Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions

These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.

Additional information about each title can be found in the catalog (click on the title). For older acquisition lists choose from Select another list. To request any of these titles please contact your local library branch.

Book Cover

Si llevas un ratón a la escuela

By Numeroff, Laura Joffe

Publishing Date: c2003

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Follows a boy and his mouse through a busy day at school.

Book Cover

The bear ate your sandwich

By Sarcone-Roach, Julia

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: E

Call Number: E

"When a sandwich goes missing, it seems that a bear is the unlikely culprit"--

Book Cover

Squirrels Leap, Squirrels sleep

By Sayre, April Pulley

Publishing Date: [2016]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

If you followed a squirrel for a day, what would you see? Climbing branches, storing seeds, making homes in tree holes, and maybe even flying! Acclaimed nature writer April Pulley Sayre's lyrical text, paired with Steve Jenkins's stunning art, offers a glimpse into this fascinating world. Discover different kinds of squirrels as the scamper, eat, and finally sleep.

Book Cover

Sebastian and the balloon

By Stead, Philip Christian

Publishing Date: 2014

Classification: E

Call Number: E

"When Sebastian launches himself on a journey in a hot air balloon made entirely of Grandma's afghans and patchwork quilts, his boring day turns into the adventure of a lifetime"--

Book Cover

Construction

By Sutton, Sally

Publishing Date: 2014

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Big machines and their drivers work together to build a library.

Book Cover

The very big carrot

By Tone, Satoe

Publishing Date: 2013

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Six imaginative rabbits consider what they might make from an unusually large carrot they have found.

Book Cover

The tree house that Jack built

By Verburg, Bonnie

Publishing Date: 2014

Classification: E

Call Number: E

"With ladders, swings, turrets, and elaborate pulley systems everywhere--animals chase one another over, under, around, and through the tree house that Jack has built. Then the bell rings, and all the animals gather for story time with Jack"--

Book Cover

My blue is happy

By Young, Jessica

Publishing Date: 2013

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Invites readers to explore the infinite possibilities of emotional expression through color, discussing how people respond differently when seeing colors and how these experiences help broaden the world in wonderful new ways.

Book Cover

The great Antonio

By Gravel, Elise

Publishing Date: [2016]

Classification: RDR

Call Number: RDR

What made the Great Antonio so great? He weighed as much as a horse! He once wrestled a bear. He could devour twenty-five roasted chickens at one sitting. In this whimsical book, beloved author and illustrator Elise Gravel tells the true story of Antonio Barichievich, the larger-than-life Montreal strongman who had muscles as big as his heart.

Book Cover

Bramble and Maggie: snow day

By Haas, Jessie

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: RDR

Call Number: RDR

Preparing for a major winter storm, Bramble and Maggie anticipate playing in the deep snow and wind up helping trapped neighbors before sharing an impromptu block party of marshmallows and cocoa.

Book Cover

Airhead

By Cabot, Meg

Publishing Date: 2008

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels.

Book Cover

Being Nikki

By Cabot, Meg

Publishing Date: 2009

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

Studious, socially conscious Emerson Watts learns startling news about the family of Nikki Howard, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted by the nefarious Stark corporation.

Book Cover

Runaway

By Cabot, Meg

Publishing Date: c2010

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

When sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts learns the truth about Nikki, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted, she finds that there is only one person to turn to for help--especially since her loved ones seem to be furious with her.

Book Cover

City of lost souls

By Clare, Cassandra

Publishing Date: c2012

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction.

Book Cover

From Rockaway

By Eisenstadt, Jill

Publishing Date: 1987

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

Set in Rockaway, New York, and following a year in the lives of high school graduates and summer lifeguards Timmy, Chowderhead, Peg, and Alexandra, this novel depicts the cynicism, casual violence, and ritualized recklessness of unshockable youths - (Baker & Taylor)

Book Cover

Conviction

By Gilbert, Kelly Loy

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

"A small-town boy questions everything he holds to be true when his father is accused of murder"--

Book Cover

Girl mans up

By Girard, M-E

Publishing Date: [2016]

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she s always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? They think the way she looks and acts means she s trying to be a boy that she should quit trying to be something she s not. If she dresses like a girl, and does what her folks want, it will show respect. If she takes orders and does what her friend Colby wants, it will show her loyalty. But respect and loyalty, Pen discovers, are empty words.

Book Cover

Looking for Alaska: a novel

By Green, John

Publishing Date: c2005

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.

Book Cover

Paper towns

By Green, John

Publishing Date: c2008

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

Book Cover

The unfinished life of Addison Stone

By Griffin, Adele

Publishing Date: [2014]

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

When a celebrated New York City teenager, known for her subversive street art, mysteriously dies, her life is examined in a series of interviews with her parents, friends, boyfriends, mentors, and critics.