Los Angeles

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)

It's summer and Ellis wants to hang out with his friends and listen to music. But his dad has an idea – to open a chocolate chip cookie store. And there's only six weeks to renovate the Hollywood store and attract customers. What happens when Ellis tries to grab twenty bags of chocolate chips off a shelf too high up? (Chapter book)

The author helped his dad who created Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies, and today in supermarkets you can pick up a bag of cookies.

On New Year's Day, Jasmine's extended family gathers in Los Angeles for a special Japanese tradition – making mochi rice balls (mochi-tsuki). Women usually shape mochi after it's pounded, but Jasmine wants to hoist the heavy hammer, and pound hot cooked rice along with the men. (Chapter 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)

How to cool off on a hot day in Los Angeles? A boy goes to find his friend, Paletero Jose, with his cart full of icy-cold paletas (popsicles). When he finds Jose, what flavor to choose – chocolate, pineapple, corn, watermelon, honey, arroz con leche. “Paletas for one! Paletas for all!” In English and Spanish. (Picture 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)

Paul R. Williams grew up in Los Angeles, in school he always like to draw, especially buildings. He studied to be an architect, but no one would hire a Black architect. Finally he opened his own firm, and created homes and buildings for young families, movie stars, wealthy tycoons. After racist laws were changed, his dream came true, he designed his own home. (Picture book)

Niki Nakayama is a celebrated chef, who runs her own restaurant in Los Angeles. As a kid, Niki liked to make up recipes – pizza made from pasta sauce, cheese and wonton wrappers. She studied and worked in Japan, and today in her restaurant she serves Japanese and California cuisine, a combination just like her. (Picture book)

Try to find Waldo and his dog Woof, Wenda, the wizard, the bad guy Odlaw, and a bunch of Waldo-Watchers on Hollywood film sets – wild west adventure, musical extravaganza, scenes packed with musketeers, spacemen, dinosaurs and more. (Picture book)

Exciting sights of Los Angeles in rhymes and pictures. "Bienvenidos to Olvera Street, Let's stroll and shop - and grab some treats." Full two-page illustrations, delightful for little ones. (Picture book)

Discover Los Angeles at different times of day – watch the sun rise over mountains in the morning, at noon play in the sand at the beach, in the afternoon visit the Getty art museum, City of Light lights up the sky at night. (Board book)