Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
December 2023 - March 2024
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.
Queen Red Riding Hood's guide to royalty By Colfer, Chris Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The young queen, Red Riding Hood, gives us her take on politics, government, health, love, and of course, what it means to be royalty. |
By Cowell, Cressida Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "The Doomsday of Yule has arrived, and the future of dragonkind lies in the hands of one boy with nothing to show, but everything to fight for. Hiccup's quest is clear ... But can he end the rebellion? Can he prove himself to be king? Can he save the dragons? The stakes have never been higher, as the very fate of the Viking world hangs in the balance!"-- |
By Dahlgren, Helena Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Publisher Annotation: Step into the universe of the massively popular online MMORPG game Star Stable, and follow four friends who discover their magic powers and learn that every girl can be a hero in this fantasy trilogy. |
By DuPrau, Jeanne Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that it will get their new community, Sparks, through the winter. |
Agent Weasel and the robber king By East, Nick Publishing Date: 2021 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Spring has sprung in the United Woodlands, and the animals of Woodland Intelligence (WI6) are celebrating with a barbecue. But when a mysterious attack from the skies bursts Beaver Dam wide open, the woodland is flooded! The head of WI6 suspects foul play. It's time to call Agent Weasel, woodland super-spy. Can he manage a daring underwater rescue? Will he notice the clues leading high into the treetops? Will he ever get over the drowning of his precious biscuit collection? Find out in this wild and watery tale, with glorious illustrations throughout. |
A donsy of gnomes: 7 gentle gnome stories By Francesca, Sieglinde de Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J |
By Haddon, Mark Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When Jim and Charlie overhear two of their teachers talking in a secret language and the two friends set out to solve the mystery, they do not expect the dire consequences of their actions. |
By Henry, Marguerite Publishing Date: [1976] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses. |
By Henry, Marguerite Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Captivated by the story of "Misty of Chincoteague," a woman with a horse farm in Florida raises one of Misty's descendants to become a champion show horse. |
Mustang: wild spirit of the West By Henry, Marguerite Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J A fictional retelling, from the point of view of Annie Bronn Johnston, of how this Nevada woman fought to protect the American wild horse, the mustang, from extinction because of professional killers who chased the horses for use in dog food. |
San Domingo: the medicine hat stallion By Henry, Marguerite Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J A fourteen-year-old boy learns about the harsh realities of life when he acquires an Indian pony from a drifter and has to fight to keep it. |
By Hodge, Rosamund Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Rachelle must protect the king's bastard son while searching for the weapons that will save her world from endless night"-- |
The Bobbsey twins: Adventure in the country By Hope, Laura Lee Publishing Date: 1989 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The twins are involved with cattle thieves when they visit Aunt Sarah's farm - (Baker & Taylor) |
By Keene, Carolyn Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Nancy, Bess, and George are on an Alaskan cruise when things start to go awry. |
By King, Wesley Publishing Date: [2016] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "A young computer genius is chased by sleek, high-tech drones into a land populated by Godzilla-size dragons, setting off a war that only he can stop"-- |
By Martin, Ann M Publishing Date: [2008] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Best friends Annabelle and Tiffany risk placing all of dollkind in danger when they run away while trying to prevent Tilly from being sent back to London before they can determine if she is Annabelle's long-lost baby sister. |
By Milne, A. A Publishing Date: [1988] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday. |
By Milne, A. A Publishing Date: [2009] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday. |
The prince of the pond: otherwise known as De Fawg Pin By Napoli, Donna Jo Publishing Date: 1992 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family. |
Jack and the Geniuses at the bottom of the world By Nye, Bill Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Traveling to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, twelve-year-old Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, become caught up in a mystery involving a missing scientist. |