diff --git a/src/components/close-button/close-button.css b/src/components/close-button/close-button.css
index ce9cc99ac96ba61f8b30bcdcd815de1dbfe63ded..66b79d8a6fd84948e29d846277eb2ed3577155c0 100644
--- a/src/components/close-button/close-button.css
+++ b/src/components/close-button/close-button.css
@@ -6,40 +6,46 @@
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: center;
 
-    color: gray;
-    background-color: $blue;
-
+    overflow: hidden;  /* Mask the icon animation */
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
     border-radius: 50%;
-    border-color: #dbdbdb;
-    border-style: solid;
-
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
     font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    cursor: pointer;
     user-select: none;
-    transition: all 0.15s ease-out; /* @todo: standardize with var */
+    cursor: pointer;
+    transition: all 0.15s ease-out;
+}
+
+.close-button.large:hover {
+    transform: scale(1.1, 1.1);
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
 }
 
 .small {
     width: 1rem;
     height: 1rem;
-    border-width: 1px;
+    color: #FFF;
+    background-color: $blue;
 }
 
 .large {
-    width: 2.75rem;
-    height: 2.75rem;
-    border-width: 2px;
+    width: 1.75rem;
+    height: 1.75rem;
 }
 
-.close-button:hover {
-    transform: scale(1.1, 1.1);
-}
-
-/*  Same icon as Sprite Selector Add button, but rotated.
-    @todo: reuse?
-*/
 .close-icon {
+    position: relative;
+    margin: 0.25rem;
+    user-select: none;
     transform-origin: 50%;
     transform: rotate(45deg);
+}
+
+.small .close-icon {
     width: 40%;
 }
+
+.large .close-icon {
+    width: 0.75rem;
+    height: 0.75rem;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/close-button/close-button.jsx b/src/components/close-button/close-button.jsx
index f7c7fc141f28a93bd2833c67aaea1651e6e6d652..c2d78c79620b207c36e934ad16edf8106482cafe 100644
--- a/src/components/close-button/close-button.jsx
+++ b/src/components/close-button/close-button.jsx
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ const CloseButton = props => (
             styles.closeButton,
             props.className,
             {
-                [styles.large]: props.size === CloseButton.SIZE_LARGE,
-                [styles.small]: props.size === CloseButton.SIZE_SMALL
+                [styles.small]: props.size === CloseButton.SIZE_SMALL,
+                [styles.large]: props.size === CloseButton.SIZE_LARGE
             }
         )}
         onClick={props.onClick}
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ const CloseButton = props => (
     </div>
 );
 
-CloseButton.SIZE_LARGE = 'large';
 CloseButton.SIZE_SMALL = 'small';
+CloseButton.SIZE_LARGE = 'large';
 
 CloseButton.propTypes = {
     className: PropTypes.string,
     onClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    size: PropTypes.oneOf([CloseButton.SIZE_LARGE, CloseButton.SIZE_SMALL])
+    size: PropTypes.oneOf([CloseButton.SIZE_SMALL, CloseButton.SIZE_LARGE])
 };
 
 CloseButton.defaultProps = {
diff --git a/src/components/filter/filter.css b/src/components/filter/filter.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa8e072e10bc8cea39150526b1d0184f46b9fa75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/filter/filter.css
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+@import "../../css/units.css";
+@import "../../css/colors.css";
+
+.filter {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+     /*
+        Should we use width 100% instead, for cases when component's
+        parent is not a flexbox container?
+    */
+    flex-grow: 1;
+
+    padding: 0.3rem 0.5rem;
+    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10);
+    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.10);
+    border-radius: 10rem;
+    user-select: none;
+}
+
+.filter:hover {
+    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
+}
+
+.filter-icon {
+    height: 0.9rem;
+    width: 0.9rem;
+    margin: 0 0.5rem 0 0.75rem;
+}
+
+/*
+    Hidden state
+*/
+.x-icon-wrapper {
+    opacity: 0;
+
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
+
+    overflow: hidden;  /* Mask the icon animation */
+    height: 1.25rem;
+    width: 1.25rem;
+    margin: 0 0.25rem 0 0.5rem; /* @todo: move to parent to make component*/
+
+    border-radius: 50%;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    cursor: default;
+    transition: opacity 0.05s linear;
+}
+
+/*
+    Shown state
+*/
+.filter.is-active .x-icon-wrapper {
+    pointer-events: auto;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    opacity: 1;
+    transition: opacity 0.05s linear;
+}
+
+.filter.is-active .x-icon-wrapper:hover {
+    transform: scale(1.2, 1.2);
+}
+
+/*
+    Hidden state
+*/
+.x-icon {
+    position: relative;
+    margin: 0.25rem;
+    user-select: none;
+    transform: translateX(0.5rem);
+    transition: transform 0.085s cubic-bezier(0.78, 1, 1, 1);
+}
+
+/*
+    Shown state
+*/
+.filter.is-active .x-icon-wrapper .x-icon {
+    transform: translateX(0);
+}
+
+.filter-input {
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    line-height: 1.25rem;
+    background-color: transparent;
+    -webkit-appearance: none;
+    outline: none;
+    border: 0;
+    color: white;
+    font-size: 0.75rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.15px;
+    cursor: text;
+}
+
+.filter-input::placeholder {
+    opacity: 0.75;
+    padding: 0 0 0 0.25rem;
+    color: white;
+    font-size: 0.75rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.15px;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/filter/filter.jsx b/src/components/filter/filter.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6e140eb80b3c4bd6bd0f8bad350f447cb7865b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/filter/filter.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+const classNames = require('classnames');
+const PropTypes = require('prop-types');
+const React = require('react');
+
+const filterIcon = require('./icon--filter.svg');
+const xIcon = require('./icon--x.svg');
+const styles = require('./filter.css');
+
+const FilterComponent = props => {
+    const {
+        onChange,
+        onClear,
+        placeholderText,
+        filterQuery
+    } = props;
+    return (
+        <div
+            className={classNames({
+                [styles.filter]: true,
+                [styles.isActive]: filterQuery.length > 0
+            })}
+        >
+            <img
+                className={styles.filterIcon}
+                src={filterIcon}
+            />
+            <input
+                autoFocus
+                className={styles.filterInput}
+                placeholder={placeholderText}
+                type="text"
+                value={filterQuery}
+                onChange={onChange}
+            />
+            <div
+                className={styles.xIconWrapper}
+                onClick={onClear}
+            >
+                <img
+                    className={styles.xIcon}
+                    src={xIcon}
+                />
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    );
+};
+
+FilterComponent.propTypes = {
+    filterQuery: PropTypes.string,
+    onChange: PropTypes.func,
+    onClear: PropTypes.func,
+    placeholderText: PropTypes.string
+};
+FilterComponent.defaultProps = {
+    placeholderText: 'what are you looking for?'
+};
+module.exports = FilterComponent;
diff --git a/src/components/filter/icon--filter.svg b/src/components/filter/icon--filter.svg
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/components/filter/icon--x.svg b/src/components/filter/icon--x.svg
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diff --git a/src/components/library-item/library-item.css b/src/components/library-item/library-item.css
index c702492f8939412c2222f49bf0d99daa5076a33f..3102d3d2d2a29d5f58db70f638b3d15fc5404491 100644
--- a/src/components/library-item/library-item.css
+++ b/src/components/library-item/library-item.css
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: center;
     flex-basis: 160px;
+    max-width: 160px;
     height: 160px;
-    margin: calc($space / 2);
+    margin: $space;
     padding: 1rem 1rem 0 1rem;
     font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
     color: #575e75;
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@
 .library-item:hover {
     border-width: 2px;
     border-color: #1dacf4;
-    transition: 0.1s ease-out;
-    transform: scale(1.02, 1.02);
 }
 
 .library-item-image-container {
diff --git a/src/components/library/library.css b/src/components/library/library.css
index b8147a1736f330d8c5c8cd3ec6ef9e63984bfc6f..73f615191d159177433d271193fb8b7b73f9f47c 100644
--- a/src/components/library/library.css
+++ b/src/components/library/library.css
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
+@import "../../css/units.css";
+@import "../../css/colors.css";
+
 .library-scroll-grid {
     display: flex;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-content: flex-start;
+    background: $ui-pane-gray;
     flex-grow: 1;
-    justify-content: space-between;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
-    overflow-y: scroll;
-    height: calc(100% - 6rem); /* @todo: currently estimate, fix precision */
-
-    /* 
-        Gives sprites a bit of room so they don't get cut off when they grow on hover
-        @todo: sync as a var, with the transform defined on .library-item:hover
-    */
-    padding: 0.15rem; 
-}
-
-.modal-header {
-    width: 100%;
-    margin-bottom: 2rem;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    height: calc(100% - $library-header-height);
     padding: 0.5rem;
-    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 1.5rem;
-    font-weight: normal;
-    color: #8e8f95;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/library/library.jsx b/src/components/library/library.jsx
index 71b29ff612ff1552eae7df150f2eaa9782a9120d..ad33743be1e025b8587db9c031df00f6b5378a5b 100644
--- a/src/components/library/library.jsx
+++ b/src/components/library/library.jsx
@@ -11,40 +11,58 @@ class LibraryComponent extends React.Component {
     constructor (props) {
         super(props);
         bindAll(this, [
-            'handleSelect',
+            'handleFilterChange',
+            'handleFilterClear',
             'handleMouseEnter',
-            'handleMouseLeave'
+            'handleMouseLeave',
+            'handleSelect'
         ]);
+        this.state = {
+            selectedItem: null,
+            filterQuery: ''
+        };
     }
     handleSelect (id) {
         this.props.onRequestClose();
-        this.props.onItemSelected(this.props.data[id]);
+        this.props.onItemSelected(this.getFilteredData()[id]);
     }
     handleMouseEnter (id) {
-        if (this.props.onItemMouseEnter) this.props.onItemMouseEnter(this.props.data[id]);
+        if (this.props.onItemMouseEnter) this.props.onItemMouseEnter(this.getFilteredData()[id]);
     }
     handleMouseLeave (id) {
-        if (this.props.onItemMouseLeave) this.props.onItemMouseLeave(this.props.data[id]);
+        if (this.props.onItemMouseLeave) this.props.onItemMouseLeave(this.getFilteredData()[id]);
+    }
+    handleFilterChange (event) {
+        this.setState({filterQuery: event.target.value});
+    }
+    handleFilterClear () {
+        this.setState({filterQuery: ''});
+    }
+    getFilteredData () {
+        return this.props.data.filter(dataItem =>
+            dataItem.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.state.filterQuery.toLowerCase()) !== -1);
     }
     render () {
         if (!this.props.visible) return null;
         return (
             <ModalComponent
                 contentLabel={this.props.title}
+                filterQuery={this.state.filterQuery}
                 visible={this.props.visible}
+                onFilterChange={this.handleFilterChange}
+                onFilterClear={this.handleFilterClear}
                 onRequestClose={this.props.onRequestClose}
             >
-                <h1 className={styles.modalHeader}>{this.props.title}</h1>
                 <div className={styles.libraryScrollGrid}>
-                    {this.props.data.map((dataItem, itemId) => {
+                    {this.getFilteredData().map((dataItem, index) => {
                         const scratchURL = dataItem.md5 ?
                             `https://cdn.assets.scratch.mit.edu/internalapi/asset/${dataItem.md5}/get/` :
                             dataItem.rawURL;
                         return (
                             <LibraryItem
                                 iconURL={scratchURL}
-                                id={itemId}
-                                key={`item_${itemId}`}
+                                id={index}
+                                key={`item_${index}`}
                                 name={dataItem.name}
                                 onMouseEnter={this.handleMouseEnter}
                                 onMouseLeave={this.handleMouseLeave}
@@ -61,6 +79,7 @@ class LibraryComponent extends React.Component {
 LibraryComponent.propTypes = {
     data: PropTypes.arrayOf(
         /* eslint-disable react/no-unused-prop-types, lines-around-comment */
+        // An item in the library
         PropTypes.shape({
             // @todo remove md5/rawURL prop from library, refactor to use storage
             md5: PropTypes.string,
diff --git a/src/components/modal/modal.css b/src/components/modal/modal.css
index 25a134f5e689d5d80dae6ca88fe6a7a693dccce3..a72a4f06dbc18c67a672a166b7fddb57fbe66a0f 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/modal.css
+++ b/src/components/modal/modal.css
@@ -11,32 +11,69 @@
     background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .75);
 }
 
-.modal-content {
+/* @todo: extract to type: full ? */
+.full-modal-content {
     position: absolute;
     outline: none;
-    overflow-y: scroll;
+    overflow-y: auto;
     -webkit-overflow-scrolling: 'touch';
-    border: 1px solid #ccc;
-    padding: 0;
-    top: 5%;
-    right: 5%;
-    bottom: 5%;
-    left: 5%;
-    border-radius: $space;
     user-select: none;
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+    display: flex;
 }
 
-.modal-children {
-    overflow: hidden;
-    height: 100%;
-    z-index: 0;
-    padding: 2rem;
-    background: $ui-pane-gray;
+/*
+    Modal header has 3 items:
+    |filter     title       x|
+
+    Use the same width for both side item containers,
+    so that title remains centered
+*/
+$sides: 20rem;
+
+.header {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    flex-wrap: nowrap;
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+    height: $library-header-height;
+
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    width: 100%;
+    background-color: $blue;
+
+    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+    font-size: 1rem;
+    font-weight: normal;
 }
 
-.close-button {
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 1rem;
-    right: 1rem;
-    z-index: 2;
+.header-item {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    padding: 1rem;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    color: white;
+    user-select: none;
 }
+
+.header-item-filter {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-basis: $sides;
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+}
+
+.header-item-title {
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+    justify-content: center;
+    user-select: none;
+    letter-spacing: 0.4px;
+    cursor: default;
+}
+
+.header-item-close {
+    flex-basis: $sides;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/components/modal/modal.jsx b/src/components/modal/modal.jsx
index 3a3fc25db56a00488657e121ea6a41c076c3bfc6..2a743bd74447dae5cbf7465a906134551dfeafd0 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/modal.jsx
+++ b/src/components/modal/modal.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+const classNames = require('classnames');
 const PropTypes = require('prop-types');
 const React = require('react');
 const ReactModal = require('react-modal');
 
 const Box = require('../box/box.jsx');
 const CloseButton = require('../close-button/close-button.jsx');
+const Filter = require('../filter/filter.jsx');
 
 const styles = require('./modal.css');
 
@@ -11,21 +13,44 @@ class ModalComponent extends React.Component {
     render () {
         return (
             <ReactModal
-                className={styles.modalContent}
+                className={styles.fullModalContent}
                 contentLabel={this.props.contentLabel}
                 isOpen={this.props.visible}
                 overlayClassName={styles.modalOverlay}
                 ref={m => (this.modal = m)}
-                onRequestClose={this.props.onRequestClose}
             >
-                <CloseButton
-                    className={styles.closeButton}
-                    onClick={this.props.onRequestClose}
-                />
                 <Box
-                    className={styles.modalChildren}
                     direction="column"
+                    grow={1}
                 >
+                    <div className={styles.header}>
+                        <div className={classNames(styles.headerItem, styles.headerItemFilter)}>
+                            <Filter
+                                filterQuery={this.props.filterQuery}
+                                onChange={this.props.onFilterChange}
+                                onClear={this.props.onFilterClear}
+                            />
+                        </div>
+                        <div
+                            className={classNames(
+                                styles.headerItem,
+                                styles.headerItemTitle
+                            )}
+                        >
+                            {this.props.contentLabel}
+                        </div>
+                        <div
+                            className={classNames(
+                                styles.headerItem,
+                                styles.headerItemClose
+                            )}
+                        >
+                            <CloseButton
+                                size={CloseButton.SIZE_LARGE}
+                                onClick={this.props.onRequestClose}
+                            />
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
                     {this.props.children}
                 </Box>
             </ReactModal>
@@ -36,7 +61,10 @@ class ModalComponent extends React.Component {
 ModalComponent.propTypes = {
     children: PropTypes.node,
     contentLabel: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    onRequestClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    filterQuery: PropTypes.string,
+    onFilterChange: PropTypes.func,
+    onFilterClear: PropTypes.func,
+    onRequestClose: PropTypes.func,
     visible: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
 };
 
diff --git a/src/css/units.css b/src/css/units.css
index ab4393ac1afefb3d770289b67b7c1b8983e6c2b9..3f9aaba17d8319e322b48c817438ed4e8b92458e 100644
--- a/src/css/units.css
+++ b/src/css/units.css
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ $space: 0.5rem;
 $sprites-per-row: 5;
 
 $menu-bar-height: 3rem;
-$sprite-info-height: 5.25rem; /* TODO: SpriteInfo isn't explicitly set to this height yet */
+$sprite-info-height: 5.25rem; /* @todo: SpriteInfo isn't explicitly set to this height yet */
 $stage-menu-height: 3rem;
+
+$library-header-height: 4.375rem;
\ No newline at end of file