Los Angeles Central Library Pops
Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning
Will be published approx. on 7. July 2026
Book
Hardback
10 pages
978-1-62640-110-5 (ISBN)
Description
Los Angeles Central Library POPS: Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning takes readers on a 3D adventure through the 100-year history of the iconic Los Angeles Central Library.
Los Angeles Central Library POPS: Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning is a thrilling 3-D adventure through the history of Los Angeles Public Library’s beloved Central Library. Readers will tip, turn, and unfurl their way through the library’s one-hundred-year history, while exploring iconic features like the Rotunda chandelier, sphinx statues, and the torch that tops the building’s pyramid tower. A grand finale “pop” opens flat to reveal the entire exterior of Central Library in all its Art Deco glory. Filled with fun facts and engaging illustration, Central Library POPS is a guaranteed treasure for anyone who’s been touched by the light of learning.
Los Angeles Central Library POPS: Celebrating a Century of the Light of Learning is a thrilling 3-D adventure through the history of Los Angeles Public Library’s beloved Central Library. Readers will tip, turn, and unfurl their way through the library’s one-hundred-year history, while exploring iconic features like the Rotunda chandelier, sphinx statues, and the torch that tops the building’s pyramid tower. A grand finale “pop” opens flat to reveal the entire exterior of Central Library in all its Art Deco glory. Filled with fun facts and engaging illustration, Central Library POPS is a guaranteed treasure for anyone who’s been touched by the light of learning.
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Language
English
Product notice
Pop-up book
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62640-110-5 (9781626401105)
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Christina Rice began her career with the Los Angeles Public Library in 2005 and has been the Senior Librarian of the library's historic photo collection since 2009. She is the author of Mean...Moody...Magnificent! Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend (University Press of Kentucky, 2021) and Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (University Press of Kentucky, 2013).
Mirelle Ortega is an award-winning Mexican artist and writer for kid-lit and animation based in Los Angeles, California. She is the author-illustrator of River of Mariposas and Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land, for which she received a 2023 Pura Belpré Award Illustration Honor and an International Latino Book Award bronze medal.
Matthew Reinhart studied industrial design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, before finding his calling as a paper engineer. His books include the best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs, Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy, and Harry Potter: The Pop-Up Guide To Hogwarts, among many other award-winning titles.
Mirelle Ortega is an award-winning Mexican artist and writer for kid-lit and animation based in Los Angeles, California. She is the author-illustrator of River of Mariposas and Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land, for which she received a 2023 Pura Belpré Award Illustration Honor and an International Latino Book Award bronze medal.
Matthew Reinhart studied industrial design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, before finding his calling as a paper engineer. His books include the best-selling Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs, Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy, and Harry Potter: The Pop-Up Guide To Hogwarts, among many other award-winning titles.