After a famous Johannes Vermeer painting, A Lady Writing, is stolen en route to the Art Institute of Chicago, Calder and Petra work together to try to recover it. Set in Hyde Park, Chicago near the University of Chicago, the novel follows two children, Calder Pillay and Petra Andalee. Call (414) 525-5664.Chasing Vermeer is a 2004 children's art mystery novel written by Blue Balliett and illustrated by Brett Helquist. event April 26 at Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Dr., Hales Corners. Stewart, whose earlier books include “Wicked Plants,” and Morrow-Cribbs will present their book during a 5:30 p.m. Zombie bugs, corpse eaters, bugs that eat their mates - Stewart has the word for you, accompanied by unexpectedly lovely illustrations by Briony Morrow-Cribbs.(According to her bio, Morrow-Cribbs is studying printmaking in the MFA program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.) In “Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects” (Algonquin, $18.95), Stewart offers witty capsule biographies of dozens of chitin horrors, from the African bat bug to the tsetse fly, with plenty of shout-out for the spiders who haunt our nightmares, including such familiars as black widows and brown recluses. Meanwhile, if you believe knowing the enemy is a good philosophy, Amy Stewart has a new book for you. Murray Ave., where you can also find plenty about Darwin, Vermeer, Calder and Wright. April 27 at the Shorewood Public Library, 3920 N.
in her latest, "The Danger Box" (Scholastic, $16.99), Zoomy, a vision-impaired boy in a small Michigan town, and his rambunctious friend Lorrol encounter an old notebook that appears to be from the scientist Charles Darwin, as well as the threat of danger.īalliett will talk at 4 p.m. Her ensuing books tapped the legacies of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and artist Alexander Calder.
"Chasing Vermeer," her signature book, featured young Petra and Calder working together to find a stolen Johannes Vermeer painting, with a code embedded in the book for readers to work on as they read. Blue Balliett writes complex mysteries for readers 9 to 12 years old that teachers love, because she gets so much content into them.
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