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.
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By Galdone, Paul Publishing Date: c1975 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 GAL The Gingerbread Boy eludes the hungry grasp of everyone he meets until he happens upon a fox more clever than he. |
By Galdone, Paul Publishing Date: [2011], c 2001 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 GAL Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain. Retells the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge. |
The boy & his mud horses: & other stories from the tipi By Goble, Paul Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 GOB A collection of short stories told in the traditional style of the Native American peoples. |
The lost children: the boys who were neglected By Goble, Paul Publishing Date: c1993 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 GOB A Blackfoot Indian legend in which six neglected orphaned brothers decide to go to the Above World where they become the constellation of the "Lost Children," or Pleiades. |
The man who dreamed of elk-dogs: & other stories from the Tipi By Goble, Paul Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 GOB Features twenty-three traditional stories from the Blackfoot, Lakota, Assiniboin, Pawnee, and Cheyenne nations about how horses first appeared to the tribes of the American Plains. |
The woman who lived with wolves, & other stories from the tipi By Goble, Paul Publishing Date: 2011, c2010 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 GOB This story belongs to Lakota historical tradition, the story believed to be true. |
Something from nothing: adapted from a Jewish folktale By Gilman, Phoebe Publishing Date: 1993, c1992 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.21 GIL In this retelling of a traditional Jewish folktale, Joseph's baby blanket is transformed into ever smaller items as he grows until there is nothing left--but then Joseph has an idea. |
By Dorros, Arthur Publishing Date: c1990 Classification: JNF Call Number: J574.5 DOR Describes the characteristics, various forms of plant and animal life, and destruction of the world's rain forests. |
By Guiberson, Brenda Z. Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: JNF Call Number: J599.78 GUI Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, get their name from the white moon-shaped blaze on their chests. Sadly, there are more moon bears in captivity than in the wild, as the animals are being farmed for their commercially valuable bile. This text pays tribute to the endangered species. |
Draw out the story: ten secrets to creating your own comics By McLachlan, Brian Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: JNF Call Number: J741.51 MCL Offers advice for effective storytelling in comic book format, covering such topics as color, placement, pacing, visually representing ideas, and other techniques for short gag strips as well as graphic novels and other more involved storylines. |
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening By Frost, Robert Publishing Date: c2001 Classification: JNF Call Number: J811.52 FRO Illustrations of wintry scenes accompany each line of the well-known poem. |
All our relatives: traditional Native American thoughts about nature By Goble, Paul Publishing Date: c2005 Classification: JNF Call Number: J978.004 GOB Discusses Lakota ceremonies and prayers that we all share in Creation of people, birds, animals, plants, trees, rocks, and rivers. |
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