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2011 and 2012
(June, '09---August '09)--- Twilight series included! Twilight - in English and Spanish!
Fancy Nancy series for the little children --- Ladybug girl and Bumblebee Boy-- come read.
Many new books -- funded by Loan Star LIbraries , through the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
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New books, Fall, '09 --- Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, / Ford County Stories by Grisham/ and others
Also new Westerns by Dusty Rhodes
Older lists
The library has received new books! (September '08) More books coming! (Funded by Loan Star Libraries '08)
Children's books:
Caldecott Award 2008 --- The Invention of Hugh Cabret
( link to Caldecott books)
Newbery Honor book 2008 --- Elijah of Buxton
( link to Newbery Award books)
Children's Reference : National Geographic Historical Atlas of the United States
Other children's books:
African Critters (pub. by National Geographic)
D is for Drinking Gourd; an African American alphabet
DNA Analysis by William Hunter ( pub. by Mason Craft )
Don't Bump the Glump and Other Fantasies by Shel Silverstein
Emily Post's The Guide to Good Manners for Kids
Geography of Mexico by Colleen Williams (pub. by Mason Craft )
Giving Tree (with CD)
History of Mexico by Amy Nicole Hunter (pub. by Mason Craft)
Iraq by Charlie Samuel (pub. by Mason Craft)
In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories (Easy Reader)
Leer para Creer! (Read All About It) by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush
Lost files of Nancy Drew
2 new Nancy Drew books ( movie tie-in)
Read All About It by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush
Red Butterfly; How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of Chin
The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis
Sleepover Sleuths by Carolyn Keene
Two Bobbies; a True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival
Vanishings by Tim LaHaye
What you Never Knew about Bed, Bedrooms and Pajamas by Patricia Lauber (on Texas Bluebonnet List '08-'09)
Without a Trace by Carolyn Keene
See below the Adult books below for another list of new children's books
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BOOKS FOR ADULTS
New cookbooks, general fiction, mysteries , Westerns and Best Sellers. Some are in Large Print.
The following lists are in alphabetical order by title according to invoices.
All that Remains by Patricia Cornwell; Black Tower by Louis Bayard; Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer;
Cockatiels at Seven by Donna andrews; Fury Trail (Large Type) by Giles A. Lutz; Hell Merchant (Large Type) by Ray Hogan
Incident at Horcado City (Large Type) by Wm Macdonald; Jackleg sheriff (Large type) by Luke Short
Last Beach Bungalow (Large Type) by Jennie Nash; Long Trail North by Wayne D. Overholser
No One You Know by M. richmond; Rogue by Danielle Steel; summer snow (larage Type) by Stan Lynde
This Charming Man by Marian Keyes;
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Comfort Table by Katie Lee Joel with introduction by Paula Deen ; Front by Patrica Cornwell; Giving.... by Bill Clinton;
Killing Ground (Large Type) by Jack Higgins; Playing for Pizza by John Grisham; Quickie, a novel by James Patterson
Road to San Jacinto (large Type) by L. L. Foreman; Secret by Rhonda Byrne; Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton; Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate ; Treasures (Large Type) by Nora Roberts
Where are you now? a novel, by Mary Higgins Clark You've Been Warned by James Patterson
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Choice (large Type) by Nicholas Sparks; Fair Game: My LIfe as a Spy.... (large Type) by Valerie P. Wilson
Mexican Light: Healthy Cuisine for Today's Cook=Cocina Mexicana Ligera: Para El Cocinero Actual;
Night Gardener, a novel - by George Pelacanos ; Peppers cookbook; Texas Almanac 2008-2009;
Texas Rattlesnake Tales by Tom Wideman ;
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Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alex. McCall Smith; Comanche Woman by Joan Johnston
Emily Post's 17th ed.; Frontier woman by Joan Johnston; Full Cupboard of Life by A. McCall Smith
Good Husband of Zebra Drive by A. McCall Smith; Hide and Seek by Fern Michaels; High Noon by Nora Roberts
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by A. Mccall Smith; Kalahari Typing School for Men by A. McCall Smith
Morality for Beautiful Girls (a novel) by A. McCall Smith -- also in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series
Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons; Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the cooking by Paula Deen
Quiet Strength:...by Paul Dungy; Senator's Wife by Sue Miller; Strangers in Death by J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)
Summer of the Midnight sun by Tracie Patterson; Tears of the Giraffe (large Type) by A. McCall Smith
Tending roses by Lisa Wingate; Texas Woman by Joan Johnston; Thousand Voices by Lisa Wingate (pb)
Thousand Voices (Large Type) by Lisa Wingate; White Lies by Jayne ann Krentz ; Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark
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New Earth.... by Eckhart Tolle (a new Oprah Winfrey selection); +
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Oct.3 -7, ''08
More new children's books: (through Loan Star Libraries funds '08)
11 planets: a new view of the solar system. c2008 by David A. Aguilar
Bats at the library, by Brian Lies
Baxter Barret Brown's cowboy band , with CD, by Tim McKenzie
Campfire tales: true stories of Fort Griffin and the American West. Lester Galbreath
Horse (Eyewitness Books) , with CD
Jamaica, by Vicky Stone
Remarkable Benjamin Franklin, by Sheryl Harness
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Cat and mouse by Jan Schoenber
Do tornadoes really twist? / a Q & A byBerger
Does it always rain in the rainforest? / a Q & A byBerger
Here lies the librarian/ Richard Peck
How do bats see in the dark? Q & A / Berger
Snail's birthday wish/ Rempt
What do sharks eat for dinner?/ Q & A / Berger
What makes an ocean wave? A & A Berger
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More new books for adults: also funded through Loan Star Libraries '08
19th Wife: a novel , by David Ebershoff
Montana Rides! (larage Type) , by Max Brand
Outlaw's Pursuit: a Western Duo, by Max Brand
Recipes from Historic Louisiana: Cooking with Louisiana's Finest Restaurants
Trailing West: a Western Quartet Large Type) by Louis L'amour
Hondo; a novel; by Louis L'Amour/ unabaridged audio
Mojave crossing/ Louis LAmour / Unabridged audio
Silks/ by Dick Francis/ Unabridged audio
Twisted creek, by Jodi thomas / Large Typ
End of list funded by Loan Star Libraries 'FY
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Locally funded books ordered in Aug. 08/
New books )Oct., Nov., Dec.) out on the table! (list coming soon)
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Loan Star funded books FY '09
Newest book Dec. 19, '08 --- Won't back down: teams, dreams, and family by Kim Mulkey (Baylor Univ. women's basketball coach)
Newest books as of January '09 -- for adults-- House at Sugar Beach, Jessie, by Lori Wick, State of Grace by Depree, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks, [aduio CD], Vigilante Six-gun [LT] by Jory Sherman, A is for Alibi (abridged audio), Dear john , , Ricochet, sisters Ink, (LT), Tanner's law, LT, West of the law, Comanche moon,
Children's books FY '09 -- Loan Star funded
Apples to Oregon, Caps for sale, Is your mama a llama (book & audio), skippyjon JOnes (book & audio) , thomas and the rumors (book & CD), Wee sing nursery rhymes & lullabies (book & CD), What do you do with a kangaroo? (book & CD), Wild Texas stampede.,
Hiawatha and Megissogwon, Adventurous life of Myles Standish, Wise dragon (with sound), Wheels on the bus (Pop-up sound board book)
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Newest books (February '09) --- Lisa Wingate's latest book: Word gets around
Tom P's Fiddle by Sherri Knight (see review in Valley Mills Progress Feb 12, '09)