February 2015 — Additions to the Collection
Adult Section
Non-Fiction
- Falk, Ben, The resilient farm and homestead : an innovative permaculture and whole systems design approach
- Feldman, Alan, Immortality
- Glueck, Louise, Faithful and virtuous night
- Johnson, Marilyn, Lives in ruins : archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
- Lieber, Ron, The opposite of spoiled : raising kids who are grounded, generous, and smart about money
- Teicholz, Nina, The big fat surprise : why butter, meat, and cheese belong in a healthy diet
Fiction
- Archer, Jeffrey, Mightier than the sword
- Callahan, Michael, Searching for Grace Kelly
- Flanagan, Richard, The narrow road to the deep north
- Hawkins, Paula, The girl on the train
- Lovett, Charlie, First impressions : a novel of old books, unexpected love, and Jane Austen
- Reilly, Matthew, The great zoo of China
- Simsion, Graeme C., The Rosie effect
- Tyler, Anne, A spool of blue thread
Juvenile Section
Non-Fiction
- Adler, David A., Millions, billions & trillions : understanding big numbers
- Aguilar, David A., Space encyclopedia : a tour of our solar system and beyond
- Atwood, Kathryn J., Women heroes of World War I : 16 remarkable resisters, soldiers, spies, and medics
- Bang, Molly, Ocean sunlight : how tiny plants feed the seas
- Bishop, Nic, Snakes.
- Blair, Margaret Whitman, Liberty or death : the surprising story of runaway slaves who sided with the British during the American Revolution
- Bragg, Georgia, How they croaked : the awful ends of the awfully famous
- Brown, Don, Henry and the cannons : an extraordinary true story of the American Revolution
- Burns, Loree Griffin, Beetle busters : a rogue insect and the people who track it
- Butterworth, Christine, See what a seal can do
- Carson, Mary Kay, Park scientists : gila monsters, geysers, and grizzly bears in America’s own backyard
- Cousins, Lucy, Yummy : eight favorite fairy tales
- Crump, Marty, The mystery of Darwin’s frog
- Cummins, Julie, Women explorers : perils, pistols, and petticoats
- Deem, James M., Faces from the past : forgotten people of North America
- Dunning, Joan, Seabird in the forest : the mystery of the marbled murrelet
- Freedman, Russell, The Boston Tea Party
- Goldstone, Bruce, Greater estimations
- Guiberson, Brenda Z., The greatest dinosaur ever
- Heos, Bridget, Stronger than steel : spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope
- Jenkins, Martin, Can we save the tiger?
- Jenkins, Steve, Eye to eye : how animals see the world
- Lawler, Janet, Ocean counting
- Leedy, Loreen, Seeing symmetry
- McCully, Emily Arnold, The secret cave : discovering Lascaux
- Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw, The horse and the Plains Indians : a powerful partnership
- Person, Stephen, Saving animals from hurricanes
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis, Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America
- Prelutsky, Jack, I’ve lost my hippopotamus
- Rusch, Elizabeth, The next wave : the quest to harness the power of the oceans
- Rusch, Elizabeth, Eruption! : volcanoes and the science of saving lives
- Rusch, Elizabeth, Volcano rising
- Sloan, Christopher, Tracking Tyrannosaurs : meet T. rex’s fascinating family, from tiny terrors to feathered giants
- Stewart, Melissa, No monkeys, no chocolate
- Thimmesh, Catherine, Scaly spotted feathered frilled : how do we know what dinosaurs really looked like?
- Walker, Sally M., Their skeletons speak : Kennewick man and the Paleoamerican world
- Poems to learn by heart
Juvenile Biography
- Burleigh, Robert, Look Up!: : Henrietta Leavitt, pioneering woman astronomer
- Christensen, Bonnie, I, Galileo
- Moss, Marissa, Nurse, soldier, spy : the story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero
- Moss, Marissa, The bravest woman in America
- Nelson, S. D., Black Elk’s vision : a Lakota story
- Nelson, S. D., Buffalo Bird Girl : a Hidatsa story
- Nivola, Claire A., Life in the ocean : the story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
- Rumford, James, From the good mountain : how Gutenberg changed the world
- Woodson, Jacqueline, Brown girl dreaming
Picture and Board Books
- Baker, Keith, No two alike
- Beaty, Daniel, Knock knock : my dad’s dream for me
- Carbone, Elisa Lynn, Heroes of the surf : a rescue story based on true events
- Cooper, Elisha, Train
- DeFelice, Cynthia C., Nelly May has her say
- Eaton, Jason, How to train a train
- Fleming, Candace, Papa’s mechanical fish
- Fox, Mem, Where Is the Green Sheep?
- Gerstein, Mordicai, The first drawing
- Gibbs, Edward, I spy on the farm
- Hawkes, Kevin, Remy and Lulu
- Holub, Joan, Little Red writing
- Jennings, Terry, Gopher to the rescue! : a volcano recovery story
- Martin, Bill, Ten little caterpillars
- Park, Linda Sue, Xander’s panda party
- Pizzoli, Greg, The watermelon seed
- Stein, David Ezra, Interrupting chicken
- Sutton, Sally, Road Work
- Valentine, Madeline, George in the dark
- Willems, Mo, That is NOT a good idea!
Early Readers
- Rylant, Cynthia, Mr. Putter & Tabby drop the ball
- Schneider, Josh, Tales for very picky eaters
Fiction Books
- Appelt, Kathi, The true blue scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
- Baron, Jeff, I represent Sean Rosen
- Blackwood, Sage, Jinx
- Collard, Sneed B., The governor’s dog is missing!
- Graff, Lisa, A tangle of knots
- Greenwald, Tom, Charlie Joe Jackson’s guide to not reading
- Ibbotson, Eva, One dog and his boy
- Kadohata, Cynthia, Half a world away
- Lee, Jenny, Elvis and the underdogs
- O’Connor, Barbara, On the road to Mr. Mineo’s
- Osborne, Mary Pope, Danger in the darkest hour
- Schlitz, Laura Amy, Splendors and glooms
Young Adult Fiction Books
- Fforde, Jasper, The Eye of Zoltar
- Fforde, Jasper, The song of the Quarkbeast
- Lu, Marie, Champion