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L.A. Dreaming - Summer Reading 2024 Books for Kids

  • Amanda Gorman

    Amanda Gorman

    Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel
  • Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story

    Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story

    Morales, Areli
  • Art Club

    Art Club

    Doucet, Rashad
  • City of Neighbors

    City of Neighbors

    Curtis, Andrea
  • Cookies & Milk

    Cookies & Milk

    Amos, Shawn
  • 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.
  • Dreamers

    Dreamers

    Morales, Yuyi

    A stunning picture book that tells a story of migration and hope.

  • Every Dreaming Creature

    Every Dreaming Creature

    Wenzel, Brendan
  • Fenris & Mott

    Fenris & Mott

    Van Eekhout, Greg
  • From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us

    From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us

    Beckerman, Nell Cross
  • Los Angeles, Baby!

    Los Angeles, Baby!

    Flores, Feather
  • Mango All the Time

    Mango All the Time

    Hyman, Fracaswell
  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle

    My Papi Has a Motorcycle

    Quintero, Isabel
  • Niki Nakayama: A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites

    Niki Nakayama: A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites

    Michalak, Jamie
  • Papá's Magical Water-jug Clock

    Papá's Magical Water-jug Clock

    Trejo, Jesús

    Jesús Trejo delivers a charming, semi-autobiographical story of working alongside his papá, a landscaper.

  • Parachute Kids

    Parachute Kids

    Tang, Betty C.
  • Room to Dream

    Room to Dream

    Yang, Kelly
  • Something, Someday

    Something, Someday

    Gorman, Amanda
  • Song in the City

    Song in the City

    Bernstrom, Daniel
  • 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

  • Stroller Coaster

    Stroller Coaster

    Ringler, Matt
  • Wat Kept Playing

    Wat Kept Playing

    Inouye Huey, Emily
  • We Have a Dream

    We Have a Dream

    Craig, Mya-Rose

L.A. Dreaming - Summer Reading 2024 Books for Teens

L.A. Dreaming - Summer Reading 2024 Books for Adults

  • Blue Sky Metropolis: The Aerospace Century in Southern California

    Blue Sky Metropolis: The Aerospace Century in Southern California

  • L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food

    L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food

    Choi, Roy
  • Land of smoke and mirrors : a cultural history of Los Angeles

    Land of smoke and mirrors : a cultural history of Los Angeles

    Brook, Vincent, 1946-
  • The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse

    The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse

    Knight, Molly,
  • The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Lost African-American Renaissance

    The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Lost African-American Renaissance

    Smith, R. J., 1959-
  • This is Where We Live

    This is Where We Live

    Brown, Janelle
  • 111 Places in Los Angeles That You Must Not Miss

    111 Places in Los Angeles That You Must Not Miss

    Moglen, Laurel
  • A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler

    A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler

    George, Lynell
  • 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
  • California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival

    California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival

    Corbin, Keith
  • City at the edge of forever : Los Angeles reimagined

    City at the edge of forever : Los Angeles reimagined

    Lunenfeld, Peter
  • Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles From Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis

    Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles From Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis

    Siegel, Barry
  • Ed Ruscha's Los Angeles

    Ed Ruscha's Los Angeles

    Schwartz, Alexandra
  • Feels Like Home: Reflections on Central Library

    Feels Like Home: Reflections on Central Library

  • From Cows to Concrete: The Rise and Fall of Farming in Los Angeles

    From Cows to Concrete: The Rise and Fall of Farming in Los Angeles

    Surls, Rachel
  • Inherent Vice

    Inherent Vice

    Pynchon, Thomas
  • L.A. Weather

    L.A. Weather

    Escandón, María Amparo

    Published in 2022, L.A.

  • LACMA so far : portrait of a museum in the making

    LACMA so far : portrait of a museum in the making

    Muchnic, Suzanne,
  • Life on a String: The Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Puppet Theatre

    Life on a String: The Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Puppet Theatre

    Rice, Christina
  • Los Angeles Central Library: A History of Its Art and Architecture

    Los Angeles Central Library: A History of Its Art and Architecture

    Gee, Stephen
  • Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon

    Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon

    Stephen Gee
  • Mambo Hips and Make Believe

    Mambo Hips and Make Believe

    Coleman, Wanda
  • Quiet Los Angeles

    Quiet Los Angeles

    Razo, Rebecca
  • 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-
  • Secret Gardens of Hollywood and Private Oases in Los Angeles

    Secret Gardens of Hollywood and Private Oases in Los Angeles

    Lennard, Erica
  • Self Help Graphics & Art: Art in the Heart of East Los Angeles

    Self Help Graphics & Art: Art in the Heart of East Los Angeles

  • Small Craft Warnings

    Small Craft Warnings

    Braverman, Kate
  • 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
  • Tanya Holland's California Soul: Recipes From a Culinary Journey West

    Tanya Holland's California Soul: Recipes From a Culinary Journey West

    Holland, Tanya
  • The Dream Colony: A Life in Art

    The Dream Colony: A Life in Art

    Hopps, Walter
  • Thomas Mann's Los Angeles: Stories From Exile 1940-1952

    Thomas Mann's Los Angeles: Stories From Exile 1940-1952

    Blaumer, Nikolai
  • Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond

    Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond

  • 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.

This program is generously supported by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles; lead sponsor, Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation; and the following donors: Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund; Estate of Victoria Erteszek Foote; The Council of the Library Foundation; Maxwell H. and Muriel S. Gluck Endowment; California State Library; Walter and Holly Thomson Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee; Flora L. Thornton Endowment; Mattel, Inc.; The Albert Parvin Foundation; and The Morrison and Foerster Foundation.

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