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Multilingual Collections, Librarian, December 13, 2025

Description: El mejor regalo que puedes ofrecer durante las festividades de invierno es un libro. Si necesitas ideas sobre qué libros regalar (o regalarte a ti mismo), aquí te presentamos los títulos preferidos por nuestros lectores y bibliotecarios en el 2025.

Y si tu resolución para fin de año es leer más, te recomendamos que agregues estos libros a tu lista de lecturas pendientes....

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Author D.J. Waldie and his latest book, Elements of Los Angeles: Earth, Water, Air, Fire

Interview With an Author: D.J. Waldie

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 11, 2025

D.J. Waldie is a historian of Los Angeles, a memoirist, and a translator.


etching of moths on a plant

Want to Start a Nature Journal? Here’s How!

Julia G, Young Adult Librarian, Robertson Branch Library, Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The other day, I walked out to my garden to discover a strange sight: two of my California poppy seedlings had leaves that looked completely different.


Films and their adapted books

Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Friday, December 5, 2025

If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen.


Author Eric Heisserer and his debut novel, Simultaneous

Interview With an Author: Eric Heisserer

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 4, 2025

Eric Heisserer is the Academy Award–nominated screenwriter of Arrival and


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para niños: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Patricia Valdovinos, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, Wednesday, December 3, 2025

La Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles ofrece los libros más leídos y más esperados para niños. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para adultos y jóvenes: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Multilingual Collections, Librarian, Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!


Author Deston Munden and his latest book, Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife

Interview With an Author: Deston J. Munden

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Deston Munden is the author of several books, including Tavern, also set in Dargath. Born and raised near the Outer Banks, he can be found writing, cooking, playing World of Warcraft, and cosplaying in the way-too-hot North Carolina weather.


Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! book edited by Richard Wolinsky

Interview With an Author: Richard Wolinsky

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, November 20, 2025

Richard Wolinsky co-hosted and produced Probabilities, a half-hour radio program devoted to science fiction, mystery, and mainstream fiction, from 1977 to 1995 on KPFA-FM.


view of L.A. from one side to the other

Grab Your Hiking Boots–It’s National Take a Hike Day

Julia G, Young Adult Librarian, Robertson Branch Library, Saturday, November 15, 2025

People don’t often think of mid-November as a month for spending lots of time outdoors. In many places, temperatures are falling, along with the first flurries of snow. The fall foliage might be dwindling, giving way to the skeletal branches of winter.


Author Oliver Wang and his latest book, Cruising J-Town

Interview With an Author: Oliver Wang

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, November 13, 2025

Oliver Wang is a professor of sociology at CSU-Long Beach and the author of Legions of


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