Sylmar Branch Library | Los Angeles Public Library

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Address:: 14561 Polk Street
Sylmar, CA 91342
Phone:: 818-367-6102
Fax:: 818-367-5872
Email:: Contact form
Librarian:: Chukwuji Onianwa, Senior Librarian

Upcoming Events at Sylmar Branch Library

three smiling teens holding their duct tape craft projects

January 27, 2020 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Duct Tape Craft for Tweens & Teens

We will be making duct tape flower pens, bags and more, using lots of colors and designs of duct tape.

February 1, 2020 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Free Yoga for Beginners

Come stretch, relax, and get fit with free yoga workouts for beginners. These ongoing Saturday workouts are geared for teens and young...

February 10, 2020 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Teen Council Meeting

Come help out your community by joining us at our monthly Teen Council meetings! Help us select what books we buy for teens, and help us...

February 10, 2020 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM

Vaping, Drug & Alcohol Abuse: Dealing with Peer Pressure with Youth 4 Hoods

Tweens and teens, learn strategies to deal with peer pressure with Youth 4 Hoods, a project of Pueblo y Salud. Also learn how you can make...

February 22, 2020 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Free Yoga for Beginners

Come stretch, relax, and get fit with free yoga workouts for beginners. These ongoing Saturday workouts are geared for teens and young...

teens gathered around table with notebooks

February 22, 2020 12:30 PM to 5:00 PM

Free SAT Practice Exam with Princeton Review

Princeton Review will proctor a full length SAT Practice Test. Students are encouraged to bring a graphing calculator.

On Saturday,...

martin espino with a variety of musical instruments

February 24, 2020 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Music of Ancient Mexico with Martin Espino

An interactive program for all ages, in English and Spanish. Martin will invite you to sing in Native Languages of Mexico like Maya and...

father and son looking through a telescope

February 25, 2020 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Stargazing with the Sidewalk Astronomers

The entire family is welcome to join NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Dana Eklund and the Sidewalk Astronomers as they show views of the...

What We Are Reading

Dreamers and schemers : how an improbable bid for the 1932 Olympics transformed Los Angeles from dusty outpost to global metropolis

Siegel, Barry, 1949-

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Riot Baby

Onyebuchi, Tochi

Ella, a young girl growing up in Compton, California has psychokinetic abilities that allow her to see into the future.

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Steel Crow Saga

Krueger, Paul

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Carrie Fisher : a life on the edge

Weller, Sheila,

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The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

Goss, Theodora

Mary Jekyll, Diana Hyde, Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherine Moreau and Justine Frankenstein—all the daughters of some of science fiction’s ma

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How to raise a reader

Paul, Pamela,

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The Starless Sea

Morgenstern, Erin

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)

Risbridger, Ella,

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The Girl Who Reads on the Metro

Feret-Fleury, Christine

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

Niemi, Anja, 1976- photographer, interviewee.

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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

Dreamers and schemers : how an improbable bid for the 1932 Olympics transformed Los Angeles from dusty outpost to global metropolis

Riot Baby

Steel Crow Saga

Carrie Fisher : a life on the edge

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

How to raise a reader

The Starless Sea

Midnight chicken : (& other recipes worth living for)

The Girl Who Reads on the Metro

Anja Niemi in character