Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2013 - December 2013
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 Gay, Marie-Louise Publishing Date: c2000 Classification: E Call Number: E Stella introduces Sacha to the fun of playing in the snow. |
When Stella was very, very small By Gay, Marie-Louise Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: E Call Number: E Ever-inquisitive, carrot-top Stella takes a peek at her early days when she couldn't read but, now that she's grown, she can read to her little brother. |
By George, Jean Craighead Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: E Call Number: E Tigluk and his grandmother paddle out into the Arctic Ocean where they find a young polar bear whose mother has died because of the changes brought about by the warming climate, and they bring the cub back to their town so they can teach it how to survive in a changing world. |
Jazz fly 2: the jungle pachanga By Gollub, Matthew Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: E Call Number: E A fly uses a combination of Spanish and jazz scat to ask a sloth, a monkey, and a mackaw to transport his band to a tropical concert site, and then to talk sense to an anteater who interrupts their performance. Includes author's note on how language, rhythm, color, and life are depicted in the book. |
The jazz fly: starring the Jazz Bugs By Gollub, Matthew Publishing Date: c2000 Classification: E Call Number: E Seeking directions to town, a fly picks up the rhythm of the answers he gets from a frog, a hog, a donkey and a dog, and then uses these sounds to jazz up his band's music. |
By Gravett, Emily Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: E Call Number: E Duck is trying to hatch the oddest egg of all. |
By Hall, Marcellus Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: E Call Number: E "A wide-awake dog looks for a friend in a nighttime world full of sleeping animals"-- |
By Henkes, Kevin Publishing Date: c1989 Classification: E Call Number: E A little girl quietly explores her sleeping house before she wakes everyone up. |
By Hill, Susanna Leonard Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: E Call Number: E While impatiently waiting for the birth of a new baby brother or sister, Rose imagines the things they will do together and how her life will change. |
By Hills, Tad Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: E Call Number: E "Rocket writes a story about a new friend, the owl"-- |
By Hovland, Henrik Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: E Call Number: E John Jensen, a crocodile, cannot quite understand why he feels so different from everyone else, but a kindly doctor reassures him that no one is exactly the same as anyone else. |
By Idle, Molly Schaar Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: E Call Number: E In this wordless book with interactive flaps, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together. |
By McCloskey, Robert Publishing Date: c1969 Classification: E Call Number: E Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring. |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: 1964 Classification: E Call Number: E |
By Eastman, P. D. Publishing Date: c1988 Classification: RDR Call Number: RDR When a baby bird hatches while his mother is out searching for food, he leaves the nest for a series of adventures to try to determine his mother's identity. |
By Eastman, P. D. Publishing Date: c1988 Classification: RDR Call Number: RDR When a baby bird hatches while his mother is out searching for food, he leaves the nest for a series of adventures to try to determine his mother's identity. |
By Hoff, Syd Publishing Date: 2000 Classification: RDR Call Number: RDR Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home. |
By Farmer, Nancy Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: YA Call Number: YA In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El PatroĢn, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world. |
By Grisham, John Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: YA Call Number: YA When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April. |
By Haydu, Corey Ann Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: YA Call Number: YA In an instant, Bea felt almost normal with Beck, and as if she could fall in love again, but things change when the psychotherapist who has been helping her deal with past romantic relationships puts her in a group with Beck--a group for teens with obsessive-compulsive disorder. |