Cerritos Library
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📚 Library · Cerritos
2 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 30 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Free library and Civic Center lots
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
Billed as the first experience library in the country: the children's area has a 15,000-gallon saltwater aquarium, a life-size T. rex skeleton and a big tree you can climb inside; on a rainy day kids will happily spend two hours here and not want to leave.
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Cerritos, California
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