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Upcoming Events at Central Library
Every Monday at 11am.
Stories, songs, and rhymes, followed by playtime. For babies and toddlers (ages 0-2). Reservations required for groups of five or...
Monday through Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
"L" is for Library and also for Lunch! Kids and teens ages 5-18 eat lunch FREE at our library. Also join us for science, art, books,...
June 26, 2017 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Work on the DIY art of writing poetry, drawing mini-comics, collaged illustration, self-publishing, and making zines.
June 26, 2017 4:00PM to 8:00PM
Need help filling out small business paperwork? Get free, confidential, hands-on assistance with permits, business license forms, SBA loan...
June 27, 2017 11:00AM to 11:45AM
This storytime is open to all children and is specifically designed for children ages 3 and up with sensory integration challenges. If your...
Every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 pm - 1 pm in the Central Library Lobby
Central Library Lobby
June 27, 2017 12:30PM to 3:00PM
The Source offers a "one-stop shop" afternoon of resources and services to help homeless Angelenos transition to independent and supported...
Ongoing Events
Kids and teens ages 5-18 eat lunch FREE at our library. Join us!
Monday through Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Servimos almuerzo GRATIS para niños y adolescentes de 5 a 18 años.
Lunes a viernes de 12:30 a 1:30 p. m.
- Hot Titles:
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Fiction Hot Titles
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The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel
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A gentleman in Moscow
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Lincoln in the bardo : a novel
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The black book
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The fix.
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The late show.
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The underground railroad : a novel
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The handmaid's tale
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Vicious circle : a Joe Pickett novel
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Camino Island.
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A man called Ove : a novel
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Moonglow : a novel
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Commonwealth.
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One perfect lie
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Into the water.
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The girl before : a novel
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The wrong side of goodbye : a novel
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16th seduction
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Big little lies
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Golden prey.
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Exit west : a novel
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In this grave hour : a novel
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The whistler : a novel
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Heartbreak hotel : an Alex Delaware novel
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Difficult women
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Anything is possible
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Small great things : a novel
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American war : a novel
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The women in the castle : a novel
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The woman in cabin 10
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The idiot
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Dangerous games : a novel
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My not so perfect life : a novel
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Never never
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Mississippi blood : a novel
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Man overboard
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All by myself, alone : a novel
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Six four
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All the light we cannot see : a novel
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The couple next door
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Swing time
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No man's land
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Night school : a Jack Reacher novel
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The lost order
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Echoes in death
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The circle
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Bone box : a Decker/Lazarus novel
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All grown up.
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The sympathizer
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Earthly remains
Non-Fiction Hot Titles
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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Shattered : inside Hillary Clinton's doomed campaign
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Option B : facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy
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The undoing project : a friendship that changed our minds
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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
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Tools of titans : the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers
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The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
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The zookeeper's wife : a war story
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Norse mythology
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
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Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
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This fight is our fight : the battle to save America's middle class
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The rules do not apply : a memoir
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Who thought this was a good idea? : and other questions you should have answers to when you work in the White House
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Scrappy little nobody
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Nevertheless : a memoir
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South and West : from a notebook
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Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow
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The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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Unshakeable : your financial freedom playbook
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The secrets of my life
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The Princess Diarist.
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When breath becomes air
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Milk and honey
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The book of joy : lasting happiness in a changing world
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The little book of hygge : Danish secrets to happy living
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Prince Charles : the passions and paradoxes of an improbable life
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Head strong : the bulletproof plan to activate untapped brain energy to work smarter and think faster-in just two weeks
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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city
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The life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing
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Between the world and me
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Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon to Mars
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Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike
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On tyranny : twenty lessons from the twentieth century
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Blitzed : drugs in the Third Reich
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You are a bad ass : how to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life
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Old school : life in the sane lane
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Born to run
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Dark money : the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right
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The stranger in the woods : the extraordinary story of the North Pond hermit
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The great British bake off : perfect cakes and bakes to make at home
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The most beautiful : my life with Prince
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
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Word by word : the secret life of dictionaries
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The empath's survival guide : life strategies for sensitive people
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No one cares about crazy people : the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America
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Letterman : the last giant of late night
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Insane clown president : dispatches from the 2016 circus
YA Hot Titles
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Thirteen reasons why
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The hate u give.
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The dark prophecy (The trials of Apollo, book 2)
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Everything, everything
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Thirteen reasons why
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The son of Neptune
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The Titan's curse
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The sea of monsters
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The mark of Athena
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The lost hero
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The last Olympian
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The battle of the Labyrinth
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A court of wings and ruin
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The House of Hades
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The blood of Olympus
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The hidden oracle
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 1 : the sword of summer.
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The Hammer of Thor
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King's cage
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Lord of shadows
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Before I fall
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The Sun is also a star
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Glass sword.
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Insurgent
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Red queen
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Always and forever, Lara Jean
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Six of crows
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A court of thorns and roses
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Crazy messy beautiful
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Fablehaven
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Alex and Eliza : a love story
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Holes
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Fallen
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Lost in a book
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Strange the Dreamer.
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Rise of the Evening Star
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Geekerella : a novel
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The upside of unrequited
Children's Hot Titles
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Babymouse
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Pokémon adventures
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Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever
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Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid : double down
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
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Diary of a wimpy kid : old school
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
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Diary of a wimpy kid : hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw
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Pokemon XY
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![Pokemon adventures. story, Hidenori Kusaka ; art, Satoshi Yamamoto ; [translation, Katherine Schilling]. Diamond and Pearl/Platinum](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2014/4e2437fe985e12fb0aa5daec7a135cd1.jpg?itok=Vw2Zdjim)
Pokemon adventures. story, Hidenori Kusaka ; art, Satoshi Yamamoto ; [translation, Katherine Schilling]. Diamond and Pearl/Platinum
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Dork diaries 7. by Rachel Renée Russell. Tales from a not-so-glam TV star
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Green eggs and ham
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Tales from a not-so-popular party girl
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Dork diaries 11. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-friendly frenemy
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Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
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Dog Man. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [1]
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My little pony. Friendship is magic
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Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
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The cat in the hat
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Dork diaries 9. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-dorky drama queen
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Dog Man unleashed. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with interior color by Jose Garibaldi. [2]
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Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
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Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All
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Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess
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The thank you book
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Dork diaries 8. Rachel Renée Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell. Tales from a not-so-happily ever after
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Are you my mother?
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Tales from a not-so-talented pop star
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One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
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Pokémon black and white
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Wonder
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Hop on Pop
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Harry Potter and the cursed child : parts one and two. a new play by Jack Thorne ; based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling ; John Tiffany & Jack Thorne, writers. The official script book of the
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Dork diaries 10. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-perfect pet sitter
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I am invited to a party!
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Dork diaries. Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker
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Captain Underpants and the sensational saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot : the twelfth epic novel
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Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
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Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers : the ninth epic novel
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Esperanza rising
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Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
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The pigeon needs a bath!
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The girl who drank the moon
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Amulet. 2, Kazu Kibuishi. The stonekeeper's curse
Recent Blog Posts from Central Library Blog
June 21, 2017
By David Kelly, Senior Librarian
New titles grace the top of both the Los Angeles Times Hardcover Fiction and Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers Lists this week as Camino Island by John Grisham debuts at #1 on the... Continued
June 13, 2017
By David Kelly, Senior Librarian
No changes to the top of the Los Angeles Times Best Sellers Lists this week as Into the Water by Paula Hawkins remains at #1 on the LAT Hardcover Fiction Bestseller List, while ... Continued
June 12, 2017
By Christina Rice, Senior Librarian
Prior to the late 1970s, LGBT coverage in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner (previously the Herald Express) was extremely limited. Any photos in our image archive from the newspaper focus exclusively... Continued
June 08, 2017
By Ken Benham, Librarian
A good mutual fund manager can be important to the success of your mutual fund investments which are often are large part of an individual investor’s assets.Investors look at the past performance of... Continued
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