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Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros

2024-05-14 16:00:00 2024-05-14 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros Celebrate Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros (Children's Day/Book Day) by learning about the famous Loteria game! Learn about the origins, traditions, influence it has had on popular culture, and then have fun playing Loteria! Willowbrook Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, May 14
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-05-14 16:00:00 2024-05-14 17:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros Celebrate Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros (Children's Day/Book Day) by learning about the famous Loteria game! Learn about the origins, traditions, influence it has had on popular culture, and then have fun playing Loteria! Willowbrook Library - Meeting Room

Willowbrook Library

Meeting Room

Celebrate Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros (Children's Day/Book Day) by learning about the famous Loteria game! Learn about the origins, traditions, influence it has had on popular culture, and then have fun playing Loteria!

This event is held in-person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request. 

AGE GROUP: | Children |

EVENT TYPE: | History, Society, & Culture | Games |

TAGS: | Día de los niños |

Willowbrook Library

Phone: 323.564.5698

Hours
Mon, Dec 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Dec 17 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Dec 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Dec 19 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Dec 20 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Dec 21 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Dec 22 Closed

About the branch

Willowbrook Library occupies a very special place in the history of the County of Los Angeles Public Library. The Los Angeles County Free Library, as it was then called, was founded September 5, 1912.

On Christmas Eve Day, 1912, the County Librarian received a petition from the residents of the Willowbrook Community, requesting that Willowbrook have the first County branch library. This petition was followed up with a long distance call from Mrs. Belle Jenks offering her services and her home for the purpose.

Both offers were accepted and on April 23, 1913, Willowbrook opened as the first branch library of the Los Angeles County Public Library with an initial shipment of 50 books. The library was open for 2 days in April 1913 and circulated 18 books.

In July 1919, the library was moved to a room in the Post Office at rental of $20.00 a month (later reduced during the Depression to $15.00 a month).

In 1950, a library was built on El Segundo Boulevard but was damaged by fire during the 1965 Watts riots. Rebuilt with community donations and dedicated in June 1966, Willowbrook Library served the community at the El Segundo location until the library was relocated to the Kenneth Hahn Plaza in 1987.

On July 28, 2018, Willowbrook Library opened to the public at its new location: 11737 Wilmington Ave, Los Angeles, 90059.

Upcoming events

Sat, Dec 21, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room
Explore early learning skills, pre-writing, imagination, and problem solving with your child through free-form art activities. For ages 1 - 3 with parent or caregiver. 

Wed, Jan 08, 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.

Wed, Jan 15, 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Let’s get ready for school! Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement while learning school readiness skills and having fun. For ages 2 - 5 with their parent or caregiver.