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)

Young Zorro: The Iron Brand
Diego Vega, Jan Adkins

Ride with the vaqueros near the Pueblo de Los Angeles, and young Diego de la Vega, who grew up to become el Zorro, the masked hero. Diego and his best friend Bernard search for stolen cattle and skilled workers who've disappeared from their rancho. A dashing mystery adventure, and wonderful ambiance of early 19th century California.
(Chapter book)

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)

"When I am with my papá, I hear the best cuentos, stories, and I give him the biggest abrazos, hugs." A young boy and his father speak Spanish back and forth as they spend the day together. (Picture book)

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)

A fizzy fashion adventure in Los Angeles – Imogene's here for a fashion-filled spring break, and overnight she's surrounded by celebrities, but what about that fire on the set and does she really want a movie of her life? (Chapter book)

Sock Monkey has been nominated as Best Supporting Toy in a motion picture. But before he can go to Hollywood for the Oswald Awards, Sock Monkey has to get clean. His friends treat him to a celebrity bath before Sock Monkey walks down the red carpet. (Picture book)

Brand-new adventures of fizzy, fun-loving Eloise in Hollywood. Accompanied by Nanny (plus her dog and turtle), Eloise takes Hollywood by storm, pushing all the buttons in her chauffeur-driven limo, scribbling her name in cement, and making waves on the movie set. Eloise is back! (Picture book)

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)

Grandma Prisbrey collected glass bottles of every shape and color, and built them into houses, plus a bottle birdbath, a blue bottle wishing well, a singing tree with glass bottle wind chimes, and more. This is her story. Sparkling illustrations express the fun and creativity of the bottle houses. (Picture book)

Before you visit the Getty Center, this is a delightful guide – bird's eye view of the complex, how it was built (tons of marble), paintings, drawings, photographs, decorative arts, sculptures in the galleries. (Picture book)

Neddie Wentworthstein is new in town, but he’s the guy with the sacred turtle, a talisman so powerful it takes Neddie, aided by his three good friends and Melvin the shaman, to take on evil Sholmos Bunyip, save Los Angeles from the ice age, and pop out of the La Brea Tar Pits. A hilarious adventure, and eating in a hat is part of the fun. (Chapter book)