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  • 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.

  • Banned Books Week: Challenges That May Surprise You

    If a book is being challenged, the author probably did something right. Write? Right.

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  • 15 Books on Mending and Upcycling for Sustainable Fashion

    Mending and upcycling clothes is a great way to contribute to sustainable fashion. Here are some books with great ideas to make beautiful new creations out of second-hand or old, worn clothes and home goods…

  • Leaving Funky Town: So Long, Winkerbean

    The newspaper comic strip Funky Winkerbean has been telling stories about its Ohio-based characters day by day for fifty years. But at the end of this month, that all changes.

  • 7 Comic Voices That Went Silent in 2022

    To lose one comedian in a year may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose seven looks like carelessness.

  • Top 12 Holiday Themed Mysteries

    Light the fire and curl up with one of these holiday-themed mysteries.

  • You’re Going to Get Old: These Books Help You Embrace It

    “Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty” – Coco Chanel

  • 5 Non-Traditional Christmas Movies

    Get into the holiday spirit with these not-so-typical Christmas films.

  • 8 Books to Help You Make Comics

    Your one-stop-shop to get you started making your first comic or graphic novel. Writing, storyboarding, drawing, and publishing!

  • 10 Books to Help Teach Your Child to Read

    Do you want to help your child learn to read? Check out one of these great books!

  • 10 Ways to Try a Little Otis Redding

    Fifty-five years ago this month the unparalleled soul singer Otis Redding left us, and we've been loving his music too long to stop now.

  • C is for Cookie: Baking and Decorating Ideas to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

    Om Nom Nom Nom. Let’s bake some cookies!

  • Celebrating Non-Religions: Books to Help You Understand Agnosticism, Atheism, and More

    As the Library celebrates world religions this December, it's also pertinent to recognizes those that don't adhere to any particular faith.

  • Celebrating World Religions: Books to Help You Understand Sikhism

    Learn about Sikhism with these interesting books.

  • Best Books to Give as Gifts: Romance and Science Fiction/Fantasy Titles

    A selection of romance and science fiction/fantasy books that will make great gifts.

  • Best Books to Give as Gifts: Nonfiction Titles

    A selection of nonfiction titles that will make great gifts.

  • Best Books to Give as Gifts: Fiction and Mystery Titles

    A selection of fiction and mystery titles that will make great gifts.

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