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  • Honk If You Love Safety

    Actually, there's more to traffic safety and signage than just orange cones!

  • Daniel Clowes, Alternative Comics, and 35 Years of Eightball

    One of the seminal works of alternative comics is turning 35. Check out Eightball and the other comics of Daniel Clowes.

  • Toledo’s Water Crisis, Ten Years Later

    Water is a building block of life on earth. So why does it keep trying to kill us?

  • 5 Titles to Start Your Environmental Feminist Journey

    Local environmental activist, Angie Fitzpatrick, kicks off our discussion of Feminism and the Environment that will continue at the Sylvania Branch on (Tu) August 20 at 6 p.m. Local sustainability advocates will lead a discussion on their journeys to sustainability and what women in Lucas County can do to help.

  • 10 Short Story Collections to Show Your Pride

    Love, loss, friendship, allyship, monsters both real and fantastical, and a whole bunch of LGBTQIA+ teens.

  • 5 Books to Celebrate TolPride!

    What's a better way to celebrate TolPride than to dive into some LGBTQIA+ books?

  • How to Get the Most of Your Library By Using Libby

    Learn how to tag items in Libby and explore popular recommended reads.

  • 5 Comics to Read If You’re Excited for Batman: Caped Crusader

    90s kids, be ready: animated Batman is back!

  • 30 Teen Titles About Young Love

    Love (might be) in the air! Check out these teen romantic reads.

  • Dive into the Olympics: Best Books to Get Ready for the Summer Games

    The Olympics bring so many great things together - athletic excellence, international fellowship, and so many amazing stories of how the athletes got there at all. Here are some great books to get into the spirit of the games.

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  • 9 Books Celebrating the Great Outdoors for Nature Lovers

    These books are best experienced outside.

  • 5 Books to Help You Save Money, Eat Healthy, and Pack Your Lunch

    We round up some of the best books to help you pack your own lunch.

  • 10 Cozy Mysteries To Add Some Spooky To Your Life

    These 10 books with definitely help get you in the Halloween mood.

  • 6 of the Best Goosebumps Books from the 1990s

    Readers young and old who enjoy the fun horror of Goosebumps know they're in for a scare.

  • Top 10 Terrifying Horror Manga to Go with Your Spooky Season Vibe

    Get ready for Halloween with these eerie manga.

  • 10 Incredibly Frightening Horror Titles for After You Watch The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix

    “I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.”

  • 10 Books To Feed Your Travis Kelce/Taylor Swift Obsession

    10 sports romances for all of us who ship the Taylor and Travis romance. #Traylor

  • 10 Classic Horror Movies to Stream for Free on Kanopy this Halloween

    Travel back to simpler times with these horror mainstays and cult classics that have helped shape the spooky films we have today.

  • Youth Literature for World Mental Health Day

    Help raise awareness about mental health issues and erase the stigma with these compelling children’s and young adult reads.

  • Rachel Recommends: What to Read and Watch This Autumn

    "I'm so glad to live in a world where there are Octobers." - L.M. Montgomery

  • 5 Books to Read Before the Solar Eclipse

    Toledo is lucky to be in the path of two solar eclipses in the next year! The first is October 14th, the second April 8th.

  • 5 Books About Coffee, Just in Time for Pumpkin Spice Latte Season

    Don't read this before you've had your first cup of coffee for the day.

  • Going to Toledo Comic Arts Festival on Saturday November 4? Here’s Everything You Need to Know

    The first ever Toledo Comic Arts Festival is happening (Th) Nov. 2 (online) and (Sa) Nov. 4, 2023 at Main Library. Here's everything you need to know before you go.

  • Young Adult Books to Inspire and Prepare First Time Voters

    Celebrate National Voter Education Week and High School Voter Registration Week by helping young adults and first time voters get ready to vote.

  • Explore the Galaxy with Star Wars Reads

    You thought May the Fourth was the only Star Wars holiday worth celebrating? Think again.

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