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13 Westchester-Loyola Village Near LAX, Otis College of Art and Design, and Loyola Marymount University, in the Westchester neighborhood is the pretty Westchester-Loyola Village Branch library — lucky number 13. The wooden panels on the walls and ceiling are etched with images of people (which we found out from the librarian checking out our books)… Continue reading 13 Westchester-Loyola Village Branch

12 John C. Fremont The 12th LAPL branch library is a lovely library in the Hancock Park area called John C. Fremont. It is near the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Original Farmers Market. It’s also near Larchmont Village and Pink’s Hot Dogs. My daughter Riley loved the children’s section,… Continue reading 12 John C. Fremont Branch Library

Central Library Books are amazing by themselves — but you add art galleries, photo collections, lectures and lunch for children — then you have an amazing utopia. What’s even better, is that this world exists! It is not imaginary! At the downtown Los Angeles Central Library, you can find all of these amazing things, with… Continue reading Central Library: exhibits, lectures and kid lunches

11 Hollywood Regional Library Hooray for Hollywood! Frances Howard Goldwyn – Hollywood Regional Branch Library is right in the heart of Hollywood near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. It is a wonderful library. It’s full of old cinema memorabilia and you can even see the Capitol Records building from the children’s section. And, it’s… Continue reading 11 Frances Howard Goldwyn – Hollywood Regional Branch Library

You guys, we’ve been to ten branches of the L.A. Public Library system! Pretty exciting. It all started at Central Library in downtown Los Angeles. We then went to the branches: 01 Benjamin Franklin; 02 Lincoln Heights; 03 Pio Pico-Koreatown; 04 Vernon; 05 Arroyo Seco; 06 Exposition Park; 07 Junipero Serra; 08 Echo Park; 09… Continue reading Library Recap of Branches 01 through 10

10 Wilmington In the Los Angeles Harbor Region, you find the lovely Wilmington Branch Library. It is in Wilmington, near San Pedro — near the Banning Museum. It has the best little furniture! And very sweet librarians. It also has a monthly program where kids can read to therapy dogs, called B.A.R.K. Of course Riley… Continue reading 10 Wilmington Branch Library

09 San Pedro  The southernmost LAPL branch is all the way down in San Pedro  – near the Port of Los Angeles. Los Angeles is huge, people. If you ever want to know just how vast this amazing city is, drive to all of the libraries. Thankfully there were three of us in the car… Continue reading 09 San Pedro Regional Library