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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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Hanif Abdurraqib

Mad Libs With Hanif Abdurraqib

Kevin Awakuni, Librarian III, Exploration & Creativity Department, Friday, June 18, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib is a good sport. I mean, he's an amazing writer with his work being featured in The New Yorker, Pitchfork, and Fader.


Author Samantha Silva and her latest novel, Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft

Interview With an Author: Samantha Silva

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, June 17, 2021

Samantha Silva is the author of the novel, Mr. Dickens and His Carol, and a screenwriter who has sold projects to Paramount, Universal, and New Line Cinema.


Collage of albums by LGBTQIA artists

Queer Up Your Stereo! Underground Music by LGBTQIA Artists

Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian, Edendale Branch Library, Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Ever since the Stonewall riots brought the struggle for queer rights and representation to the forefront in June of 1969, June has been celebrated as LGBTQIA Pride Month.


Women gathered in a circle on a carpeted floor for a meeting at the Los Angeles Crenshaw Women's Center

Discover LGBTQIA Los Angeles: The Crenshaw Women’s Center

Kelly Wallace, Librarian, History Department, Monday, June 14, 2021

Los Angeles has over 1,200 Historic-Cultural Monuments, yet only a dozen have been designated because of their association with the LGBTQIA community.


A graphic illustration about record stores and vinyl records

Happy Record Store Day L.A.!

Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian, Edendale Branch Library, Friday, June 11, 2021

Even as music increasingly moves online, for true fans the local brick-and-mortar record store will always be the holy place of discovery and sharing, where like-minded fanatics and novices gather to dig through the bins for new releases, dusty gems, and 180-gram gatefold pressings, trade band tips and deb


Author JJA Harwood and her debut novel, The Shadow in the Glass

Interview With an Author: JJA Harwood

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, June 10, 2021

JJA Harwood is an author, editor, and blogger. She grew up in Norfolk, read History at the University of Warwick, and eventually found her way to London, which is still something of a shock for somebody used to so many fields.


Children authors working at Los Angeles Public Library

Children's Book Authors at the Library

Shanna Kim, Children's Librarian, Children's Literature Department, Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Here at the Los Angeles Public Library, our staff members don't just work with books—they write them, too! I had the honor of interviewing these three wonderful authors at our library who write books for children.


Kids dress in pirate clothes enjoying seafaring adventures while floating in a dinghy

21st Century Kids: Set Sail for Ocean Adventures

Mona Gilbert, Children's Librarian, Northridge Branch Library, Tuesday, June 8, 2021

What could be a better adventure than sailing the high seas? In many stories, the sea and its unpredictability add excitement to a tale.


BioBlitz header

Why Is Biodiversity Important?

Vivienne Byrd, Librarian III, Exploration & Creativity Department, Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Biodiversity is short for biological diversity. The term refers to the variety of living things on Earth, and their interactions with each other and their environments—this is extremely important to humans.


Albert Van Luit Building, front entrance

Discover LGBTQIA Los Angeles: Albert Van Luit Complex

Kelly Wallace, Librarian, History Department, Monday, June 7, 2021

Los Angeles has over 1,200 Historic-Cultural Monuments, yet only a dozen have been designated because of their association with the LGBTQIA community.


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