Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
May 2023 - June 2023
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 Buitrago, Jairo Publishing Date: [2022] Classification: E Call Number: E "Entre dos montanas, cerca de un arroyo, en medio de la nada, se encuentra una escuela sin patio de juegos, gimnasio, biblioteca, ni computadoras. Como dice la nina que nos cuenta esta historia: "Nuestra escuela no tiene casi nada. Un pizarron, unas sillas". Pero en esta escuela hay algo que nadie mas tiene: una maestra como ninguna otra en el mundo. "Ahi esta siempre, en la puerta de la escuela esperandonos en la manana", dice la nina. El dia en que se desarrolla esta historia, la maestra lleva a sus alumnos afuera y les pide que dibujen algo grande y puntiagudo escondido entre los arboles. A medida que los estudiantes observan de cerca, comienzan a comprender lo que estan viendo... pero, entonces, la maestra ya esta senalando a la proxima bestia magnifica! Este inspirador e ingenioso libro hara que cualquier nino tenga el inmenso deseo de asistir a esta escuela especial y recibir lecciones de esta extraordinaria maestra. Y quien dice que esto no puede suceder en todas partes?"-- |
By Bush, Laura Welch Publishing Date: [2016] Classification: E Call Number: E Jane's plans for spending the summer playing video games with her friends are dashed when her parents announce that her family is going on a road trip to national parks around the country. Includes list of national parks and historic sites. |
By Harmony, Cynthia Publishing Date: 2022 Classification: E Call Number: E Despues de vivir un temblor devastador, el espiritu de los vecinos en esta dinamica zona de una ciudad mexicana se sacude, pero no se rompe. |
By Kessler, Leonard P Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: E Call Number: E When Santa cannot find his red suit, he tries on a cowboy suit, a baseball uniform, and other clothes, but none seems right for his yearly rounds. |
By Klassen, Jon Publishing Date: 2021 Classification: E Call Number: E "Dos tortugas encuentran un sombrero, pero ellas son dos y solo hay un sombrero... Con un brillante sentido del humor, Klassen nos narra una historia donde las miradas de las tortugas son las protagonistas."-- |
By McDonald, Mary Publishing Date: ©2006 Classification: E Call Number: E |
By Meloy, Maile Publishing Date: 2022 Classification: E Call Number: E El pulpo vivia feliz en su cueva submarina hasta que un dia, un buzo lo captura y lo lleva a vivir a un acuario. Los humanos le dan comida y le ponen pruebas que parecen juguetes. Pero todos los dias son iguales, y el pulpo pronto se cansa de la vida cautiva. Y asi, al amparo de la oscuridad, emprende un escape audaz. |
NEW RELEASE Platanos go with everything =: Los platanos van con todo By Norman, Lissette Publishing Date: 2023 Classification: E Call Number: E "With the English and Spanish text side by side on the page, this bilingual edition of the vibrant picture book celebrating the strength of community and the versatility of platanos is ideal for bilingual readers as well as Spanish speakers learning English and vice versa. Paletero Man meets Fry Bread in this vibrant and cheerful ode to platanos, the star of Dominican cuisine, written by award-winning poet Lissette Norman, illustrated by Sara Palacios, and translated by Kianny N. Antigua. Platanos are Yesenia's favorite food. They can be sweet and sugary, or salty and savory. And they're a part of almost every meal her Dominican family makes. Stop by her apartment and find out why platanos go with everything--especially love!"-- |
Fancy Nancy: explorer extraordinaire By O'Connor, Jane Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: E Call Number: E Nancy and her friend Bree explore the fascinating world of birds and insects in their exclusive and glamorous Explorers Extraordinaire Club. |
Fancy Nancy: poet extraordinaire By O'Connor, Jane Publishing Date: [2010] Classification: E Call Number: E Fancy Nancy and her class learn about poetry and write their own poems to read on Family Day at school. |
Fancy Nancy: stellar stargazer By O'Connor, Jane Publishing Date: ©2011 Classification: E Call Number: E Fancy Nancy and her father love stargazing, and during her first campout under the stars she describes the heavens to him and her sister, JoJo, using her fancy words. |
17 things I'm not allowed to do anymore By Offill, Jenny Publishing Date: [2007] Classification: E Call Number: E A young girl lists the sixteen things she is not allowed to do anymore, including not being able to make ice after freezing a fly in one of the cubes. |
By Reidy, Jean Publishing Date: 2021 Classification: E Call Number: E A slug gets a hug, and passes along the kindness to other animals. |
By Reynolds, Peter H. Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: E Call Number: E "Discover a joyful reminder of the ways that every child is unique and special, from the beloved creator of The Dot, Happy Dreamer, and New York Times bestseller, The Word Collector. Here, Reynolds reminds readers to "be your own work of art." To be patient, persistent, and true. Because there is one, and only one, YOU."--Amazon |
By Seymour, Dorothy Z Publishing Date: [2001] Classification: E Call Number: E Ann and her mother go shopping for new clothes. While everyone else suggests items in different colors, Ann wants red. |
By Stern, Maggie Publishing Date: ©1998 Classification: E Call Number: E Mrs. Potter takes Simon camping to look for birds, but even though he brings along his magic acorn the trip does not turn out the way he expected. Is it really the magic acorn that helps Simon see birds and animals? Simon thinks so, and when his friend Mrs. Potter takes him camping, he's intent on finding more acorns. But by the end of the trip, Simon will have something else to hold on to -- the memory of a larger-than-life encounter with nature he'll never forget. Young readers who helped solve the mystery of Maggie Stern's The Missing Sunflowers will welcome the return of Simon and his neighbor Mrs. Potter as they continue to discover the beauty of the natural world. |
By Tyler, Michael Publishing Date: [2005] Classification: E Call Number: E Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be. |
By Woodson, Jacqueline Publishing Date: 2022 Classification: E Call Number: E "A group of kids celebrate the joy and freedom of summer together on their Brooklyn block"-- |
By Yamada, Kobi Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: E Call Number: E "You are the only you there every has been or ever will be. You are unique. Just the odds of you being here at this exact place and this exact time are so great and so rare that they will never happen again. This is a story for everything you will do and everything you could be. It's for who you are right now, and it's for all the magical, unbounded potential you hold inside.""--Provided by publisher |
By Yamada, Kobi Publishing Date: ©2013 Classification: E Call Number: E A boy has an idea which makes him uncomfortable at first but he discovers it is magical and that, no matter what other people say, he should give it his attention. |