(PRE-ORDER) We Heart L.A. Parks: A Coloring + Activity Book Celebrating Public Parks in the City of Los Angeles
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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 lakes, to playgrounds and historic architecture—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 an artful guide to the city that reminds us how safe and accessible public parks strengthen communities.
- Compiled by Narrated Objects
- Edited by Andrea Richards & Teena Apeles
- Cover line art: Jennifer Cuellar
- Cover and map design: Miriam Blier
- 8.5 x 11 inches | softcover
- 138 pages + color fold-out map and board game
- ISBN: 978-0-978-0-9991670-3-8
- Printed by MK Printing, Inc., an FSC®- & MBE-certified printer
Visit the parks featured in the book in person using our We Heart L.A. Parks map and view our original call for submissions here.
A percentage of profits from the book will be donated to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, whose mission is to contribute to the equity and well-being of our neighborhoods through the development of parks, gardens, and community-driven organizing.
OUR CONTRIBUTORS
Alfie Ebojo aka alfienumeric • Andrea Richards • Anna Magnuson • Anne Blecksmith • Audrey Becker • Britney Penouilh • Caitlin Howard • Charles Cisneros • Charlie Becker • Cody Cameron • Daniel Duffie • Dean Rullan aka redinkedpanda • Dennis Cooper • Dominie Apeles • Eliseo Art Silva • Frank Furlong • Gray Cheek • I-Ching Lao • Ivan Borodin • Jason Lockyer • Jennifer Cuellar • Jessica Hoffmann • John Son • Julia Bogany • Karen Lukesh • Kathryn Louyse • Kristy Sandoval • Leila Hamidi • Leticia Meza • LA Metro • Lucy Gonzalez • Maite Alday • Mandi Roberts • Margaret Gallagher • Max Alday • Miguel Ordeñana • Miles Castro • Miriam Blier • Nova Cross • Octavio Perez • Oscar Rosales • Phoebe Cheek • Robin Murez • Siri Swanson • Sheryl Schroeder • Sophia Allison • Stacie Jaye • Sunny Samuel • Teena Apeles • Tracy Park • Valentina M. Quezada • Valeran Lothaniel