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501 S. Venice BoulevardVenice, CA 90291
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310-821-1769
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310-306-9124
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- Rachel Bindman, Senior Librarian
Upcoming Events at Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library
November 17, 2018 9:00AM to 2:00PM
Support your Library. This is our #1 fundraising event and allows us to continue our community programs and to support the library's...
November 17, 2018 10:30AM
Read stories, sing songs and enjoy connecting with other families during playtime immediately following storytime. All ages.
November 19, 2018 10:15AM
Join us in a gentle yet deeply healing class where we will calm and clear the mind by working intelligently with the breath, mudras (hand-...
November 19, 2018 4:00PM
Children can increase their reading skills and self-confidence by reading aloud to Chaco, a certified therapy dog!
November 20, 2018 3:00PM
Learn to crochet and knit, meet neighbors & friends, and make your gifts for the holidays! All ages and all materials provided by...
Every Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Chess group is open to all ages and levels. Learn basic and advanced skills on opening moves, middle game, tactics, strategies, etc. Led by...
Every Wednesday at 12:30pm.
Bring a mat & get ready to breathe, stretch & more. Open to all levels!
November 24, 2018 11:30AM to 2:30PM
Dungeons and Dragons for kids! Learn to play, create stories, and have fun in fantastic worlds of the imagination while meeting new friends...
November 26, 2018 10:15AM
Join us in a gentle yet deeply healing class where we will calm and clear the mind by working intelligently with the breath, mudras (hand-...
Ongoing Events
Student/Homework Zone
The library offers dedicated space, computers, iPads, homework resources and a trained Computer Aide to assist students grade 4-12. Monday through Friday starting at 2:30pm. Free Printing
STARS
Storytelling And Reading (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays): Trained volunteers read to children of all ages in the Children’s Area. Call or visit the branch for specific times.
- Hot Titles:
- Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- YA
- Children's
Fiction Hot Titles
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Crazy Rich Asians
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Dark sacred night
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Lethal white
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The president is missing : a novel
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The other woman.
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Transcription
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Less : a novel
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Clock dance
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine : a novel
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There there
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China rich girlfriend : a novel
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My year of rest and relaxation
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French exit : a tragedy of manners
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Pachinko
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The death of Mrs. Westaway
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An American marriage
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Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel
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Circe : a novel
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The woman in the window
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All we ever wanted : a novel
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Warlight
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Rich people problems : a novel
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Lake Success : a novel
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The witch elm : a novel
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The incendiaries
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The perfect couple : a novel
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Feared
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The mars room : a novel
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Texas Ranger
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Pieces of her.
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Give me your hand
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A spark of light : a novel
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Tailspin
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The great alone
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When life gives you lululemons : a novel
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Past tense
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Leverage in death : an Eve Dallas novel
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A place for us : a novel
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Something in the water : a novel
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The fallen
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Nine perfect strangers
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Juror #3
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Where the crawdads sing
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The female persuasion
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Walking shadows
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Cherry : a novel
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The reckoning.
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Spymaster : a thriller
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Holy ghost
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Before We Were Yours: A Novel
Non-Fiction Hot Titles
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Fear: Trump in the White House
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Educated : a memoir
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In pieces : a memoir
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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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Bad blood : secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup
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Unhinged : an insider's account of the Trump White House
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12 rules for life : an antidote to chaos
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Calypso
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The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
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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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21 lessons for the 21st century
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Small fry
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Becoming.
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The plant paradox : the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain
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The Library Book
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The fifth risk
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
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The soul of America : the battle for our better angels
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Natural causes : an epidemic of wellness, the certainty of dying, and killing ourselves to live longer
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These truths : a history of the United States
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The mirage factory : illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles
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Who is Michael Ovitz? : a memoir
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Winners take all : the elite charade of changing the world
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Heartland : a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on Earth
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I'll be gone in the dark : one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer
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Wasted : tales of a GenX drunk
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White fragility : why it's so hard to talk to white people about racism
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The real Lolita : the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world
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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
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House of Trump, house of Putin : the untold story of Donald Trump and the Russian mafia
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Whiskey in a teacup : what growing up in the South taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits
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Good and mad : the revolutionary power of women's anger
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Leadership in turbulent times
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The Browns of California : the family dynasty that transformed a state and shaped a nation
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Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime
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You're on an airplane : a self-mythologizing memoir
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Educated : a memoir
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Everything Trump touches dies : a Republican strategist gets real about the worst president ever
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A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership
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Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbelly
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War on peace : the end of diplomacy and the decline of American influence
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Ninety-nine glimpses of Princess Margaret
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Fashion Climbing : A Memoir with Photographs.
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Famous father girl : a memoir of growing up Bernstein
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From the corner of the oval
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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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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city
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Fire and fury : inside the Trump white house
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Every day is extra
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Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world--and why things are better than you think
YA Hot Titles
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The Hate U Give
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To all the boys I've loved before
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Smile
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Drama
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Sisters
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Sabrina
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Always and forever, Lara Jean
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P.S. I still love you.
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Ghosts
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The Hunger Games
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The sea of monsters
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Lumberjanes Vol 1
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The burning maze
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The Titan's curse
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The battle of the Labyrinth
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The last Olympian
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Children of Blood and Bone
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The fault in our stars
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The dark prophecy (The trials of Apollo, book 2)
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The lost hero
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The son of Neptune
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The mark of Athena
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Bridge of clay
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The hidden oracle
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One of us is lying
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Turtles all the way down
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The blood of Olympus
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 1 : the sword of summer.
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I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
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The Ship of the Dead
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Eleanor & Park
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The Hammer of Thor
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Divergent
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Wildcard
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Muse of nightmares
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Everything, everything
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Sadie
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The Prince and the Dressmaker
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Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda
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What If It's Us
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War storm
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Demigods & magicians : Percy and Annabeth meet the Kanes.
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Kingdom of ash
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The elite
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Hey, kiddo
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If I stay : a novel
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The cruel prince
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A court of mist and fury
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Scythe
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Stargirl
Children's Hot Titles
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Babymouse
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Diary of a wimpy kid : double down
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Diary of a wimpy kid : hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever
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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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Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid : old school
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
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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 : 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 : the last straw
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul
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Wonder
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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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![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 : Rodrick rules
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Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the getaway
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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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Pokémon adventures
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Green eggs and ham
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Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
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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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Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess
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My little pony. Friendship is magic
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Dork diaries 7. by Rachel Renée Russell. Tales from a not-so-glam TV star
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The cat in the hat
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The thank you book
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The Baby-sitters Club. a graphic novel
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Tales from a not-so-popular party girl
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The Baby-sitters Club. a graphic novel
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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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The Baby-sitters Club. a graphic novel
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There is a Bird on Your Head!
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One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
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Captain Underpants and the big, bad battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, part 2 : the revenge of the ridiculous Robo-Boogers : the seventh epic novel
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Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
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Dork diaries 11. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-friendly frenemy
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The Baby-sitters Club. a graphic novel
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Tales from a not-so-talented pop star
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Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the radioactive robo-boxers : the tenth epic novel
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Are you my mother?
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Dork diaries 9. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-dorky drama queen
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Dork diaries. Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker
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Fox in socks
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Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers : the ninth epic novel
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I am invited to a party!
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Elephants cannot dance!
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Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
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