Come celebrate Black History Month at Yonge and Bloor! Click on each image to enlarge or Download February 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit our Programs, Classes and Exhibits page.
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson August is an anthropologist studying mourning rituals in different cultures. She has returned to Brooklyn following the death of her father and running into one of her old friends leads to reflection on her childhood and adolescence in the borough during the 1970s. Born in Tennessee, August moved to Brooklyn, […]
News of the World by Paulette Jiles It is 1870 and Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence. In Wichita […]
Many people have come to Canada as refugees throughout the 20th century and more and more in recent years, in times that reflect the global waves of wars, violence and conflicts, poverty and distress. The refugee story is the story of humanity, our neighbours, friends, elders, communities at large – they have all experienced and […]
Toronto Public Library is celebrating Personal Finance Month with displays in library branches and booklists of recommended readings. Place a hold on the titles below – there’s something for everyone! 1. Retirement Planning 2. Real Estate Investing 3. Personal Finance 4. Teen Financial Literacy 5. Children Financial Literacy
Photo Credit: Imagens Portal SESCSP on a CC License. About halfway through the school year, kids may need some encouragement to keep working hard. Help them stick to a growth mindset: the idea that their intelligence is not fixed. Through hard work and perseverance, they can boost their smarts and sharpen their talents. This attitude […]
Brandon Hay, Training Manager at Building Up, will talk about various barriers to employment and how to break through them. Building Up seeks a Toronto where people with barriers to employment have an opportunity to fight their communities' social and environmental issues with economically viable solutions. This workshop will be held at the Toronto Reference […]
Posted on behalf of Margaret, Children's Selection Team We are dedicated to bringing the best and brightest books to our library collections. Here are some picture books we are really excited about that will be hitting shelves soon. Bob, Not Bob! by Liz Garton Scanlon, 2017. Ages 3-5. Celebrate cold and flu season with this […]
Books in the media this week: The Globe and Mail How To Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell eBook eAudiobook Better Now by Danielle Martin eBook Birds Art Life by Kyo Maclear eBook Own It by Sallie Krawcheck eBook eAudiobook The Strays by Emily Bitto eBook Dragon […]
In December I often post about the best popular science books of the year (see the lists for 2013 and 2015). I look for books that appear again and again as I check lists of the best non-fiction published in the past year. Here, better late than never, is my list for 2016. The […]