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Hey parents, we’ve got a brand-new source of educational and entertaining children’s programming—free to watch! PVLD and Kanopy have partnered to bring you Kanopy Kids, featuring hundreds of enriching videos available to stream whenever you want. Kanopy has partnered with Common Sense Media™ to provide developmentally appropriate age ratings to help you decide what to watch. Visit Kanopy.com to start... Read more

By MONIQUE SUGIMOTO and DENNIS PIOTROWSKI Richard Nixon wasn’t the only former president with long-standing ties to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. In this installment, we focus on former president Ronald Wilson Reagan whose ties to the area date from the Great Depression. Reagan first visited Southern California in the mid-1930s. According to his autobiography, he wanted to escape the “frigid... Read more

Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other heroes inspire kids and adults at the Living History Museum of African American Heroes! The Living History Museum is an annual event at the library, taking place each February in partnership with PV Links, Delta Sigma Theta, the Black Heritage Association and Jack and Jill of America. Participation in the... Read more

PVLD is excited to announce the public availability of thousands of movies, television shows, music albums and audiobooks, all available for mobile and online access through a new partnership with hoopla digital – all you need is a valid library card! Card holders can download the free hoopla digital mobile app on their Android or IOS device or visit hoopladigital.com... Read more

By Dennis Piotrowski and Monique Sugimoto In a previous column, we recounted one of the first flights over the Palos Verdes Peninsula by famed French aviator Louis Paulhan in 1910. Our next episode takes us into the 1920s and a time when rapid advances occurred in airmail delivery service, the use of private planes expanded, and passenger airline service began... Read more

The busiest room in the Young Readers Department is getting a make-over starting Tuesday Aug. 15! The changes will make the room larger, brighter, and more accessible to patrons of all ages and abilities. The storytime room has been always been a special place for children, parents and caregivers. With nearly 20,000 children and adults attending storytime each year, the... Read more

Frank Vanderlip’s purchase of the Palos Verdes Peninsula “sight unseen” in 1913 was an extraordinary occurrence. So too were the campaigns to finance the construction and advertise the “most beautiful and desirable residential area” in Southern California. In 1921, E.G. Lewis, the man behind the development of Atascadero and University City in Missouri, devised an underwriting scheme and promotional campaign... Read more

The Palos Verdes Library District is proud to host New York Times Bestselling Author Mary Alice Monroe at the beautiful Malaga Cove Library Garden on Saturday, July 29, 2017, 2:00-4:00 pm. Mary will be promoting the latest in her Beach House series: Beach House for Rent, which explores the interconnection between two strangers and the natural world along with the... Read more

As part of the project “Japanese Americans on the Peninsula: Learning from Our Past to Look to Our Future”, the Palos Verdes Library District will celebrate the Peninsula’s growing, changing, and diverse community through a series of events for all ages during Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month in May 2017. The project is a recipient of the 2016 Humanities... Read more

By Dennis Piotrowski and Monique Sugimoto Not long after the Wright brothers piloted the first successful heavier-than-air machine near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903, early rickety planes were navigating the skies near Los Angeles. Indeed, Los Angeles with its favorable climate became a center of aviation as early as 1909. One newspaper at the time described the area as... Read more

If you’re in K—8th grade, come be part of history! Celebrate African American History month as you portray an African American hero who made life better for all Americans. Participants will portray an African American hero who inspires them. As a participant, you will be a living exhibit at the museum and portray a hero you admire and identify with... Read more

Writers wanted! PVLD is your headquarters for November's National Writing Month. Please join us for a community writing event that includes workshops, write-ins, networking opportunities, publication in an anthology and the opportunity to read your work in public. National Writing Month workshop/Writing Characters That Are Likeable Wednesday, November 02, 2016 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM National Writing Month workshop/Self-Editing for... Read more