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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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- Librarian:
- Rachel Bindman, Senior Librarian
Upcoming Events at Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library
July 20, 2017 6:00PM to 9:00PM
Stop by the library for ceramics, capoeira performance, and local art.
July 22, 2017 11:00AM
In case you missed Part I we are offering a second chance to particpate in our collaborative summer design project. Calling all designers,...
July 25, 2017 11:00AM
Cool off this summer by meeting and connecting with authors at your library! Refreshments will be provided and lucky winners will also be...
July 25, 2017 12:30PM
Led by Bok Wood, author of Words Out of Silence, this class uses guided meditation and dialogue to help you re-connect with the depth of...
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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Camino Island.
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The late show.
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Into the water.
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The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel
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A gentleman in Moscow
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Magpie murders
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The ministry of utmost happiness
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House of spies
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Lincoln in the bardo : a novel
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The force : a novel
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The handmaid's tale
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Testimony
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Rich people problems : a novel
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The fix.
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Since we fell
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Dragon teeth : a novel
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Anything is possible
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Golden prey.
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No middle name : the complete collected Jack Reacher short stories
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The black book
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The identicals : a novel
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Do not become alarmed
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The thirst
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16th seduction
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Come sundown.
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The Essex Serpent : a novel
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The underground railroad : a novel
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Y is for yesterday
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One perfect lie
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A man called Ove : a novel
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The woman in cabin 10
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The whistler : a novel
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine : a novel
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The wrong side of goodbye : a novel
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Indecent exposure
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The women in the castle : a novel
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Commonwealth.
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The girl before : a novel
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Against all odds : a novel
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Exit west : a novel
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The people we hate at the wedding
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Murder games
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Heartbreak hotel : an Alex Delaware novel
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Use of force : a thriller
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Small great things : a novel
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Big little lies
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Moonglow : a novel
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Nighthawk : a novel from the NUMA Files
Non-Fiction Hot Titles
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Al Franken, giant of the Senate
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
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Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002)
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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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Option B : facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy
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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
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The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
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Shattered : inside Hillary Clinton's doomed campaign
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Astrophysics for people in a hurry
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Tools of titans : the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers
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I can't make this up : life lessons
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The rules do not apply : a memoir
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
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The undoing project : a friendship that changed our minds
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We are never meeting in real life : essays
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You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
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Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow
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Coach Wooden and me : our 50-year friendship on and off the court
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The plant paradox : the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain
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The bright hour : a memoir of living and dying
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Milk and honey
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Who thought this was a good idea? : and other questions you should have answers to when you work in the White House
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Hué 1968 : a turning point of the American war in Vietnam
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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If I understood you, would I have this look on my face? : my adventures in the art and science of relating and communicating
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The vanishing American adult : our coming-of-age crisis--and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance
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Churchill and Orwell : the fight for freedom
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Make your bed : little things that can change your life...and maybe the world
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Democracy in chains : the deep history of the radical right's stealth plan for America
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The life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing
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No is not enough : resisting Trump's shock politics and winning the world we need
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Believe me : a memoir of love, death, and jazz chickens
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Salt, fat, acid, heat : the four elements of good cooking
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Norse mythology
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You are a badass at making money : master the mindset of wealth.
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When breath becomes air
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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
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On tyranny : twenty lessons from the twentieth century
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The glass castle : a memoir
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This fight is our fight : the battle to save America's middle class
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You are a bad ass : how to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life
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Bad feminist : essays
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Alexander Hamilton
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The long haul : a trucker's tales of life on the road
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The four agreements : a practical guide to personal freedom
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Priestdaddy
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The better angels of our nature : why violence has declined
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Between the world and me
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The little book of hygge : Danish secrets to happy living
YA Hot Titles
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The hate u give.
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The dark prophecy (The trials of Apollo, book 2)
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Thirteen reasons why
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The lightning thief
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Everything, everything
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The hidden oracle
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The Titan's curse
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The sea of monsters
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The son of Neptune
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The lost hero
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The last Olympian
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The House of Hades
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The battle of the Labyrinth
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The blood of Olympus
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The Hammer of Thor
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The mark of Athena
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 1 : the sword of summer.
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The Hunger Games
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The maze runner
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The fault in our stars
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Eleanor & Park
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Divergent
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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I am Malala : how one girl stood up for education and changed the world
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Thirteen reasons why
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A court of wings and ruin
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Demigods & magicians : Percy and Annabeth meet the Kanes.
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Mockingjay
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Middle school, the worst years of my life
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The Sun is also a star
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Catching fire
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Always and forever, Lara Jean
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Allegiant
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Red queen
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Lord of shadows
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One of us is lying
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To all the boys I've loved before
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Flame in the mist
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I'll give you the sun
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Insurgent
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When Dimple met Rishi
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The selection
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The city of Ember
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Six of crows
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A court of thorns and roses
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If I stay : a novel
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Fahrenheit 451
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The elite
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Glass sword.
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King's cage
Children's Hot Titles
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Babymouse
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Pokémon adventures
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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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Wonder
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Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
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Diary of a wimpy kid : hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid : old school
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
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Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
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Pokemon XY
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Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
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Dog Man. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [1]
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Dork diaries 9. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-dorky drama queen
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Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
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Dork diaries 7. by Rachel Renée Russell. Tales from a not-so-glam TV star
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Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess
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Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All
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Tales from a not-so-popular party girl
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Tales from a not-so-talented pop star
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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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Captain Underpants and the sensational saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot : the twelfth epic novel
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Dork diaries 10. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-perfect pet sitter
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Pokémon black and white
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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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Adventure time
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![Pokemon adventures. story, Hidenori Kusaka ; art, Satoshi Yamamoto ; [translation, Katherine Schilling]. Diamond and Pearl/Platinum](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2014/4e2437fe985e12fb0aa5daec7a135cd1.jpg?itok=Vw2Zdjim)
Pokemon adventures. story, Hidenori Kusaka ; art, Satoshi Yamamoto ; [translation, Katherine Schilling]. Diamond and Pearl/Platinum
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My little pony. Friendship is magic
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Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
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Captain Underpants and the tyrannical retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 : the eleventh epic novel
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Dork diaries. Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker
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Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers : the ninth epic novel
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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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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The cat in the hat
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One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
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Big Nate blasts off
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The thank you book
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Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
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Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the radioactive robo-boxers : the tenth epic novel
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Big Nate : welcome to my world
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Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
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Harry Potter and the cursed child : parts one and two. a new play by Jack Thorne ; based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling ; John Tiffany & Jack Thorne, writers. The official script book of the
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I am invited to a party!
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Big Nate : thunka, thunka, thunka
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