Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
July 2017 - August 2017
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.
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. |
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"-- |
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. |
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"-- |
By Sutton, Sally Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: E Call Number: E Big machines and their drivers work together to build a library. |
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. |
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"-- |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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) |
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"-- |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |