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Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca
Multilingual Collections, Librarian, July 2, 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!


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Women sprinkles cheese on lasagna

Think You Know All About Lasagna?

Bob Timmermann, Senior Librarian, History & Genealogy Department, Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Why am I writing about lasagna? Its origins became a topic for discussion among my brothers and I—and I wanted answers.


Tochi Onyebuchi and his adult fiction debut novel, Riot Baby

Interview With an Author: Tochi Onyebuchi

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, January 16, 2020

Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of the young adult novel Beasts Made of Night, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African, its sequel,


Artist and Zine-Maker Esther Pearl Watson

Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?

Angi Brzycki, Senior Librarian, Digitization & Special Collections, Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Meet Esther Pearl Watson, a Los Angeles based artist, illustrator, children’s book author and zine maker.


street mural of rapper Nipsey Hussle

Books that Inspired Nipsey Hussle

Keith Kesler, Social Media Librarian, Public Relations Department, Friday, January 10, 2020

Nipsey Hussle was a rapper, entrepreneur, and community activist from Los Angeles. In March of 2019, Hussle was fatally shot outside his store Marathon Clothing.


View of the Rose Bowl entrance flanked by tall palms on either sides

First and 100: A Century of Rose Bowl Football

Tina Lernø, Librarian, Digital Content Team, Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Happy New Year, Happy Rose Bowl, Happy Football! Did you know that the Rose Bowl Stadium is nearing its 100th year? The story of the Rose Parade and the subsequent football games have been going on long before.


Paul Krueger and his new book, Steel Crow Saga

Interview With an Author: Paul Krueger

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 26, 2019

Paul Krueger is a Filipino-American author and a lapsed Chicagoan who may now be found literally herding cats in Los Angeles.


3 women eating fruitcake

The Festive Feasts of Los Angeles

Photo Friends, Thursday, December 19, 2019

Ready for the holidays? Hungry?


Jenn Bailey reading her book, A Friend for Henry

Interview With an Author: Jenn Bailey

Keith Kesler, Social Media Librarian, Public Relations Department, Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Jenn Bailey has won blue ribbons for pie baking, roamed Australia as the still photographer for Continuum, and made it to the Top 40 in the Lego Master Builder competition. Bailey has her MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.


4 childrens book covers

Building With Books

Caitlin Quinn, Children's Librarian, Eagle Rock Branch Library, Tuesday, December 10, 2019

“The great thing about architecture is that it’s everywhere,” my father would assert with enthusiasm. He, himself, was a Los Angeles-based architect and it felt nothing short of magical to see his hand-drawn sketches transform over time into three-dimensional spaces.


Nicholas Meyer and his latest novel, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols

Interview With an Author: Nicholas Meyer

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, December 5, 2019

Nicholas Meyer is an award-winning author, screenwriter and director. His body of creative work in publishing, film and television spans more than five decades.


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