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, December 22, 2025

As we say "welcome in" to the new year, the Los Angeles Public Library would like to share our staff's favorite books of 2025; books that scored a 6-7 or higher!

These lists have it all! From silly read-alouds for your littles to Capital sagas for teens. Biographies and tell-alls, cults and controversy, fun with fiction—busybody readers, and crime scene cleaners, witchcraft and wild dark...

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Día de los Reyes Magos

Edwin Rodarte, Senior Librarian, Emerging Technologies & Collections, Saturday, January 6, 2018

El 6 de enero, doce días después de navidad, se festeja la Epifanía, también conocido como el Día de los Reyes Magos. Esta tradición tiene sus raíces en la religión cristiana y celebra el bautizo del niño Jesús al igual que la llegada de los tres Reyes Magos.


Couple at Nightclub, 1962

Menus of New Year's Past

Neale Stokes, Senior Librarian, Digital Content Team, Thursday, December 28, 2017

What will you eat this New Year's Eve? However we plan to celebrate the new year, Angelenos have a lot of dinner options this December 31st—from buck-fifty street tacos to a $285 tasting menu at Spago.


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I'll Pick Myself a California Rose

Tina Lernø, Librarian, Digital Content Team, Thursday, December 28, 2017

New Year's Day marks the 130th Rose Parade®. Going strong since 1890, it’s been showcasing our beautiful Southern California weather and foliage to viewers around the country and the world. It all began when Pasadena Valley Hunt Club member Professor Charles F.


An eastern-hemisphere view showing noon in the Central European time zone on the day of winter solstice (on northern hemisphere - this is summer solstice on southern hemisphere). Wikimedia Commons

Winter Solstice: 6 Questions

Eileen Ybarra, Librarian III, Electronic Resources, Thursday, December 21, 2017

1: What is the Winter Solstice?

It is the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.


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Orange Gold in Your Stockings

Tina Lernø, Librarian, Digital Content Team, Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Have you ever received an orange in your holiday stocking; did you ever wonder why?

Out here in Los Angeles, if you are dreaming of a snowy holiday season, you might have a very long wait.


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Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Part I: Artist in Many Mediums

Central Docents, Central Library, Saturday, December 9, 2017

Architect Bertram G. Goodhue (1869-1924) was a gifted and multi-faceted artist. He began drawing as a young child, first with pen and pencil and later with watercolors.


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Ugly Sweater Weather

Tina Lernø, Librarian, Digital Content Team, Wednesday, December 6, 2017

It’s December, which means it's ugly sweater weather!


Coco y el Día de los Muertos

Lupita Leyva, Senior Librarian, Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Una de las más populares películas familiares actualmente es Coco de Disney Pixar. Esta producción está basada la tradición mexicana del Día de los Muertos, la cual se ha vuelto extremadamente popular entre las comunidades del sur de California.


Coco and the Day of the Dead

Lupita Leyva, Senior Librarian, Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, Wednesday, November 29, 2017

One of the most popular family movies currently is Disney Pixar’s Coco. The movie is based on the Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), which has become extremely popular among the communities of Southern California.


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Stories From the Map Cave: The Tongva

Neale Stokes, Senior Librarian, Digital Content Team, Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Before Los Angeles, there was Yangna, home to the Tongva people, Native Americans who numbered at least 5,000 in the Los Angeles Basin before the arrival of Europeans.


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