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Octavia Lab Freegal Playlists: Listen While You Work
Over the past month, the Octavia Lab, the do-it-yourself makerspace at Central Library, has transformed itself into a light manufacturing center making face shields for the local medical community combating the cor
Teen Summer Festival Fun: Making Movie Magic From Home!
Do you love movies?
Do you reeaaalllly love movies?
Spring Into Reading!
Looking for some motivation to read? Need a way to keep track of your favorite reads? Sign up for our online reading challenge Spring into Reading!
George Takei’s Bookshelf
George Takei is famous for his role as Mr. Sulu in Star Trek and for being a social media superstar, with over 2.9 million Twitter followers. He is also a national leader in social justice, human rights and marriage equality.
Take Overdrive and hoopla Along for Your Telecommute
The coffee is brewing; you’ve managed to take a quick shower and get the kids settled into their Zoom school classrooms; and you finally take a breath and sit at the kitchen table with your laptop to begin your day at the computer reading emails. But something doesn’t quite feel right.
Riding Off Into the Sunset: Final Odes to My First Car
It’s the last day of National Poetry Month, and what better way to close it out than by sharing the final batch of poems Los Angeles Public Library staff members wrote in honor of their first cars?
Beyond Huck Finn and Moby Dick: Some 19th-Century American Novels Worth Exploring
All of us who went through school in the United States have read at least a few American novels published before 1900.
Un poquito de español: Helping Children Learn Spanish
Los Angeles is a city of many Spanish speakers, and it’s easy to see the advantages of being bilingual. Some parents want to introduce their children to speaking Spanish or another language at a young age.
A Room of One's Own: Reading While Sheltering in Place
Sure we’re still staying put, and while social distancing has nipped our spring plans in the bud, it’s also great to have the time to slow down and read! Why not take a look at some fiction about people who are also sheltering in place?
Interview With an Author: Cynthia Hand
Cynthia Hand is the New York Times bestselling author of several books for teens, including the Unearthly trilogy, The Afterlife of Holly Chase,