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.

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Abner & Ian get right-side up

By Eggers, Dave

Publishing Date: 2019

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Abner the duck and Ian the prairie dog are stuck sideways on the book's pages, and they will need the reader's help to set things right for storytime.

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I can do something when there's nothing to do

By Erickson, Karen

Publishing Date: ©1985

Classification: E

Call Number: E

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We march

By Evans, Shane

Publishing Date: 2012

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a historic speech.

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The quest for the One Big Thing

By Fancher, Lou

Publishing Date: 1998

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Because they are determined to move the One Big Thing back to their colony for the harvest, Princess Dot and the other ants struggle for twelve days with the massive object.

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A pig, a fox, and a fox

By Fenske, Jonathan

Publishing Date: [2020]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Using his look-a-like doll, Fox tries to prank his friend Pig, with unexpected results.

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Wake up, Crabby

By Fenske, Jonathan

Publishing Date: 2019

Classification: E

Call Number: E

It is late and Crabby just wants to sleep, but Plankton keeps Crabby awake with questions and chatter--until a request for a bedtime story takes an unexpected turn.

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The story about Ping

By Flack, Marjorie

Publishing Date: c1961

Classification: E

Call Number: E

A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening.

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If I was the sunshine

By Fogliano, Julie

Publishing Date: [2019]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text explore the nature of connection and relationships.

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Tough Boris

By Fox, Mem

Publishing Date: c1994

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris von der Borch cries when his parrots dies.

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I am the desert

By Fredericks, Anthony D

Publishing Date: c2012

Classification: E

Call Number: E

The living desert tells about its quiet beauty, the plants and animals that it sustains, people who have sought water in its vast expanse, and how it continues to change. Includes facts about the Sonoran Desert.

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Oops

By Fromental, Jean-Luc

Publishing Date: 2010

Classification: E

Call Number: E

As a family scrambles to get from their Paris home to the airport to begin their vacation, a series of events, triggered by a bar of soap, places some very unusual roadblocks in their way.

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The wolves in the walls

By Gaiman, Neil

Publishing Date: 2003

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and when the wolves come out, the adventure begins.

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We are the gardeners

By Gaines, Joanna

Publishing Date: [2019]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

A young family learns to grow a garden, describing how they prepared the soil, watered their plants, dealt with the animals who invaded their garden, and how all their hard work finally paid off as they harvested vegetables and flowers.

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Disney's Donald Duck directs

By Gave, Marc

Publishing Date: c1997

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Donald Duck directs a movie about a day in the life of Uncle Scrooge.

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Go-Go-Go

By Goldin, David

Publishing Date: 2000

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Maurice faces several obstacles as he works hard to win the annual bicycle race.

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Dear Willie Rudd

By Gray, Libba Moore

Publishing Date: c1993

Classification: E

Call Number: E

An adult remembers her childhood relationship with a black woman and wishes she could thank her and apologize for any wrongs committed due to race.

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My first Raggedy Ann - Raggedy Ann and Andy and the camel with the wrinkled knees: Raggedy Ann and Andy and the camel with the wrinkled knees : adapted from the story by Johnny Gruelle

By Gruelle, Johnny

Publishing Date: 1998

Classification: E

Call Number: E

The toy camel helps Raggedy Ann and Andy find their friend, the missing doll, Babette, and vanquish some pirates in the process.

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What a masterpiece

By Guasco, Riccardo

Publishing Date: 2020

Classification: E

Call Number: E

A wordless picture book in which a boy spends his day traveling through masterpieces of Western art, including works by Boticelli and Banksy, and ending at a tree for everyone's creations. Includes a chart showing the artist, title, and date of each work represented.

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The Maggie B

By Haas, Irene

Publishing Date: 1975

Classification: E

Call Number: E

A little girl's wish to sail for a day on a boat named for her " with someone nice for company " comes true.

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Sisters first

By Hager, Jenna Bush

Publishing Date: 2019

Classification: E

Call Number: E

A young girl receives her wish of getting a baby sister, and as the siblings become inseparable, playing and dancing together, they make one another smarter and braver.