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  • 10 Exciting Comics You Need for Squirrel Appreciation Day

    Squirrel away these comics for later or go nuts and read them now! Too much? Probably too much.

  • Toledo Library Best Books of 2025

    Here are our staff picks for the best books of 2025 for children, teens, and adults!

  • Celebrate Popeye Day with the Best of the Sailor Man

    If seafaring men with a short fuse and an insatiable desire for spinach are up your alley, have we got the comics (and movie) for you.

  • Reading Nook Wanderlust: Stunning Armchair Travel Pictorials

    Armchair travel is always in season no matter the weather. Here are some of our best pictorials on trips of a lifetime.

  • Finding Joy: The Power of Uplifting Stories

    Stop the doomscrolling! Try these upbeat true stories about people connecting through kindness. Goodness still exists — we just have to remember to look for it.

  • The Fight for Civil Rights: 20 Books to Learn About the Civil Rights Movement

    In January, we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This list compiles historical fiction which brings to life stories about fighting for civil rights and nonfiction books that help educate about civil rights.

  • Read the Book, Watch the Series/Movie

    So many wonderful books are being made into films or series these days. Here's a list of where to watch them.

  • Beyond Bedtime: Picture Books That Speak to Adults

    Storytime shouldn't just be for the kiddos! Here are my favorite picture books for grown-ups to enjoy.

  • 15 Exciting Comics You Need for National Science Fiction Day

    We’ve picked some of our favorite comics from one of fiction’s most ambitious and forward-thinking genres: science-fiction.

  • New Year, New Beginnings

    Ring in the New Year with children’s picture books that celebrate New Year’s Eve traditions, fresh beginnings, and joyful customs from around the world.

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  • It’s Complicated: Great Memoirs of Difficult Parent-Child Relationships

    Memoirs on especially tricky parent-child relationships are always fascinating to read. Here are the top 20 titles on these inevitable relationships.

  • Rest in power, Alice Wong

    "Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time." Those were the last words of author and disability activist Alice Wong to her community. But what she accomplished in the time she had is astounding.

  • Celebrating National Native American Heritage Month

    Start your Native American Heritage Month strong by expanding your knowledge of Native American cultures and history with these books!

  • 10 Essential Calvin and Hobbes Books for Its 40th Anniversary

    "It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!"

  • 12 Books for World Kindness Day

    World Kindness Day is observed globally on November 13th and is a reminder for everyone to be kind to one another.

  • The Gales of November: the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald

    The 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is this November 10th. Here are the top 20 titles we have on the Fitz and other Great Lakes shipwrecks.

  • World-On-Fire Art As Therapy: Healing Handicraft for Everyone

    Stop the doom-scrolling, it's arts-and-crafts time. Here are some fun ways to ease you through these times of turmoil, keeping that last nerve intact.

  • Understanding Emotions

    Here are some books to help your little one understand and work through the emotions they’re experiencing.

  • 9 Stories of Spirit and Identity: Queer Indigenous Fiction You Don’t Want to Miss

    These books share a common thread: the courage to exist, to reclaim, and to tell stories on their own terms.

  • Excited for Predator: Badlands? You Need These 15 Stories

    Get your spear, laser cannon, and cloaking device ready. We’ve hunted down the best (and weirdest) Predator media to get you ready for the new film, Badlands.

  • Golden Age Hollywood: The Era of Elegance and Style

    The Hollywood studio system made everything—and everyone—look beautiful and happy. If only real life (then or now) could match that!

  • Redemption Stories: Must-Read Antihero Fantasy Novels

    If you enjoy stories of redemption with complex characters, these are the fantasy novels for you!

  • Children’s Books About Mobile Libraries

    A library on wheels? A library that visits you? What might that be? The bookmobile! Explore these books for kids that discuss mobile libraries.

  • 10 Books Based on Your Favorite Video Games!

    Are you a gamer and need something to read? Check out these 10 teen and tween titles based on popular video games.

  • Book Recs Based on Your Halloween Costume – Kiddo Edition

    Here's a great list of books based on Halloween costume ideas. Take a look and see if you can guess the costume that would go with each one.

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