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New
Books
River Falls
Public Library
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January 2002
Fiction - Non-Fiction
Younger Fiction
- A Penguin Pup for Pinkerton
by Steven Kellog
E Kel
After dreaming that he is the father of a
penguin egg, Pinkerton mistakes a football for a real egg, resulting in
chaos all over town.
- Score One for the Sloths
by Helen Lester
E Les
When a wild Sparky, a new energetic student at a sloth school, saves
her lazy classmates boar from a government agency trying to shut the
school down.
- Across America, I Love You
by Christine Loomis
E Loo
Describes the various landscapes of America,
from the Rocky Mountain and Alaska’s wild lands to the giant sequoias of
California, relating the parent-child relationship to these natural
settings.
- Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip
by Joseph Slate
E Sla
Clever Rhyming text and humorous art tell the story of Miss
Bindergarten and her class as they visit the bakery, fire station, post
office, the library and the park.
Non-Fiction
- Footnotes: Dancing the World’s Best
Loved-Ballets
by Frank Augustine
+ 792.8 Aug
A behind the scenes look at seven classic ballets and the men and
women who have danced them. Illustrated with more than 100 archival
photographs, a wonderful journey through the world of ballet.
- Muhammad of Mecca
by Elsa Marston
+ 921 Muh
A vivid portrait of Muhammed who started out as a merchant, and
became a revered prophet and the founder of the religion of Islam.
- Wounded
Knee
by Neul Waldman
+ 973.86
Recounts the events leading to the massacre at Wounded Knee,
concluding with a description of the battle itself.
New Books of Past Months
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