New books !!!!! New Books!!!!!!   New books!!    Books and Nook s and Nook books!

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)