Books about Community Helpers

Tuesday, August 5th is National Night Out and this year Evansville hosts the Rock County Night Out in our very own Lake Leota Park. Night Out is sponsored by the emergency services departments from Rock County, including of course the Evansville Police Department and Department of Emergency Medical Services. 

To celebrate the vital work that these folks do for our community, we’ve compiled a list of picture books about helpers in communities. Check ‘em out at the library or through RockCat today!

• All Through My Town by Jean Reidy (found at Hedberg PL) Illustrations and simple, rhyming text take the reader on a tour around town.

• Police: Hurrying! Helping! Saving! by Patricia Hubbell (found at Hedberg PL) Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate police officers and what they do.

• On the Town: A Community Adventure by Judith Caseley (found at Hedberg PL) Charlie and his mother walk around the neighborhood doing errands so that Charlie can write in his notebook about the people and places that make up his community.

• I Stink! by Kate McMullan (found at all Rock County PLs) A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.

• The Firefighters by Sue Whiting (found at Beloit PL and Hedberg PL) After dressing up as fire fighters, building a fire truck out of a cardboard box, and extinguishing imaginary fires on the playground, Mrs. Iverson's students are surprised by the arrival of a real fire engine with real fire fighters on board.

• Firefighters! Speeding! Spraying! Saving! by Patricia Hubbell (found at Beloit PL and Hedberg PL) Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate firefighters and what they do.

We did a whole blog post dedicated to fun picture books about libraries and librarians, so you can check that out here!

Eager Free Public Library will be at Night Out on Tuesday, August 5th at Lake Leota Park. Stop by our table to say hello and make a fun back-to-school craft!