silly. He even sometimes gets into trouble. Bobby doesn’t fit in with the other kids in his class. His hair is different. He wears odd clothes. And he always manages to get into sticky situations. This story would be perfect to highlight the aspect of fear in bullying. [...]

The next book in our Bully Prevention Feature is The Recess Queen, by Alexis O’Neill and Laura Huliska-Beith. In this book, Jean is the school bully. She bosses everyone around. Everyone does what she says. She gets to go first for everything. She is very mean to the other children. Until the new girl arrives [...]

 Our first book in the Bully Prevention Feature is The Bully From the Black Lagoon, by Mike Thaler. This book is a great children’s book to launch a discussion about spreading rumors or judging people. The boy in the story learns there will be a new boy at school. Someone starts a rumor that the [...]

January 1, 2012 We are so excited to be a part of this meme, called In My Mailbox, originally started on The Story Siren book blog. Basically, each week we will post what goodies, give-a-ways, ARCs, etc we received in the mail, books we purchased, or checked out from the library. To learn more about [...]

In my mailbox this week a really fascinating book arrived from Scholastic – Discover More: The Elements. Being the science geek that I am, this book really grabbed my interest right away. The pictures are awesome, colorful, and large. The information is detailed and easy to understand. It is full of very useful information about [...]

Congrats to Tommy Greenwald on the release of his debut novel Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading! Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading a light-hearted middle grades novel that will tempt even the most die-hard non-readers.  As my 12 year old put it “Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading is a very [...]