- Address:
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630 W. 5th StreetLos Angeles, CA 90071
- Phone:
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213-228-7000
- Email:
- Contact form
- Librarian:
- Kren Malone, Director
Services
Planning Your Visit
Upcoming Events at Central Library
Every Monday at 11am.
Stories, songs, and rhymes focusing on the five Early Literacy Practices (talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing) that will help...
Every Monday - Thursday from 11:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Walk-in Tutors: Free 15-20 minute tutoring sessions for adults 19 and older. Tutors can help with reading, writing, and conversation skills...
Every Monday, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Learners develop and strengthen English vocabulary and comprehension skills by reading novels; classes may vary from Beginner to...
Every Monday and Wednesday, 3:30-5 p.m.
Learners learn and practice English conversation for everyday use. A focus is on phrases and statements commonly used by native English...
October 21, 2019 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Join us to discover more about the best K-Pop artists. Dora will share her pick of the month!
Every Monday - Thursday from 11:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Walk-in Tutors: Free 15-20 minute tutoring sessions for adults 19 and older. Tutors can help with reading, writing, and conversation skills...
Every Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.
Did you know that Chinese is the most widely spoken first language in the world? Please join us for a class-Chinese for beginners 1.
What We Are Reading
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Mexican American baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michelle Richardson tells two stories that have, until now, been overlooked in most fiction and history: the story of the blue people
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Feels Like Home: Reflections on Central Library
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The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later
In 1989, journalist and documentary filmmaker Rhys Thomas told the fascinating, and mostly unknown history of the world’s most famous sho
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The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel
When a famous, and some would claim infamous, poet dies, his final request is to be laid to rest next to his wife in a chapel of stained
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Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal
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Magic for Liars: A Novel
When the Health instructor at Osthorne Academy for Young Mages is found in the school library bisected from head to toe cleanly down the
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Happiness is Baking: Cakes, Pies, Tarts, Muffins, Brownies, Cookies: Favorite Desserts From the Queen of Cake
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Red, White & Royal Blue
Alex Claremont-Diaz is the 21-year-old First Son Of The United States (FSOTUS).
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What moves at the margin : selected nonfiction
Recent Blog Posts from LAPL Blog
October 25, 2019
By Ana Campos, Senior Librarian
Andrés and Christina are the Latin Grammy-winning duo of 123 Andrés. Through their music and performances, children and adults learn both in Spanish and English. Their album Arriba Abajo won the... Continued
October 18, 2019
By Keith Chaffee, Librarian
Laura Nyro was born on October 18, 1947. Nyro was a singer-songwriter whose critically acclaimed records never found a large public audience, but whose songs became hits when recorded by others.As a... Continued
October 17, 2019
By Daryl M., Librarian
Jennifer Giesbrecht is a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia where she earned an undergraduate degree in history, spent her formative years as a professional street performer, and developed a deep and... Continued
October 16, 2019
By Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian
Tis the season for spooky old books, and one of my very favorites is a hidden gem—Ruth Edna Kelley’s The Book of Hallowe’en (1919). Kelley was a young librarian at the public library in Lynn,... Continued
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