- Address:
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1410 W. Temple StreetLos Angeles, CA 90026
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213-250-7808
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213-580-3744
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- Librarian:
- Victoria Sikora, Senior Librarian
As a part of Historic Filipinotown, the Echo Park Branch is pleased to be the only public library in Southern California to provide a dedicated Filipino heritage collection, consisting of over 500 volumes on all aspects of Filipino life and culture.
Upcoming Events at Echo Park Branch Library
Mondays at 4 p.m.
Share the joy of books and reading with new STAR Reader, Mr. Ruben!Nuevo lector de STAR, Señor Ruben, estará en la biblioteca.
March 18, 2019 6:00PM to 7:00PM
All ESL adults welcome. Practice your English conversation skills in a relaxed, supportive environment.
March 19, 2019 12:30PM to 1:30PM
Join us for books, dancing, fingerplays and songs, and playtime afterward.Acompáñanos a leer, bailar y cantar y después del programa a...
March 19, 2019 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Personal Trainer Vivian Mercado wants to help you unwind with her beginners' stretching class. For ages 15 and up. Yoga mats recommended.
March 20, 2019 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Adult literacy students and tutors, as well as their friends, are invited to read and discuss popular adult books in an informal setting.
March 21, 2019 1:00PM to 3:00PM
Aphasia is a language disability that affects a person's ability to speak, understand speech, read, and write. This book club is for adults...
March 23, 2019 11:30AM to 1:30PM
All adults are invited to join this informal group of knitters. Bring your own supplies. Schedule varies, please call ahead.
Ongoing Events
After School Student Zone
Monday-Thursday 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Students K-12 have access to laptops with internet and word processing, databases, and online homework help. Free printing for homework.
Adult Literacy Program
Volunteer tutors work one-on-one, helping adults improve basic reading and writing skills. For more information call (213) 228-7037 ext. 70819, or write echoparkliteracy@lapl.org.
STAR Readers
Our volunteer STAR Readers are here and ready for all kids who love to share a good book. Miss Jessica will be at the library on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Mr. Ruben will be at the library on Mondays and Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m.
- Hot Titles:
- Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- YA
- Children's
Fiction Hot Titles
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Nine perfect strangers
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Dark sacred night
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Where the crawdads sing
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There there
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The reckoning.
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Past tense
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Circe : a novel
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Unsheltered : a novel
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine : a novel
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Long road to Mercy
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The witch elm : a novel
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The friend
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My year of rest and relaxation
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My sister, the serial killer : a novel
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Milkman : a novel
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Less : a novel
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Crazy Rich Asians
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An American marriage
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Transcription
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A delicate touch
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Black leopard, red wolf
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An anonymous girl
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The Great Believers
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Kingdom of the blind
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Look alive twenty-five
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Pachinko
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One day in December : a novel
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The boy
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The feral detective : a novel
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A spark of light : a novel
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The New Iberia blues
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The clockmaker's daughter : a novel
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Washington Black
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Turning point
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Asymmetry
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The Only Woman in the Room
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You know you want this : "cat person" and other stories
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Target
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Liar liar
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The dreamers : a novel
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Verses for the dead
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Lethal white
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Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel
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China rich girlfriend : a novel
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In a house of lies
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Late in the day : a novel
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The woman in the window
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The tattooist of Auschwitz : a novel
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Family trust : a novel
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The overstory : a novel
Non-Fiction Hot Titles
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Becoming
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Educated : a memoir
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The Library Book
On the surface, The Library Book is about the history of the Los Angeles Public Library, particularly about the devastating fire
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
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Fear: Trump in the White House
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Bad blood : secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup
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Inheritance : a memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love
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The truths we hold : an American journey
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Girl, wash your face : stop believing the lies about who you are so you can become who you were meant to be
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The fifth risk
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
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Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones
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How to change your mind : what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence
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Medical medium liver rescue : answers to eczema, psoriasis, diabetes, strep, acne, gout, bloating, gallstones, adrenal stress, fatigue, fatty liver, weight issues, SIBO & autoimmune disease
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Team of vipers : my 500 extraordinary days in the Trump White House
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Hollywood's Eve : Eve Babitz and the secret history of L.A.
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Educated : a memoir
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Small fry
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The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
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Spark joy : an illustrated master class on the art of organizing and tidying up
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In pieces : a memoir
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Becoming
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Dear Los Angeles : the city in diaries and letters 1542 to 2018
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21 lessons for the 21st century
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Maid : hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive
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Dare to lead : brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts
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Salt, fat, acid, heat : the four elements of good cooking
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Seduction : sex, lies, and stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
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The coddling of the American mind : how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure
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The bullet journal method : track the past, order the present, design the future
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Let me finish : Trump, the Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey, and the power of in-your-face politics
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Calypso
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Good and mad : the revolutionary power of women's anger
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White fragility : why it's so hard to talk to white people about racism
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Ottolenghi Simple : a cookbook
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The mirage factory : illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles
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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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Heavy : an American memoir
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The plant paradox : the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain
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All you can ever know : a memoir
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Winners take all : the elite charade of changing the world
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Everyday millionaires : how ordinary people built extraordinary wealth -- and how you can too
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12 rules for life : an antidote to chaos
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These truths : a history of the United States
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Devotions : the selected poems of Mary Oliver
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The first conspiracy : the secret plot to kill George Washington
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Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime
Ron Stallworth, the first African American officer on the Colorado Springs Police Force, answered an ad for the Ku Klux Klan in his local
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Digital minimalism : on living better with less technology
YA Hot Titles
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Sabrina
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The Hate U Give
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Smile
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Drama
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Sisters
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To all the boys I've loved before
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P.S. I Still Love You
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Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Dana, a black woman living in 1970s Los Angeles, suddenly travels back in time to a pre-Civil War era plantation, where she saves a young
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The lost hero
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The sea of monsters
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Children of Blood and Bone
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The House of Hades
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The Titan's curse
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The son of Neptune
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The battle of the Labyrinth
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The blood of Olympus
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Bridge of clay
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Always and forever, Lara Jean
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The wicked king
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The mark of Athena
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On the Come Up
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The last Olympian
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The Prince and the Dressmaker
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One of us is lying
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King of scars
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Queen of air and darkness
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Hey, Kiddo
A memoir about being raised by grandparents and finding art as a way of communicating and self-expression while dealing with family addic
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The burning maze
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Two can keep a secret
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On a Sunbeam
Mia becomes the newest member on a ship that travels through space reconstructing historical ruins for new use.
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Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo"
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What If It's Us
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Six of crows
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Archenemies
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I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
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All the bright places
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The Poet X
The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library.
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The hate u give
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Beauty queens
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Five Feet Apart
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Skyward
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Sadie
The Odyssey Award is given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the U
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Kingdom of ash
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Ghost
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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
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The Sun is Also a Star
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Throne of glass
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A map of days
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Crush
Perfectly capturing the challenges of friendship drama and the anguish of first crushes in middle school, this is the story of Jorge Ruiz
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March
Children's Hot Titles
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Babymouse
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown
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Diary of a wimpy kid : old school
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Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever
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Diary of a wimpy kid : double down
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul
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Diary of a wimpy kid : hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
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![Dog Man and Cat Kid. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [4]](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2018/e5b0d9df7292cb6491403241277e1fd9.jpg?itok=oY1NLcRB)
Dog Man and Cat Kid. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [4]
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules
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![Dog Man. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [1]](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2016/fad4fd21fefbea32b1258c59eacdbfe2.jpg?itok=SGDcK7z6)
Dog Man. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [1]
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth
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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]](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2017/ff4d5a8315895f9aaaf4a55025e681c9.jpg?itok=2_v9gX2f)
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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![Dog Man : lord of the fleas [#5]](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2018/a17f61522bc0a04bf5f54c3b99650307.jpg?itok=_jII81ls)
Dog Man : lord of the fleas [#5]
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw
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![Dog Man : a tale of two kitties [#3]](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2017/6fb26400f11b3ec06762175841ce40c2.jpg?itok=yWw_3Acp)
Dog Man : a tale of two kitties [#3]
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the getaway
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Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
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Pokémon adventures
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Dork diaries 12. Rachel Renee Russell ; with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell. Tales from a not-so-secret crush catastrophe
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Dork diaries 7. by Rachel Renée Russell. Tales from a not-so-glam TV star
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Wonder
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Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess
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Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
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Dork diaries 13. Rachel Renee Russell ; with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell. Tales from a not-so-happy birthday
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Green eggs and ham
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Dork diaries 11. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-friendly frenemy
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Happy Pig Day!
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Dork diaries 10. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-perfect pet sitter
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Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
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Tales from a not-so-popular party girl
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Waiting is not easy!
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The thank you book
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The Baby-sitters Club. a graphic novel
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
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Elephants cannot dance!
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Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
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![Dog Man. Dav Pilkey. [6], Brawl of the wild](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2019/848b100d43498bce4fcaf4a6af6979b7.jpg?itok=XrHeDP1Q)
Dog Man. Dav Pilkey. [6], Brawl of the wild
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The Baby-sitters Club. Ann M. Martin ; a graphic novel by Gale Galligan with color by Braden Lamb. 6, Kristy's big day
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Amulet. Kazu Kibuishi. 8, Supernova
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Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Amulet. 3, Kazu Kibuishi. The cloud searchers
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Be prepared
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The day the crayons quit
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Flashback
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Hello Lighthouse
The Randolph Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.
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I am Martin Luther King, Jr.