Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2018 - April 2018
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.
By Jones, Diana Wynne Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl. |
By MacLachlan, Patricia Publishing Date: c2006 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J As her family gathers for the wedding of her sister Anna, fourth-grader Cassie Whiting sees the many changes brought about by everyday life and finds comfort in the love of those around her, especially her grandfather. |
By Marx, Trish Publishing Date: [2009], c1993 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J A child tells how her family and other people in Budapest help save the famous hippopotamuses in their city's zoo from starving one difficult winter during World War II. Based on a true story. |
Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown By McDonald, Megan Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Second-grader Stink's parents tell him he must play a sport after he gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel. |
By McKay, Hilary Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J After twelve-year-old Binny hides and then loses the money she found in the ATM, she asks her best frenemy Gareth to help her find the missing money so she can return it to the bank without attracting the notice of her neighbor, whom Binny believes is a witch putting spells on Binny and her family. |
By Michalak, Jamie Publishing Date: ©2017 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J One day Joe, an exuberant giraffe, hears a commotion coming from another part of the famous cageless zoo he calls home. Joined by his small, green, slightly more serious turtle friend, Sparky, Joe discovers the source of the hullabaloo: a group of children -- or noisy short people, as Joe and Sparky call them -- having a party. Inspired, Joe decides to throw a party for his pet worm, Wiggy. There's just one problem: Sparky is not entirely sure if Wiggy even exists! What will happen when every animal in the zoo shows up to Wiggy's party with presents and cake? Worm or no worm, this silly, satisfying tale is sure to leave new readers smiling. |
By Mlynowski, Sarah Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Rachel and her younger sister, both witches, spend the summer at Camp Wood Lake, where Rachel tries to have a normal camp experience while surreptitiously honing her newly discovered talents. |
Sir Cumference and the dragon of pi: a math adventure By Neuschwander, Cindy Publishing Date: 1999 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When Sir Cumference drinks a potion which turns him into a dragon, his son Radius searches for the magic number known as pi which will restore him to his former shape. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to India during the Mogul Empire in the 1600s to search for an emerald needed to break a magic spell. |
A ghost tale for Christmas time By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol." |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz." |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Magically transported to southwest China to find the final object needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Jack and Annie take a side trip to the world's largest giant panda reserve. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When Merlin is weighed down by sorrows, Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan to learn one of the four secrets of happiness. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Antarctica to search for the fourth secret of happiness for Merlin. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2003 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world. Book #43. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Travel to Ancient Greece with Jack and Annie as they meet Alexander the Great and help tame his wild stallion"-- |
By Pennypacker, Sara Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J While finding new vegetable names to call her little brother, eight-year-old Clementine hatches a plan to prevent her beloved teacher from being selected to go on a once-in-a-lifetime research trip to Egypt. |