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  • A blue illustration with the words "Happy New Year" are seen projected onto a blue starry sky.

    New Year’s resources for Grades PreK-5

    Celebrate the 2021 New Year with these great eBooks.

  • John Le Carre featured image with a hand-drawn illustration of a man in a trench coat with sunglasses on and a hat. The man thinks "...getting a bit chilly," while a box above the character reads "The spy who came in from the cold, the prequel:."

    The Spy Who Wrote a Whole Lot of Books

    Acclaimed spy novelist John le Carré recently died, leaving some readers nostalgic for his deftly plotted, character-centered espionage yarns and others realizing they've never read a John le Carré book. Time to fix that.

  • Ad for "If You Like Fantasy, Then You May Like" with an arrow pointing down to four book covers whose authors also write about fantasy.

    If You Like Fantasy

    If you liked any of these five fantasy books, you may like these other titles, too!

  • Ad for Librarian picks with a collage of different books for high schoolers.

    Poetry Books for Grades 9-12

    A beautiful list of books in verse and poetry collections for young adult readers.

  • A Historical Fiction ad for Middle Schoolers. The scene depicts a brick castle and road with a young girl running in a medieval dress.

    Historical Fiction for Middle School Readers

    A comprehensive list of Historical Fiction books appropriate for Middle School students in various formats.

  • An ad for Historical Fiction books with a woman in a white dress opening a book as four different butterflies fly out of it. There is a wind blowing her hair towards the butterflies.

    Historical Fiction for High School Readers

    A variety of historical fiction for high school readers.

  • Blog ad for Librarian Picks Book Series for high schoolers with various high school level book covers collaged onto the ad.

    Series Books for High School Readers

    Librarians love a good series. Your high school students should too. We recommend these.

  • Protest Music illustration with a guitar and drum marching with signs. The guitar has a yellow sign that reads "I'm Fretting" while the drum has a red sign that reads "I'm Beat."

    21 American Protest Songs

    What do we want? Songs! When do we want them? As soon as this download is done!

  • A plastic food container holds pecan cookies inside with a mixing bowl to the right and containers for iodized salt and baking powder.

    Learning to Cook Hungarian Style- Virtually!

    TLCPL and the Hungarian Club of Toledo take their popular cooking class online.

  • Indian food is seen in a yellow bowl and a green bowl.

    Delicious, Delectable and Fantastically Flavorful Indian Cooking

    Delve into recipes featuring an array of Indian spices that are sure to awaken the senses with the help of these incredible Indian cookbooks.

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  • A woman walks on a road in a wooded area. She carries a water bottle in her right hand and has headphones on to listen to an audiobook. To the right of her is a vertical banner that reads "Walking Audiobook Challenge." The bottom left corner has a gray icon of headphones with a pink icon of a heart wearing the headphones.

    Walk. Listen. Win!

    Love going on adventures, but also love curling up with a good book? Why not take the story with you by switching to an audiobook. We're partnering with the Toledo Metroparks on the Walking Audiobook Challenge.

  • A collaged advertisement for psychological suspense. To the left is a clock that reads 2:35. Behind the clock is the right half of a woman's face with a green filter and dark shadows covering portions of her face. Next to her is a man's face coming out of the shadows. To the right of them is a woman looking towards the clock with an all-red filter over her.

    Psychological Suspense: The Devious Depths of the Human Mind

    Edge of your seat, keep you guessing until the end great reads.

  • A hand holds an iPhone while outside. The screen is on and shows the person's thumb hovering over their Music app.

    eAudiobooks and eMagazines get easier

    One of the Libraries Vendors has combined their different platforms (OneClickdigital and Zinio) into one app - RBdigital. The new app merges the eAudiobooks and eMagazines content so you don't need multiple apps now.

  • A drawing of a hand holding a pencil.

    Graphic Novel Memoirs

    Weaving together art and words, these graphic novel memoirs are sure to expand your literary horizons.

  • A black-and-white photo of the old West Toledo Sinclair building.

    Historic West Toledo

    Our second Preserve Your Personal Story event at the West Toledo Branch, in collaboration with the Eleanor Kahle Senior Center, was a success. We hoped that this program would result in historical information about West Toledo, that we could share, and… it did!

  • A book is open on a table next to a white mug and a dish. On top of the mug is a silver spoon.

    Celebrate Lesser Known Holidays This Summer

    Celebrate a few lesser known holidays and enjoy a selection of good books this summer.

  • A collaged advertisement for natural cleaners. The book titles included are: "Green up Your Cleanup," "Planet Home," "Homemade Cleaners: Quick-and-Easy, Toxic-Free Recipes," "The Organically Clean Home," and "The Herbal Handbook for Home & Health."

    DIY Natural Cleaning Products

    Learn more about the benefits of making your own household cleaners.

  • A collaged advertisement for fathers day. The left side of the image has an illustration of a striped orange tie. Next to the is the text "Happy Father's Day." From there on there are five boxes with white outlines that show different characters. The first shows Professor Albus Dumbledore from the "Harry Potter" series. Next is the character Christopher Gardner from the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" played by Will Smith. After that are two cartoon penguins from the book "And Tango Makes Three" depicting Roy and Silo. The next image is Steve Martin from "Father of the Bride" as his character George Banks. The final image is of Marlin from "Finding Nemo."

    Happy Father’s Day to Real-Life & Fictional Dads!

    Happy Father’s Day to all of the amazing dads in our world! Just as in real life, there are impeccable dads in fiction too. Here are my favorite father figures in books, tv, and movies.

  • Digital literacy is expressed with three tablets and a smartphone that is held by a pair of hands. Behind these devices are matrix-style binary codes in blue.

    Digital Literacy at the Library

    Digital literacy is learning how to use technology and devices in everyday life. The Library is here to help! Find out how.

  • A view of a smartphone over a keyboard. On the screen is a blue wallpaper that reads "Social" and shows many profile photos and apps along the bottom of the screen. The apps includes logos of Facebook, Pinterest, WordPress, VK, Skype, Twitter, Flickr, Google Plus, and LinkedIn.

    To Tech or Not to Tech

    Is your smartphone becoming your go-to brain? (Did you use your smartphone to answer that?)

  • Natural skin care products are being made in a glass dish. In the dish is a cucumber and a bit of white lotion. Outside of the glass are two small glass bottles with yellow oil inside. One has its cork on and the other is open with its cork lying next to it. There is also a half-cut lemon, two strands of aloe vera, and a microfiber towel on the wooden table.

    What’s Really In Your Beauty Products (and How to Make Your Own)?

    Try your hand at making your own beauty and spa products.

  • A digital page reads "Shine a Light on Who's Watching You." Below that is a paragraph that says "See who's tracking you online" and "Lightbeam is a Firefox add-on that uses interactive visualizations to show you the first and third party sites you interact with on the Web. As you browse, Lightbeam reveals the full depth of the Web today, including parts that are not transparent to the average user." Below this paragraph is a blue button that says "Download Lightbeam for Firefox: Get it from Mozilla Add-Ons."

    Participating on the Web

    The last leg of the web literacy triangle is participating on the web. This involves aspects of sharing, contributing, attributing, open practice, protecting yourself, and connecting.

  • An outside view of the gates leading into Wasteland. Stationed out front are two women with staphs in all-black attire, and two men above the gated wall with weapons that fire things out of them. Beyond them is a group of people walking further into the Wasteland in the dessert.

    It Could Be Worse… Great Dystopian Reads

    Feeling hopeless about recent political developments? If you think we’ve got it bad, prepare yourself for some wildly entertaining perspective!

  • Pride flag on a flag pole in front of the sun on a blue sky with clouds.

    An LGBTQ Reading List for Children & Young Adults

    June is GLTB Book Month, and Toledo Library is offering a list of books for young readers that explore the LGBTQ experience!

  • A purple banner reads "X-Ray Goggles by Mozilla." Below that is a paragraph that reads "Remix Any Page on the Web: X-Ray Goggles make it easy to see and remix the code behind your favorite web pages. The best part: you don't need any prior coding experience! Just activate Goggles, click on a section and edit. Then, share your remixes with others." Below that is a demo of "Open Your Bookmark Toolbar: If you're using Firefox on a Mac, look at your top menu bar, click View, and make sure Bookmark Toolbar is selected."

    Writing on the Web

    Building off of the last Web Literacy blog, writing on the web takes a deeper dive into creating the web.

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