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  • Vietnamese food pho is seen in a bowl with chopsticks and a salad on the side.

    Tasty Food Made Easy with These Amazing Vietnamese Cookbooks

    Cook up something delicious with the help of these incredible recipes featuring Vietnamese cuisine.

  • An ad reads "Happy Kwanzaa" with a green and red present at the bottom and a group of three red, a black, and three green lit candles.

    Kwanzaa resources for Grades K-5

    Kwanzaa eBooks for grades K-5

  • A man holds open a book while he and a little girl wear Christmas hats. They both smile while gazing into the book that is emitting light and sparkles.

    Christmas (Secular) resources for Grades PreK-5

    Christmas eBooks for grades PreK-5 to enjoy.

  • An illustrative artwork shows the Christmas time nativity scene.

    Religious Christmas resources for Grades PreK-5

    Religious Christmas Holiday eBooks for grades K-5

  • A view of a battlefield during sunrise. In the fields are four cannons.

    American Civil War resources for Grades 9-12

    Spanning four years and resulting in more than 620,000 American casualties, historians regard the American Civil War as one of the most divisive eras in US history. Let the Library guide you to some excellent resources for furthering your research of this part of our past.

  • A young boy looks out a window with a mask over his face. He holds a teddy bear who also wears a mask. Together, they are quarantined at home.

    Dealing with Sadness

    It is OK to feel things. Sadness is a feeling that everyone knows. Let’s explore how to help our children understand this feeling.

  • Lost and Found picture books featured image of a hand-drawn illustration of a man and dog with a hat. The man thinks "I must have put it around here somewhere..."

    Picture Books of the Lost… and Found

    Some of the world's greatest picture books are about losing things, and I have a list of them right here... wait a minute, where did that list go?

  • A cartoon bear is seen hibernating in a cave surrounded by twigs, leaves, and snow.

    Animal Hibernation resources for Grades PreK-3

    Animal hibernation is a fascinating adaptation to changing environmental conditions.

  • A holiday scene shows a train moving through a snow covered terrain.

    13 Holiday Mysteries to Read Right Now

    A selection of holiday-themed mysteries, cozies, and gentle reads to settle in and read this winter or any time.

  • A music sheet shows Beethoven's Symphonien I.

    Happy 250th Birthday, Beethoven!

    Fun and informative books about the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven.

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  • 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."

    Reading on the Web

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

  • Close-up view of three types of food from local Toledo restaurants.

    Eat Your Way Through All 20 Toledo Lucas County Public Library Locations

    Have you ever visited a Toledo library and wondered where to go for a bite to eat? Well, look no further!

  • A family tree made in the style of the Power Puff Girls that depicts Arthur and Molly Weasley's family.

    A Tree for You, A Tree for Me – At the Library!

    We're talking genealogical research and family trees in this edition of "At the Library!"

  • Mozilla web literacy demo that reads "21st Century Skills" with checkboxes in front of "Problem-solving, Communication, Creativity" and "Collaboration." Next to this is a wheel with "Web Literacy" in the center. This then breaks into "Participate, Write" and "Read." Those then break down further into "Contribute, Share, Design, Code, Compose, Revise, Remix, Evaluate, Synthesize, Navigate, Search, Connect, Protect" and "Open Practice."

    Mozilla Web Literacy

    Did you know the Library has received two $10,000 grants for training staff on Web Literacy?

  • A father sits on a counter top reading a book behind his two children. His two children are sitting at the kitchen table, laughing while making dough for a pizza.

    Kids in the Kitchen

    Featuring library and web resources to help you and your family with creative culinary creations.

  • A close-up shot of an older man's hands holding up soil.

    Compost Your Way to a Better Garden

    Composting made easy with the aid of library resources.

  • A collaged advertisement of books on being frugal.

    Fabulously Frugal

    Explore a variety of resources designed to help you save money and live a fabulously frugal lifestyle.

  • Comic about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy is holding a steak with a vampire to the right of her. She looks to the left and says "I think the librarian looked up the wrong kind of stake."

    The Sunnydale Side of the Street

    You’ve watched every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now what do you do?

  • A toddler is seen laughing while being thrown up in the air.

    Babytime Rocks!

    Where can you find a wild party on a weekday morning? Look no further than Babytime!

  • A collaged advertisement for humorous books on parenting. Book covers included are: "This is Ridiculous, This is Amazing," "Remarkably Average Parenting," "Dad Is," "Scary Mommy," "Someone Could Get Hurt," and "Reasons My Kid Is Crying."

    The Humorous Misadventures of Parenthood

    Raising children can be challenging ... and hilarious from time to time.

  • eMedia Blog with a man wearing a straw hat and pink shirt while holding up an iPad that has the same blue cloudy sky as the one behind him.

    A Library Card for the Digital Age

    Does your smartphone or tablet go wherever you go? Why not take your Library with you too! With our new eMedia card, you can borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, movies & more - without having to visit us in person.

  • A girl in a purple outfit sits on the edge of her balcony looking out to a scene with a shooting star and dinosaurs grazing below.

    Best of Fantastic Fiction: Clever, Quirky Fantasy and Science Fiction

    Fans of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman take note! Dark, clever stories with great characters, compelling plots and a wry appreciation for the weird have been gathered for your consumption.

  • A close up view of a child's hands holding a small colorful globe. The globe is showing the side where Africa is located.

    Celebrate Earth Day: Raising Children to be Environmental Stewards

    This Earth Day take the time to start a conversation about environmental stewardship. Teaching kids about the need to preserve and protect our environment can be a process that is fun and educational for everyone involved.

  • A blue spiral is covered in right-hand prints of varying colors. Colors included are light blue, blue, pink, yellow, green, and red.

    Diversity in Juvenile Fiction

    April is Celebrate Diversity Month, and we’re prepared to do just that with this awesome variety of juvenile fiction titles.

  • A rainy scene is overlapped with the outline of birds on a wire. The birds are made up of musical notes on a music sheet.

    33 Songs About The Rain

    April showers bring May flowers...and apparently a whole lot of musical inspiration too, as heard in these songs about the rain!

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