Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2020 - March 2020
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.
The secret life of squirrels: a love story By Rose, Nancy Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: E Call Number: E Mr. Peanuts, a most unusual squirrel, is lonely as Valentine's Day nears but he meets Rosie in the bookstore and soon they are nuts about each other. |
After the fall: how Humpty Dumpty got back up again By Santat, Dan Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: E Call Number: E After falling off the wall, Humpty Dumpty is very afraid of climbing up again, but is determined not to let fear stop him from being close to the birds. |
By Steig, William Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: E Call Number: E Horribly hideous Shrek leaves home and terrifies everyone he encounters in his search for his equally ugly bride. |
By Stoeke, Janet Morgan Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: E Call Number: E Chickens Pip, Midge, and Dot admire Rooster Sam and his ability to fly up to the barn roof, but when they spy on him to see how he does it, they get a big surprise. |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: [2013] Classification: E Call Number: E No one has ever returned from the mysterious Fog Island, but when Finn and Cara get castaway on its murky shores, they discover things are not quite as they expect. Will anyone ever believe them? |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: E Call Number: E The man in the moon outwits the police in several escapades on Earth with the help of his waxing and waning powers and the friendship of a 300-year-old scientist. |
The Mellops go diving for treasure By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: E Call Number: E "One day Mr. Mellops finds a dusty old trunk in his attic, and before they know it, the family are embarking on a journey of discovery. But treasure is not the only thing waiting for these intrepid pigs below the ocean's surface"--Publisher's description. |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: E Call Number: E While on a caving expedition, Mr. Mellops and his four sons find stalagmites and stalactites, evidence of cavepigs living thousands of years ago, and a smuggler's den. |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: [2011] Classification: E Call Number: E While on a family picnic Mr. Mellops notices the mountain water has an awful taste, like oil. Soon, the intrepid Mellops embark on a quest that takes them to the library, the museum and eventually an oil field! |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: E Call Number: E Three robbers terrify the countryside until they are subdued by the charm of a little orphan girl named Tiffany. |
The legend of the candy cane: the inspirational story of our favorite Christmas candy By Walburg, Lori Publishing Date: [2012] Classification: E Call Number: E With the help of young Lucy, a mysterious stranger called Mr. Sonneman tells the story of the candy cane to the people of a small prairie town during Christmas time at the turn of the century. Includes a history of the candy cane. |
Down by the river: a family fly fishing story By Weiner, Andrew Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: E Call Number: E One beautiful autumn day, Art sets out with his mother and grandfather for a fishing trip. Fishing days are Art s favorite. He loves learning the ropes from Grandpa the different kinds of flies and tackle and the trout that frequent their favorite river. |
By Wenzel, Brendan Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: E Call Number: E In simple text a set of animals, each one linked to the previous one by some trait of shape, color, or pattern, greet and interact with one another. |
By Ying, Victoria Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: E Call Number: E Meow? Meow? MEOW! Using this one word expressed in a lot of different ways and expressive art, this almost wordless picture books shows a feisty young kitten who gets frustrated when her family is too busy to play. |
By Chokshi, Roshani Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Set in a darkly glamorous world The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence and dangerous but thrilling adventure. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin will need help from a band of experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian who can't yet go home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in all but blood, who might care too much. Together, they'll have to use their wits and knowledge to hunt the artifact through the dark and glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the world, but only if they can stay alive. |
By Clare, Cassandra Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: YA Call Number: YA High Warlock Magnus Bane learns that a demon-worshipping cult, the Crimson Hand, is wreaking havoc across Europe, threatening more than just his romantic getaway with new boyfriend, Alec Lightwood. |
Sightwitch: the true tale of the twelve paladins By Dennard, Susan Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Sightwitch Sister Ryber Fortiza embarks on a mission deep underground to rescue her fellow Sisters, where she meets Kullen Ikray, a captain with no memory of his identity, who joins her in the search of answers that will alter the Witchlands's fate. |
By Dennard, Susan Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: YA Call Number: YA After an explosion ruins his ship, Prince Merik tries to expose his sister's treachery while fighting for the weak on the streets of the royal capital. Meanwhile, Aeduan, a Bloodwitch, and Iseult, a Threadwitch, form an unlikely alliance and travel together looking for Safiya, who has been shipwrecked with the Empress of Marstok in a land of pirates and is living every moment balanced on a knife's edge, trying to keep the pirates from unleashing war upon the Witchlands. -- |
By Dragt, Tonke Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: YA Call Number: YA On the night of his final vigil before being knighted, Tiuri answers a request to deliver an urgent letter to a distant kingdom across the Great Mountains--a journey that will threaten his life and teach him the true meaning of what it is to be a knight. |
By Josephson, Kalyn Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: YA Call Number: YA After their mother's death when the Illucian empire invaded, Princess Anthia and her sister Princess Caliza start a rebellion to bring back the magical elemental crows that were taken from her people. |