The library will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.

Summer With the Library

summer reading artwork by Brenda Chi
Summer Reading original artwork by Brenda Chi

My L.A.

June 5 – August 5

All Ages

Explore Los Angeles and share why this city is special to you. We all have a story to tell that makes each of us say, this is "My L.A."

Children, Teens, and Adults:

Earn badges for reading and completing fun, learning-based activities. Register for the Summer Reading Challenge online or in person and collect your participation prizes.

  • Read for one hour = 1 badge
  • Complete an activity = 1 badge
  • Earn 15 badges and be entered into branch and grand prize drawings!

Track your progress online at lapl.org/summer or on the Beanstack Tracker mobile app, or download and print a gameboard.


Summer Badge Book Summer Badge Calendar

Summer Badge Book

Kids ages 5-11 can also pick up an awesome Summer Badge Book filled with stickers and lots of fun activities at any of our libraries (while supplies last).


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Discover

  • Reserve a free pass to museums and attractions with Explore L.A.
  • Sign up for LA Reads and the Dodgers Reading Champions literacy challenge.

Sign up to receive email notifications about our Reading Challenges / Inscríbete para recibir notificaciones sobre nuestros retos de lectura

My L.A.: Featured Children's Titles

  • City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles

    City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles

    Jaskol, Julie
  • Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers

    Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers

    Aston, Dianna Hutts
  • A Scarf for Keiko

    A Scarf for Keiko

    Malaspina, Ann
  • Action!: How Movies Began

    Action!: How Movies Began

    McCarthy, Meghan
  • Biddy Mason Speaks Up

    Biddy Mason Speaks Up

    Arisa White, Laura Atkins

    Biddy Mason was an enslaved person who fought for her freedom and then went on to become a business and civic leader in 19th century Los

  • Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

    Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

    Martin, Jacqueline Briggs
  • Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife

    Cougar Crossing: How Hollywood's Celebrity Cougar Helped Build a Bridge for City Wildlife

    Pincus, Meeg
  • Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams

    Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams

    Loney, Andrea J.
  • Food Trucks!

    Food Trucks!

    Todd, Mark
  • Indian no More

    Indian no More

    McManis, Charlene Willing
  • Juanita

    Juanita

    Politi, Leo
  • Land of the Cranes

    Land of the Cranes

    Salazar, Aida
  • Los Angeles, Baby!

    Los Angeles, Baby!

    Flores, Feather
  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle

    My Papi Has a Motorcycle

    Quintero, Isabel
  • Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World

    Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World

    Shanker, Samara
  • Niki Nakayama: A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites

    Niki Nakayama: A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites

    Michalak, Jamie
  • Paletero Man

    Paletero Man

    Diaz, Lucky

    It’s the hottest day of the hottest month in Los Angeles and one boy is on a mission to get a tasty paleta (ice pop) from his fa

  • Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist

    Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist

    Leung, Julie
  • Pedro: The Angel of Olvera Street

    Pedro: The Angel of Olvera Street

    Politi, Leo
  • Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

    Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

    Jessica Kim

    11-year-old Yumi Chung keeps busy at school and helping out at her parents’ restaurant in L.A.’s Koreatown, but what she really wants is

  • The Echo Park Castaways

    The Echo Park Castaways

    Hennessey, M. G.
  • When Winter Robeson Came

    When Winter Robeson Came

    Woods, Brenda
  • Where is Hollywood?

    Where is Hollywood?

    Anastasio, Dina
  • Where is Robin? Los Angeles

    Where is Robin? Los Angeles

    Barone, Robin
  • Who Was Kobe Bryant?

    Who Was Kobe Bryant?

    Labrecque, Ellen
  • ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat!

    ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat!

    Raúl the Third

My L.A.: Featured Young Adult Titles

My L.A.: Featured Titles for Adults

  • The Barbarian Nurseries

    The Barbarian Nurseries

    Tobar, Hector
  • This is Where We Live

    This is Where We Live

    Brown, Janelle
  • Zeroville

    Zeroville

    Erickson, Steve.
  • 111 Places in Los Angeles That You Must Not Miss

    111 Places in Los Angeles That You Must Not Miss

    Moglen, Laurel
  • A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

    A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

    Molina, Natalia
  • A Student of History

    A Student of History

    Revoyr, Nina
  • Arroyo: A Novel

    Arroyo: A Novel

    Jacobs, Chip
  • Clark and Division

    Clark and Division

    Hirahara, Naomi, 1962-
  • Frantic Transmissions to and From Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir

    Frantic Transmissions to and From Los Angeles: An Accidental Memoir

    Braverman, Kate
  • Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir

    Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir

    Waldie, D. J.
  • L.A. Weather

    L.A. Weather

    Escandón, María Amparo
  • LA by Mouth: The Essential Guide to Eating in Los Angeles

    LA by Mouth: The Essential Guide to Eating in Los Angeles

    Postalakis, Mike
  • Los Angeles Street Food: A History From Tamaleros to Taco Trucks

    Los Angeles Street Food: A History From Tamaleros to Taco Trucks

    Elliott, Farley
  • Made in L.A.: Chasing the Elusive Dream

    Made in L.A.: Chasing the Elusive Dream

  • Murder on Bamboo Lane

    Murder on Bamboo Lane

    Hirahara, Naomi
  • Play It as It Lays

    Play It as It Lays

    Didion, Joan
  • Read Me, Los Angeles

    Read Me, Los Angeles

    Orphan, Katie
  • Río L.A. : tales from the Los Angeles River

    Río L.A. : tales from the Los Angeles River

    Morrison, Patt, 1957-
  • Siren Queen

    Siren Queen

    Vo, Nghi
  • Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between

    Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between

    Nusbaum, Eric
  • That Blue Trickster Time

    That Blue Trickster Time

    Uyematsu, Amy
  • The Grand Central Market Cookbook: Cuisine and Culture From Downtown Los Angeles

    The Grand Central Market Cookbook: Cuisine and Culture From Downtown Los Angeles

    Yellin, Adele
  • The mirage factory : illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles

    The mirage factory : illusion, imagination, and the invention of Los Angeles

    Krist, Gary,
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    Zevin, Gabrielle
  • Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles

    Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles

    Higgins, Lila M.
  • Your House Will Pay

    Your House Will Pay

    Cha, Steph

This program is generously supported by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and its donors: Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund, Estate of Victoria Erteszek Foote, The Council of the Library Foundation, Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, Maxwell H. and Muriel S. Gluck Endowment, California State Library, Marjorie Luttenbacher, The Walter J. & Holly O. Thomson Foundation, Flora Thornton Endowment, The Albert Parvin Foundation, The Morrison and Foerster Foundation, Nora Roberts Foundation.

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