We Heart L.A. Parks

We Heart L.A. Parks
Author: Narrated Objects
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Release: 2021-02-14
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ISBN: 9780999167038
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Public parks are vital resources to all of us as places for exploration, celebration, education, recreation, and activism. We Heart L.A. Parks celebrates these important sites by featuring more than 50 public parks within the city of Los Angeles with original illustrations, personal stories, and fun activities, including two colorful fold-outs: an L.A. parks map and an L.A. Park Adventures board game. It is a coloring and activity book for all ages by contributors of all ages -- elementary-school kids to veteran artists -- who, through their art and words, fill these pages with their deep love for the city of Los Angeles, with all its beauty and complexities, and the public parks and recreation areas we all treasure. From hiking trails and waterfalls, to basketball courts and barbecue pits, to historic architecture and park vendors -- We Heart L.A. Parks highlights the diversity of our city's open spaces and how urban wildlife and humans can share these spaces and flourish. It is a truly unique and artful guide to the city that reminds us how safe and accessible public parks strengthen communities

Moon 52 Things to Do in Los Angeles

Moon 52 Things to Do in Los Angeles
Author: Teena Apeles
Publisher: Moon Travel
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2022-12-20
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1640496327
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From the market you haven’t hit yet to the desert getaway you keep meaning to plan, experience something new right here at home with Moon 52 Things to Do in Los Angeles. Cool things to do in and around the city: Check out the art galleries in West Adams, hop on a Jeepney in Historic Filipinotown, and learn a craft from local artisans. Sample street tacos on Sunset, enjoy a platter of Ethiopian food, or experience a drag-show brunch. Bike or skate along the LA River, search for sea life in the tide pools of San Pedro, or hike to the Griffith or Mount Wilson observatories Day trips and weekend getaways: Take the Pacific Surfliner Train from Union Station to Solana Beach, kayak on Lake San Marcos, or wander Ojai’s nature preserves. Rent a golf cart on Catalina Island, shop and dine along Santa Barbara’s State Street , or immerse yourself in desert artwork in the Coachella Valley Experiences broken down by category: Find to do lists for each season, activities for kids, outdoor adventures, arts and culture, food and drinks, live entertainment, and more A local's advice: Longtime Angeleno author Teena Apeles knows the city's ins and outs, from unexpected street art to hidden local history Inspirational full-color photos throughout Easy-to-scan planning tips: Addresses, nearby attractions, and tips for avoiding the crowds if you're heading to a popular spot What are you doing this weekend? Try something new with Moon 52 Things to Do in Los Angeles. About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.

We Heart P-22

We Heart P-22
Author: Narrated Objects
Publisher:
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2019-08
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ISBN: 9780999167021
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L.A.'s most famous mountain lion, P-22, has his own coloring and activity book: WE HEART P-22! Experience his real and imagined adventures through artwork, stories, and activities created by more than 50 local artists and wildlife advocates, including some of P-22's closest friends from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the National Wildlife Federation, the National Park Service, and Friends of Griffith Park. A portion of the proceeds from We Heart P-22 will go to Friends of Griffith Park, which works to protect P-22¿s habitat, and the park itself, for visitors of all species to enjoy.

More Than a Coloring Book

More Than a Coloring Book
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Release: 2021-10-02
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"More than a Coloring Book," is a coloring book and journal inspired by women of color around the world. This therapy tool includes coloring pages, journaling pages, inspiring quotes, and prompting questions to give users several outlets to express themselves.

Discovering Griffith Park

Discovering Griffith Park
Author: Casey Schreiner
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2020-05-07
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1680512676
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People all over the world have seen Los Angeles’s famed "Hollywood" sign and the iconic domed Griffith Observatory. Both are part of Griffith Park, a place visited by more than 10 million people each year--more than Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Parks combined. Rugged and vast, the 4,511-acre Griffith Park encompasses a sprawling 70-mile long network of trails, ranging from paved paths through manicured landscapes to challenging ridgeline climbs, and is a destination for hikers, trail runners, cyclists, equestrians, picnickers, and museum-goers. It’s a unique outdoor space in a city that is not well known for its outdoor amenities. Discovering Griffith Park uses the park’s extensive trail network as an anchor to explore the park in full, whether on foot, wheel, or hoof. Readers will also find out where the best views of the Hollywood sign are, where they can catch free Shakespeare on summer evenings, and how to attend one of the legendary Los Angeles Breakfast Club meetings for good food, good friends, and a bit of early morning learning

Diary of a Misfit

Diary of a Misfit
Author: Casey Parks
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2023-09-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0593081102
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Part memoir, part sweeping journalistic saga: As Casey Parks follows the mystery of a stranger's past, she is forced to reckon with her own sexuality, her fraught Southern identity, her tortured yet loving relationship with her mother, and the complicated role of faith in her life. "Most moving is Parks’s depiction of a queer lineage, her assertion of an ancestry of outcasts, a tapestry of fellow misfits into which the marginalized will always, for better or worse, fit." —The New York Times Book Review When Casey Parks came out as a lesbian in college back in 2002, she assumed her life in the South was over. Her mother shunned her, and her pastor asked God to kill her. But then Parks's grandmother, a stern conservative who grew up picking cotton, pulled her aside and revealed a startling secret. "I grew up across the street from a woman who lived as a man," and then implored Casey to find out what happened to him. Diary of a Misfit is the story of Parks's life-changing journey to unravel the mystery of Roy Hudgins, the small-town country singer from grandmother’s youth, all the while confronting ghosts of her own. For ten years, Parks traveled back to rural Louisiana and knocked on strangers’ doors, dug through nursing home records, and doggedly searched for Roy’s own diaries, trying to uncover what Roy was like as a person—what he felt; what he thought; and how he grappled with his sense of otherness. With an enormous heart and an unstinting sense of vulnerability, Parks writes about finding oneself through someone else’s story, and about forging connections across the gulfs that divide us.

Dear Mrs. Parks

Dear Mrs. Parks
Author: Rosa Parks
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: African American children
ISBN: 9780613048262
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Presents correspondence between Rosa Parks and various children in which the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" answers questions and encourages young people to reach their highest potential.