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Charming tour
of Los Angeles neighborhoods, plus fun facts about the city. Intricate
collage illustrations capture the color and incredible variety of
this spread-out metropolis. (Picture book)
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Take a fun-filled trip around Los Angeles with Pete and his dog, Larry, looking at footprints of famous feet in Hollywood, running through movie studios, going to Disneyland and the Getty Museum, all the way to the ocean at Santa Monica Pier. Delightfully illustrated. (Picture book)
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Chato,
the coolest cat in East Los Angeles, has some new neighbors, a family
of mice. Chato invites the mice to a dinner, with guacamole, fajitas, carne asada, enchiladas, frijoles, arroz, and tortillas, but Chato's in for a surprise.
Irresistible story with fabulous illustrations. (Picture book)
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Wisecracking
Sammy Keyes and her best friend Marissa hop on a bus to Hollywood
to find Sammy's mom, who's decided to be an actress. Tinsel Town
mystery adventure as Sammy and Marissa look for missing jewels,
steer clear of a pitchfork-toting mummy and rescue Sammy's mother
from a nutsy movie producer. (Chapter book)
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On Olvera Street, Juanita's family has a shop. For Juanita's birthday, her father plays a Mexican birthday song, and one of her presents is a little white dove. On the day before Easter, all the children bring their pets for Blessing of the Animals. Charming story and illustrations of Los Angeles Latino community, this is a classic. (Picture book)
Also by the same author Pedro: The Angel of Olvera Street.
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In his backyard
in Watts, Simon Rodia, a one-of-a-kind artist, constructed colorful
towers from steel, concrete, and glittering bits of discarded pottery,
tile, mirrors, glass and seashells. This is the story of a unique
Los Angeles landmark, wonderfully illustrated with folk-art style
illustrations. (Picture book)
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Neddie Wentworthstein is new in town, but he’s the guy with the sacred turtle, a talisman so powerful that Neddie takes on evil Sholmos Bunyip, saves Los Angeles from the ice age, and pops out of the La Brea Tar Pits. A hilarious adventure! (Chapter book)
In continuing adventures, all the famous ghosts of Los Angeles are disappearing: The Yggyssey.
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