Central Library, Chinatown, and Little Tokyo Branch Libraries will close at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11 and Thursday, June 12.

The Library will be closed on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in observance of Juneteenth.

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Jesse Kingsley with two puppets
Central Docents, January 15, 2019

The Children’s Literature Department of Los Angeles Central Library is so vast and awe-inspiring, one of its most fascinating offerings could be easily overlooked.


Some puppets from Puppet Shows
Mara Alpert, July 31, 2013

Here’s something you may not know about the World Famous (or at least Los Angeles Famous) Children’s Literature Department at Central Library. If it weren’t for a puppet show, it might not ever have existed. Okay, make that a lot of puppet shows.


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