Events

How To Fold A Taco: Cómo doblar un taco Storywalk® at the Verdugo Hills Pool!

Check out our newest StoryWalk celebrating Summer With the Library!

Children can read to our certified therapy dog Vida, to build confidence and practice their reading skills. Early through advanced readers are welcome. First come, first served, and no sign-up is required. Reading sessions may be time-limited to allow for multiple participants.

Join the Teen Review Club to explore new releases, share honest reviews, and connect with fellow teen readers. No writing experience needed! Get ready for exclusive Advance Reader Copies soon.

Join us on the third Wednesday of every month for our long-running book club for adults!

In celebration of Central 100, join us for a discussion with Stephen Gee! He will be discussing his book Los Angeles Central Library: A History of its Art and Architecture. 

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 and A Fishboy Named... Sashimi. Thank you to the Library Foundation of Los Angeles...

Celebrate the launch of Angel City Press at Los Angeles Public Library's new book documenting murals of Our Lady of Guadalupe around Los Angeles.

Acclaimed author discusses her new novel.

Join us as we welcome Mirelle Ortega, local author/illustrator of River of Mariposas, Los Angeles Central Library POPS: Celebrating a Century of The Light of Learning and Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land, for which she received a 2023 Pura Belpré Award Illustration Honor and an International Latino Book Award bronze medal. Mirelle will be sharing the book I Am, Yo Soy.

Learn about the earliest manga from over 500 years ago with award winning author-illustrator Sunny Seki.