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2200 E. 1st StreetLos Angeles, CA 90033
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323-263-6901
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- 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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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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Today We Go Home
Kelli Estes tells parallel stories separated by 150 years: one of a woman’s struggle to get into the US Army to fight in the Civil War, t
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Violet
Violet, the new novel from Scott Thomas, author of 2017’s excellent Kill Creek, tells a story that is a bit difficult t
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Haunting of Tram Car 015
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Mexican American baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
In The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michele Richardson tells two stories that have, until now, been overlooked in most fiction an
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