Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library | Los Angeles Public Library

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Exterior view of the Palms - Rancho Park branch

Address:: 2920 Overland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone:: 310-840-2142
Fax:: 310-202-4597
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Rachel Bindman, Senior Librarian

Upcoming Events at Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library

July 23, 2019 3:30PM to 5:00PM

Learn how to use a 360° camera and make a short video! Open to ages 9-13. Sign-up is required. Stop by the Information Desk or call...

July 25, 2019 2:00PM to 3:00PM

Adult Book Club

Discussion of Jessica Shattuck’s, The Women in the Castle.

July 25, 2019 6:00PM to 8:00PM

Great Books Discussion Group

June 13* A Vindication of the Rights of Women Mary Wollstonecraft social commentaryJune 27 My Antonia Willa Cather novelJuly 11 Funnyhouse...

Librarian reading to a group of children

July 27, 2019 10:30AM to 11:00AM

Preschool Storytime

Stories, songs, movement, and discussion, to promote early literacy.

Actors interact on stage with audience members

July 27, 2019 3:00PM

Theatricum Botanicum — Living History: Mark Twain

Writer, satirist, and American treasure Mark Twain will share his unique thoughts, ideas, and writings during this interactive "Author...

July 29, 2019 10:30AM to 11:15AM

Baby Storytime

Rhymes, songs, and stories for babies and their caregivers, with playtime after the program. Come sing, talk, read, and play!

July 30, 2019 6:30PM to 7:45PM

Learn How to Make Tamales

Learn how to make Tamales with Sandi Romero, a national award-winning Tamale maker.

What We Are Reading

Wild LA : explore the amazing nature in and around Los Angeles

Higgins, Lila M.,

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Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

Moore, Scotto

Long time music blogger Moore weaves a tale where a newly discovered band is releasing their singles with more in mind than fame and glor

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Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : a Hollywood memoir

Riskin, Victoria,

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Middlegame

McGuire, Seanan

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Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems

Goss, Theodora

Goss, the author of the eminently enjoyable The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter and European Travel For The Monstrous Gentle

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Other people's houses

Segal, Lore Groszmann.

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The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

Martinson, T. J.

30 years ago, the Kingfisher prowled the streets of Chicago, dispensing his own brand of vigilante justice.

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We were witches

Gore, Ariel, 1970-

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The Sentence is Death

Horowitz, Anthony

In the second book in the Daniel Hawthorne mystery series, author Anthony Horowitz, and his fictional doppelganger, tackle solving who ki

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Radicalized

Doctorow, Cory

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Hours of Service

Mon:	10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tues:	12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Weds:	10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thurs:	12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fri:	9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sat:	9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sun:	Closed

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What We Are Reading

Wild LA : explore the amazing nature in and around Los Angeles

Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : a Hollywood memoir

Middlegame

Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems

Other people's houses

The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

We were witches

The Sentence is Death

Radicalized