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Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, October 6, 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. But if you don't know your beloved series is coming out as a movie or that the fun-looking preview you saw was adapted from a book, how can you join the debate? The Library is here to the rescue! Here, we will be...

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William Merritt Chase, Idle Hours, 1894

The Invention of Summer Reading and the Birth of the Beach Read

Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian, Edendale Branch Library, Monday, June 5, 2023

Welcome to Summer Reading at the Los Angeles Public Library! This year our theme is My L.A., and we hope you will join us in reading all about our fair city!


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes para todas las edades

Multilingual Collections, Librarian, Friday, June 2, 2023

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 Thomas Mullen and his latest novel, Blind Spots

Interview With an Author: Thomas Mullen

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, June 1, 2023

Thomas Mullen is the internationally acclaimed author of six previous novels; The


Illustration of person with eyes close and hands out in a connected mind and body posture

Todo está conectado: Cómo su salud mental afecta su cuerpo

Yvette Cabrera, Librarian, International Languages Department, Wednesday, May 31, 2023

¿Alguna vez has recibido malas noticias y de repente sientes que se te viene un dolor de cabeza? ¿O alguna vez has experimentado una situación muy estresante y notas que se te revuelve el estómago? Este es un ejemplo de cómo tu mente siempre está en comunicación con tu cuerpo.


Illustration of person with eyes close and hands out in a connected mind and body posture

It's All Connected: How Your Mental Health Impacts Your Body

Yvette Cabrera, Librarian, International Languages Department, Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Have you ever received some bad news and suddenly felt a headache coming on? Or did you ever experience a very stressful situation and found your stomach becoming upset? This is an example of how your mind is always in communication with your body.


Author Anthony McCarten and his latest novel, Going Zero

Interview With an Author: Anthony McCarten

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, May 25, 2023

Anthony McCarten is a New Zealand-born screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and journalist.


Graphic content logo with 1920s flapper

Graphic: Part VII: “Gone West”

Nicholas Beyelia, Librarian, History and Genealogy Department, Tuesday, May 23, 2023

This is the final part of a seven-part blog series exploring the long-forgotten Los Angeles arts & culture magazine The Graphic.


Gloria Molina in her office

Thank You, Gloria Molina

Nicholas Beyelia, Librarian, History and Genealogy Department, Monday, May 22, 2023

The name Gloria Molina has been in my consciousness ever since I can remember. As a fourth-generation Mexican American growing up in Los Angeles, it was impossible not to know that name but rather than being a distant figure as so many L.A.


Collage of picture books with Sephardic representation

How an Endangered Jewish Language Lives On

Meredith Sires, Children's Librarian, Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library, Monday, May 22, 2023

Last week, I came across a perfect Mother’s Day gift in the form of Mazal Bueno! a new board book by Sarah Aroeste sprinkled with Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish language of Sephardic Jews.


Assemblywomen Gloria Molina joins protesters opposed to $50-a-semester fee yesterday in an address to students at East Los Angeles Community College

Remembering Trailblazing L.A. Politician Gloria Molina

Lorena Villegas, Young Adult Librarian, Cypress Park Branch Library, Friday, May 19, 2023

Los Angeles lost a rare, truly homegrown hero of the people this week. Our beloved Gloria Molina passed on May 14th after a battle with cancer.


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