- Address:
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2200 E. 1st StreetLos Angeles, CA 90033
- Phone:
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323-263-6901
- Email:
- Contact form
- Librarian:
- Connie Topete, Senior Librarian
Ongoing Events
Need help studying for the Citizenship Test? Classes start in June. Call or come in to sign up.
¿Necesitas ayuda estudiando para el examen de ciudadanía? Clases comenzarán en junio. ¡Regístrate ahora! Venir o llamar.
Student Zone: Mon/Wed 3:00-5:00; Tues/Thurs 3:30-5:30
Computer assistance and computer classes for adults are available. Please call (323) 268-4710 for more information.
Se ofrece asistencia para computadoras y clases de computadora para adultos en español. Llame al (323) 268-4710 para más información.
STAR – Books come alive for kids when they share the fun of reading with STAR library volunteers. Call Benjamin Franklin for schedule..
What We Are Reading
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Dreamers and schemers : how an improbable bid for the 1932 Olympics transformed Los Angeles from dusty outpost to global metropolis
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Riot Baby
Ella, a young girl growing up in Compton, California has psychokinetic abilities that allow her to see into the future.
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Steel Crow Saga
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Carrie Fisher : a life on the edge
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The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
Mary Jekyll, Diana Hyde, Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherine Moreau and Justine Frankenstein—all the daughters of some of science fiction’s ma
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How to raise a reader
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The Starless Sea
In her first novel since 2011’s The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern illustrates again that she is a masterful fantasy storyteller
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Midnight chicken : (& other recipes worth living for)
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The Girl Who Reads on the Metro
In The Girl Who Reads on the Metro, Christine Feret-Fleury tells a delightful tale about the love and power of books and the nee
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Anja Niemi in character
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