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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Walt Disney's classic storybook

Publishing Date: 2009

Classification: E

Call Number: E

"Disney's timeless classics live on in this volume of tales featuring vintage artwork from the beloved storybooks of the 1950s and 1960s."--Page 4 cover

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Prince Fly Guy

By Arnold, Tedd

Publishing Date: [2015]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Buzz is writing a fairy tale for homework, and Fly Guy naturally assumes the role of a handsome prince, who fends off a giant and rescues a beautiful princess.

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The completed hickory dickory dock

By Aylesworth, Jim

Publishing Date: 1994

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Recounts the antics of a young mouse each hour after the clock strikes one.

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The completed hickory dickory dock

By Aylesworth, Jim

Publishing Date: 1994, 1990

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Recounts the antics of a young mouse each hour after the clock strikes one.

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How to find an elephant

By Banks, Kate

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: E

Call Number: E

A boy provides instructions as he searches high and low for an elephant, which the reader can find in the illustrations.

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The turtle and the hippopotamus

By Banks, Kate

Publishing Date: 2002

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Afraid to swim across the river because of the hippopotamus there, a turtle takes inspiration from other animals in trying other ways to get across. Features rebuses.

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Tell me a story

By Bannister, Emily

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: E

Call Number: E

The companion title to Paint Me a Picture, Tell Me a Story celebrates the joy and imagination in storytelling in all its forms.

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Wolf

By Bloom, Becky

Publishing Date: 1999

Classification: E

Call Number: E

A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met.

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Sneakers, the seaside cat

By Brown, Margaret Wise

Publishing Date: 2003

Classification: E

Call Number: E

A little cat named Sneakers experiences the sights, sounds, and smells of an ocean beach.

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Imani's moon

By Brown-Wood, JaNay

Publishing Date: [2014]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Little Imani of the Maasai people longs to do something great, like touching the moon, but the other children just laugh at her.

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Dandelions

By Bunting, Eve

Publishing Date: [1995]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Zoe and her family find strength in each other as they make a new home in the Nebraska territory.

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Shi-shi-etko

By Campbell, Nicola I

Publishing Date: [2005]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Shi-shi-etko, a Native American girl, spends the last four days before she goes to residential school learning valuable lessons from her mother, father, and grandmother, and creating precious memories of home.

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Violet comes to stay: Jan Karon presents Cynthia Coppersmith's Violet comes to stay

By Cecka, Melanie

Publishing Date: 2006

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Violet, a little white cat, tries out several homes before she finds just the right one.

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Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat go to school

By DePaola, Tomie

Publishing Date: 2001

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Bossy Moffie and her quiet twin brother Morgie both enjoy starting school, especially getting gold stars and making new friends.

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Beneath

By Doerrfeld, Cori

Publishing Date: 2023

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Finn is in a bad mood, so his grandfather takes him on a walk in the forest, and tells him about all the things that are beneath the surface of plants and animals--and even people.

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Everywhere and all around

By Hest, Pimm van

Publishing Date: [2016]

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Yolanda's mom has died. One moment she was breathing. And the next moment she wasn't. She was there, and yet she wasn't. Where could her mom be now? "if you look for me, my darling, you will find me," her mom had told her. So Yolanda decides to go looking. Looking for her mom who died. Along the way she gets some help and insights from some wonderful people.

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The country bunny and the little gold shoes: as told to Jenifer

By Heyward, DuBose

Publishing Date: 1967

Classification: E

Call Number: E

To the surprise of many, the little country cottontail becomes one of the special Easter bunnies even though she has twenty-one children of her very own.

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A sister more like me

By Hicks, Barbara Jean

Publishing Date: 2013

Classification: E

Call Number: E

"When they were very young, royal sisters Anna and Elsa were as close as could be. But then everything changed, and now, they couldn't be more different. They agree on just one thing: they both wish they had a sister more like them. Featuring the princesses of Disney's Frozen, this spirited look a sibling relationships is told in verse and features beautiful illustrations by an artist from the film"--Jacket flap

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On the hill

By Jahn-Clough, Lisa

Publishing Date: 2004

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Two lonely people, living on opposite sides of a hill, finally discover each other and fall in love, then must find a way to share their lives and animals despite their too-small houses.

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Every cowgirl needs dancing boots

By Janni, Rebecca

Publishing Date: 2011

Classification: E

Call Number: E

Nellie Sue hopes to make friends with her new neighbors by hosting a hoedown in her barn, but wonders if the "glitter girls" will be able to dance in their ballet slippers, rather than in dancing boots like hers.