Celebrate Disability Pride Month by cooking a delicious dish using a recipe from this collection of cookbooks that focuses on disability in the kitchen.
Our young nation's decision to declare independence seems like a no-brainer now, but people living in the colonies had to be convinced — no easy feat, especially when the cast album of Hamilton hadn't been invented yet.
Celebrate America 250 this Independence Day with these children's nonfiction books.
July 4, 2026 marks America's 250th semiquincentennial celebration. Women have been and continue to be American history makers and shakers.
Explore delightful children's books that celebrate bicycles, adventure, and perseverance.
Grab a funny book and get ready to laugh. International Joke Day is the perfect time to celebrate silly stories that tickle funny bones of all ages!
July honors disability pride by bringing awareness into view. These stories highlight the experiences of disabled women and their activism and advocacy for disabled peoples' rights.
This story is a part of a Welcome Toledo-Lucas County series, bringing to life first-hand accounts from our immigrant, refugee, and diverse community members who call Toledo and Lucas County home.
This story is a part of a Welcome Toledo-Lucas County series, bringing to life first-hand accounts from our immigrant, refugee, and diverse community members who call Toledo and Lucas County home.
Is your crime fiction habit stuck in a rut of either rain-soaked noir or bucolic English countryside? Try a whole new time zone. These sometimes sparse—yet always intricately plotted—mysteries are seriously fun to read.
Celebrate Pride Month with the stories about members of the LGBTQIA+ community who have immigration stories of their own!
Teenage cynicism? Check. Adaptation of one of the best comics of the ‘90s? Check. 25 years later, Ghost World remains a must-watch.
The loss of Jane Yolen is only softened by the legacy of 450 books she has written across all genres for children, teens, and adults.
The world met Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark 45 years ago on June 12th, and we learned how wonderful and fun history can be. Here are some great globe-trotting, artefact-seeking adventure novels to enjoy as we celebrate this anniversary.
2026 is the Summer of Second Chance Romance. Let's celebrate with "I Knew It, I Knew You" playing on repeat, and a list of Second Chance Romances that will have you kicking your feet and giggling.
This story is a part of a Welcome Toledo-Lucas County series, bringing to life first-hand accounts from our immigrant, refugee, and diverse community members who call Toledo and Lucas County home.
These books include some of the wildlife you and your child might observe around the seasonal ponds and marshes in Northwest Ohio this spring.
With Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi introduced the world to the Iranian experience — and to a new way of storytelling.
By the Power of Grayskull! (Or Snake Mountain, if you’re evil—no judgment.)
Here are some fantastic reading ideas to cart along to the beach or just rev up the backyard sprinkler and enjoy with a cool beverage. Don't get that library book wet, though. No, really, I'm serious: keep the library book dry.
Few musicians left such a colossal mark on the landscape of jazz. * insert sax solo *
Reading suggestions by star sign? Yep! We can do that. This month, we share ideas for curious and dual-natured Gemini readers.
Join the discussion at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21 at Heatherdowns Branch Library on the status of women in business, including women-owned and operated business, the wage gap, structural barriers, and more.
It’s Janet Jackson’s birthday. What have you done for her lately?
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with these stories from those in the disabled AAPI community.

