Toledo Lucas County Public Library

Log your reading by tomorrow, Feb. 28 to be entered to win grand prizes including Kindle Fires, Nintendo Switch Lites, Cricut machines, and various gift cards!
⬇️ Here's how to record your reading! ⬇️
https://ow.ly/AY4U50Yknx6

Get your Library cards ready! We have a great selection of new books this week 📖

See what else is new!
➡️ https://ow.ly/rKLb50Yl2F2

📚 Book Sale! 📚
Build your home or classroom library with gently-used, well-loved books for $1 each.

🗓️ Feb. 26-28
📍 1301 N. Reynolds Road, Toledo, Ohio 43615
🔗 https://toledofol.org/booksales

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Spooky by Sally Anne Garland
A cute story written by someone who truly understands cat behaviors. The illustrations provide us with pages of realistically portrayed cat expressions and emotions.

Log your reading by Feb. 28 to be entered to win grand prizes including Kindle Fires, Nintendo Switch Lites, Cricut machines, and various gift cards!

⬇️ Here's how to record your reading! ⬇️
https://ow.ly/Co5m50Yknwo

Celebrate Black History Month with this list of graphic novels written or illustrated by Black creators!

View the list ➡️ https://ow.ly/JeRr50YkgtC

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction, journalist and immigrant Omar El Akkad pens a memoir that is thought-provoking and brutally frank about the Gaza War.

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Table for None: Lost Eateries of Toledo by Tedd Long and Mark Snyder
Take a tour of Toledo's lost restaurants from elegant hotels to diners, this book is a walk down Toledo's culinary memory lane. Great pictures and menus too! #eatlocal #localauthor #localhistory

Update: This has been resolved, and an “all-clear”message has been announced.

As a precautionary measure due to a hazardous material spill at SOFO Foods facility (Waggonner Blvd), Lagrange is on lockdown until further notice. Avoid the area (1 mile radius). We will provide more information as it becomes available.

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Retold through many interviews of the athletes themselves, this is a companion to the newly released documentary.

Join us at Main Library on (W) March 4 for a film screening and panel discussion with Toledo Troopers! Register here: https://ow.ly/Qbjf50YhNTW

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The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever by Sandra Salsbury
This story perfectly captures the love (and exhaustion) of early parenthood. A humorous, relatable read for wide-eyed children and their equally tired grown-ups.

🎧 🎶 Did you know you can stream your favorite music for free through freegal music and hoopla digital with your library card?

Listen to the playlist ➡️ https://ow.ly/4beX50YhNAM

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The Wedding People by Alison Espach
This book was not what I expected but in the best way! I read this book in July, it is now December, and I am still thinking about it.

Content warning: Description of pet loss and suicidal ideation

Join us at Kent Branch (Th) Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. for our Spoken Word Mixer!

The program will highlight local Black and African American poets, networking opportunities, a panel discussion, light snacks, and prizes! Registration is suggested but not required.
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We have 12,500 people signed up for Winter Read - and there's still time to register! 📚 Sign up and receive a hat for you and your family.

Already finished your two books? Record your reading to be eligible for the grand prize drawings!
www.toledolibrary.org/readingchallenges/

Love letters from our Local History collection! ❤️
www.toledolibrary.org/localhistory

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Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Sophie was made for him. Everything is perfect. She is perfect. She is happy. Why shouldn't she be happy? No... really... why shouldn't she...

💕 Celebrate love during Black History Month with these romances that center Black love and are written by Black authors.

Place your requests here 📖 https://ow.ly/N2GU50YezUl

It's true. 👀

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Chickenpox by Remy Lai
This was a very cute graphic novel that took me back to my younger years when I had the chickenpox.

Check back tomorrow for a very special valentine.💘

Also, sign up for our Romance Readers newsletter to get the scoop right to your email!
www.toledolibrary.org/newsletter-sign-up/

We're celebrating Black History Month by highlighting local Black and African American authors at our Black Authors Meetup. Enjoy an evening of networking, a brief panel discussion, and prizes!
🗓️ (Th) Feb. 12 | 5 - 8 p.m.
📍 Mott Branch Library
https://ow.ly/6JFa50YcMzM

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A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
A vivid introduction to Black women's history that builds on the scholarship of the last few decades, celebrating Black women in American history and prompting readers to learn more.

💗 Tomorrow! 💗

Join us at Main Library on (W) Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. to hear from USA Today best-selling author (and Toledo native) Jo Segura discuss her new book, The Lust Crusade.

The program is free, but tickets are required. Register here! https://ow.ly/xouc50YcpyW

Time to update your TBR... 👉⌚📚

Place your holds: https://ow.ly/8OQx50Ycp8W

Screenshot of the Libby app’s borrowing history page.

Hats off to the @toledolibrary.bsky.social for having a digital collection on par with the entire state of Maryland.

The Youth Writing Contest is now open! Kids in grades K-12 can participate. The topic is: You've become an animal! Do you have fur, feathers, scales? Where do you go? What do you do? Tell us your story!

View more details and submit your story at www.toledolibrary.org/writing-contest

Reminder: All Library online services will be briefly unavailable this evening (Su) Feb. 8 for scheduled system maintenance.

All Library online services will be briefly unavailable the evening of (Su) Feb. 8 for scheduled system maintenance.