2024 Spring Summer Gift Guide

2024 Spring/Summer Gift Guide The Library Store The Library Store

The Library Store is a non-profit gift shop offering a curated collection of literary treasures and unique gifts. Sales from The Library Store benefit the Library Foundation of Los Angeles in support of the Los Angeles Public Library.

Cheers To You, Mom

Left to right:

» Papaya Playtime Tea Towel $55

» Smiley Face Tote Bag in Yellow

» Aura 6oz Candle

» Once Upon a Cocktail — West Book

$35/ea

$22

Gardener’s Handcare Kit

$28

Never outgrow caring for your cuticles. These handcare kits for gardeners include exfoliating soap, moisturizing hand balm, and a nail brush so you can tend your hands after tending your garden.

Champagne Poppies Tiny Terracotta Kit

$18

This tiny terracotta kit comes equipped with everything you’ll need to start growing—just add water and set in a sunny window. Features a terracotta planter with a water-tight glazed interior and a nested coconut husk liner that provides drainage. As the plant matures, it can be transplanted into a larger pot or garden.

Yellow Hollywood Cocktail

DJ BBQ’s Backyard Baking

$29.99

50 awesome recipes for baking over live fire from the legendary DJ BBQ team.

DJ BBQ’s Backyard Baking will take your live fire skills and backyard set-up to the next level, covering everything you ever wanted to know about baking on your BBQ. The standard kettle BBQ is essentially an oven, so why not use it to its potential and get baking?

Dad, You’re the Grill Deal

On this page:

» Cocktail Dice: Liquors, Mixers & More

» BBQ Deck: 30 Recipes to Spice Up Your BBQ Game

» Workman’s Coaster Multi Tool Set of 2

» Oysters Grey Men’s Crew Socks

Dear Grad, Your Future is Bright

$16

Road Trip Games $24.95

The Story Oracle

A creative twist on divination cards such as tarot and oracle, The Story Oracle offers a deck of 78 unique cards with bright, iconic illustrations and open-ended, multi-meaning readings designed to inspire storytelling. $29.99

On this page:

» You’re Unstoppable: Let Me Tell You Why Fill-in Gift Book

» Pop-Open Fortunes

» Per My Last Email Jotter Pen Set

» A Dopo 8oz Handpainted Eye Ceramic Candle –Incense & Smoke

» Snakes Task Pad

Friends & Family Game Night

Murder in Tinseltown

$28

Assess the evidence and find the killer in this crime investigation game!

On the set of her latest movie, Hollywood sweetheart Ruby Bloom is found dead. As an LAPD detective, it’s your job to uncover what happened … and you suspect murder.

Mini Escape from the Movie Studio Game

$12.95

Lights, camera, escape!

No movie has been shrouded in as much mystery as Idle Gossip, the latest picture due for release by the infamous Escape Pictures studio. As an aspiring movie journalist, you’ve snuck on set to get a shot of something, anything that you can post on your blog to kick-start your career. Your dreams are quickly dashed as the brawny head of security has spotted you snapping pictures. You need to find a safe exit for yourself and your camera – and fast!

$42

On this page:

» Who’s Hiding in The Jungle? A Spot and Match Game

» Rap Battles: The Hip-Hop Rhyming Word Game for Wannabe MCs

» Ludoshi Board Game

» Orient Express: A 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

» Books and Ladders Game

Staff Favorites for the Season

Items rated 11/10 by our staff

$35

$28

On this page:

» The Vegan Baker Cookbook

» Clemmie Clam

» Ripple 4.5oz Candle – Desert Peach

$18.95 $14

» Art Sack Reusable Bag – Printed Peanuts Art History

Cruise Night

$55

Known for her quiet portraits of American cultural movements, Kristin Bedford’s work, Cruise Night, is an intimate and unstaged exploration of Mexican American lowrider car culture in Los Angeles.

$35

$48

Vintage Stars Scarf in Denim

Carnaby Crossbody Bag in Imperial Purple

On this page:

» I Wuff Books Women’s Crew Socks

» Fishing Cat Metal Bookend

» A Poet Maya Angelou Wooden Doll

» Bodleian Libraries: High Jinks Bookshelves

Foiled Journal

» The Hound of the Baskervilles Puzzle

The Great Gatsby

A poetic portrait of the Roaring Twenties in New York City brought to dazzling life in this stunning collectors edition of a classic in American literature.

Watch the classic come to life in a whole new way with this beautiful Art Deco-style designed edition, complete with true-to-style and time illustrations, maps, and fold-out pages elaborately designed by artist Robert Nippoldt. $45

Collect all three Central Library icon postcards!

$2.50/ea

Are You All Set for

But First Books Los Angeles Public

$30 Exclusive to The Library Store, show off your love for the Los Angeles Public Library with our new Deco style “But First, Books” t-shirt in light blue. Featuring Central Library iconography and books labeled with various departments, these tees take inspiration from the art and architecture of LAPL’s flagship building to celebrate its place in the community and its place in Los Angeles’ art history.

Best Card In LA Wallets Tote

$38

A brand-new exclusive to The Library Store, our latest #BestCardInLA tote celebrates all the ways you carry your LAPL card. Screenprinted on a beach wash denim tote, these bags are perfect for all your library checkouts and more! Wherever you go, however you carry, LAPL keeps you company as your best friend in your bag.

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Help the LAPL thrive for generations to come by giving the gift of Membership with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles or by joining yourself! Perks