Events Calendar

Children are invited to share the joy of storytelling and reading with our STAR volunteer Amy.

Check out our newest StoryWalk in partnership with the Audubon Center at Debs Park! Take a self-directed accessible nature walk and follow the pages to enjoy a scenic trek across a familiar city.

Please note: This event is off-site at the Audubon…

The Los Angeles Public Library is proud to present award-winning author/illustrator (and this year’s Summer with the Library artist) Dan Santat! He will be discussing his writing and illustrating career, including his newest titles, Don’t Trust Fish…

Join our Children's Librarian for a free, enjoyable 20-minute story time that includes songs, flannel stories, and picture books. After story time, there will be 10 minutes of group playtime. Please enter through the side door to the right of the…

Our STAR volunteers read to children one-on-one or in small groups. No sign-up is required. Take home a free book to keep after attending three STAR reading sessions at our branch.STAR sessions are subject to change or cancellation, depending on…

Children are invited to share the joy of storytelling and reading with our STAR volunteer, Angela. Take home a free book after coming to three STAR events at our branch.

Each Thursday we will play with science.

The Friends of the Eagle Rock Library will be selling gently used books, CDs, and DVDs. All proceeds will benefit programming and collection development at the Eagle Rock Branch Library.

Student Zones are after-school homework centers in the library for students in grades K-12.Trained Student Zone Helper to Assist with Homework Access to Basic School Supplies Free Printing Reserved Computer Access

Children are invited to share the joy of storytelling and reading with our special STAR volunteers Beryl, Annette, and Lynda. Come three times and take home a free book.

Join us for playtime at the library for creative play with LEGO®-style bricks and traditional building blocks. 


During the 10 sessions of the Astro Camp Community Partner Program at the Watts library, you will be trying fun science experiments, engineering challenges, and art projects to explore the universe with NASA. We got to view the sun last week. Now it…

Children are invited to join our STAR volunteer Kenia for reading one-on-one or in a small group in the children's area.

Come and play with Legos.

Get your hands dirty creating clay and compost seed bombs filled with California native wildflower seeds! In this interactive workshop, participants will learn about the origins of “seed green-aids,” delve into environmental movements, and exchange…

Practice your reading skills by reading aloud to Saffron, a trained therapy dog.

Educational, entertaining, fun and safe hands-on program with reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods. Kids will have an opportunity to hold animals as we speak about them. The animals travel in baskets and containers so it looks like a safari has…

Children are invited to share the joy of reading with our STAR volunteer Isaac. Take home a free book after reading with Isaac three times.

Children are invited to share the joy of storytelling and reading with our STAR volunteer Cesar.

Workshop participants will make individually personalized books that can serve as diaries, albums, or scrapbooks. Participants can choose from various types of bound and folded book designs. Materials including various types of paper, thread, ribbon…

Join us in the community room for an hour of science fun! Build your own keychain out of toy building bricks. An adult must accompany children under 13.

Join us for a visit from the friendly therapy dogs of the BARK Program. Kids, improve your reading skills by practicing with these specially trained dogs who love to listen to stories.

Listen to a story and create something inspired by it! Recommended for children ages 3 and older.

Please join us in the Community Room for Family Arts & Crafts. All ages are welcome.