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  • 5 Photography Books to Help You Capture the Moment

    Take all the pictures.

  • 10 Books to Help Your Vegetable Garden Planning and Planting

    May 19th is Plant a Vegetable Garden Day. Check out these books for some inspiration.

  • Celebrate National Mystery Month with 10 New Mysteries

    Catch the killer, uncover the truth, or solve the puzzle!

  • On International Museum Day, Visit One of the Toledo Area’s Fine Museums

    Some of the world's finest museums are closer than you think!

  • Prehistoric Creatures (That Are Also Not Dinosaurs!)

    Five wonderfully illustrated books about prehistoric animals that are definitely not dinosaurs. From trilobites to mammoths, many of these creatures once roamed Northwest Ohio.

  • 9021 Five-Oh: Happy Birthday Tori Spelling

    Tori Spelling turns 50 years old this month. If you know who that is, I’m sorry to hear about your joint pain.

  • 5 “Great” Books on Catherine the Great to Read after Watching “The Great”

    Catherine the Great is back on TV, which is pretty impressive considering she died in 1796.

  • R.I.P. MTV News (1987-2023): Headbanging the Headlines

    For years, MTV News told the youth of America what was happening to the nation, to the world, and to Jamiroquai. But now it's gone. Tabitha Soren, we hardly knew ye.

  • 10 Fractured Fairy Tales for Big Stinking Ogres

    Okay, not all of these have ogres, but Shrek is a type of fractured fairy tale, and while the next installment doesn't have a release date, we can still get excited. Read these if you want to get in the spirit.

  • 5 Great Books for Fans of APM Reports “Sold a Story” Podcast

    If Sold a Story piqued your curiosity, explore what cognitive science says about how reading works. Try these titles for a deeper dive into the science of reading.

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    5 Comics To Read If You Like Moon Knight

    Excited for Moon Knight on Disney+? The library has plenty of comics for fans of the so-called Fist of Khonshu.

  • A group of people sit around a table. The view is a close-up of the table, the people's hands, several notebooks, a laptop, and various drinks that surround them.

    NaNoWriMo 2021

    Celebrate NaNoWriMo with our favorite novels written during the writing challenge.

  • View of the StoryWalk along Locke Branch's sidewalk.

    StoryWalk Challenge

    Enjoy fall while walking through TLCPL StoryWalks and earn a cozy prize. *while supplies last.

  • A wall of golden stars on a blue surface show the WWII memorial wall.

    Rethinking World War II 80 Years On

    Two University of Toledo professors choose their top book picks for look at how WWII and the events of 1941 are remembered 80 years later. Here are their top book picks.

  • A young curly-haired boy holds a retro rotary dial phone to his ear.

    Dial-A-Story November 2-16

    Bring the library along on an adventure with Dial-A-Story.

  • A red notebook with a pen on top of it is left of a typewrite and a digital camera on a table.

    Explore Your Creative Side During NaNoWriMo

    Have you ever thought about writing but didn't know where to start? Find inspiration during NaNoWriMo and beyond with help from your Library.

  • An illustrative ad that shows four Native American women. Each woman wears a different outfit and looks in a different direction.

    5 Native American Women U.S. History Doesn’t Tell You About

    Throughout history, Native American women have always served as leaders, healers, and artists. But you wouldn’t know it from reading most history textbooks

  • A Halloween scene is shown with a large moon as the focal point. Before the moon are tree branches, flying bats, and a raven perched and cawing from a branch on the left side of the scene.

    Dial-A-Story: The Halloween Edition

    Give us a ring for a spooky treat.

  • A foggy forest view of a creepy cabin. One window of the cabin has a light on that is illuminating the space outside of the cabin.

    In the Spirit of Things

    All of these books have call numbers which means it's all real, right? Right?

  • Colorful text reads "You're amazing" with "amazing" being placed on top of "you're" on a white background. The "You're" is made of blue, yellow, light green, dark green, light pink, and dark pink colors. The "amazing" is made of dark blue text.

    Ability Awareness resources for Upper Elementary (4-5); Middle School (6-8)

    We hope that this list of both fiction and nonfiction titles for your middle grades reader will inspire ability awareness.

  • Hands form a heart shape in front of a sunset over the water.

    Ability Awareness: Romance Reads

    Enjoy this list of series that include disability representation.

  • A close-up view of a Bletchley Park Code Breaker.

    So you want to be a cryptanalyst…

    Learn more about the history and future of codes and ciphers (and maybe how to create your own!)

  • A little girl, seen from above, washes her hands with a bar of soap in a sink.

    Healthy Kids resources for Preschool/ Kindergarten; Early Elementary (1-3)

    Help your young child develop habits to stay healthy.

  • A collaged advertisement for horror comics that includes comic book covers of works such as: "The Immortal Hulk," "Afterlife with Archie," "Something is Killing the Children," "The Vault of Horror," "DC Showcase Presents Ghosts," and "The Nail Biter: Volume One."

    Horror Comics for Spooky Season

    Get in the Halloween mood with these eerie, gruesome, and macabre comic book tales.

  • Multi-colored pieces of paper have three wooden hearts placed over the paper in a triangle shape.

    Dial-A-Story for October 13-26

    You are enough! Dial in for books highlighting Ability Awareness.

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