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