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Tina Princenthal, Senior Librarian, InfoNow

You Can DIY: Book-Inspired Kids’ Costumes for Halloween

October 23, 2019

A nightmare more terrifying than you can imagine…the party supply store on the eve of Halloween! The hordes of customers, the cries and screams of fitting-room meltdowns, flimsy costumes at horrifyingly high prices!

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Fall Traditions, Halloween, Octavia Lab

Color postcard of California Alligator Farm, in Los Angeles [ca.1911]

Bring the Kids! Fun at the California Alligator Farm

July 23, 2019

Before Mickey and his Magic Kingdom, there was Billie the Alligator and his reptilian pals at the California Alligator Farm.

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Los Angeles History, Alligators, Gators, TESSA, Photo Collection

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LAPL Blog

Tina Princenthal, Senior Librarian, InfoNow

You Can DIY: Book-Inspired Kids’ Costumes for Halloween

Bring the Kids! Fun at the California Alligator Farm

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