Learning a new language is not always easy but Toronto Public Library can make learning fun and free with Mango Languages! Mango Languages is an online language-learning resource that can help you learn over 70 languages, including English, French, Japanese, German, Greek, Italian, Arabic, Korean and more. You can use Mango for free with your […]
Review by Leya, age 19 I have been on a journey to finding happiness and discovering myself and for so long I felt lost. I didn't know what I wanted, what made me happy. I was so discontent with the way the world worked. I was not happy with my life and myself but when I first […]
Free programs, free movies, free exhibits. All at the Toronto Reference Library. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The August 2017 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or search, visit out Programs, Classes and Exhibits page.
Many people prefer to read nonfiction books over novels. Many others like to read the occasional nonfiction as a change from novels. For all those who enjoy nonfiction, whether all the time or occasionally, here is a brief list of some of the books that are popular this summer. Astrophysics for People in a […]
Warm summer nights remind me of the outdoor concerts I attended when I was young. I’ve always found music to be relaxing or energizing but I never thought of it in therapeutic terms.
Review by Zara, age 13 Stranger Things is the hit Netflix TV series created by the Duffer brothers. The TV show has to be one of Netflix’s best productions and should be binge watched ASAP. The series is filled with all kinds of science fiction and supernatural events all too great to be existing. Stranger […]
Summer marks a significant change in most students’ lives. To the new graduates, this blog post provides some books for encouragement, inspiration, and celebration as you live your life, no matter what you decide to do or where you decide to go. Your heart beats fast. Your palms are sweaty. Your mouth is dry. You […]
Do you know the story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen? (Did you know that you can borrow it from Toronto Public Library in six different languages?)
Review by Isha, age 14 Poverty, hydrocephalus, alcoholic dad, and life between the Indian reservation and the all-white new school. A combination which only gets worse for 14-year-old Arnold Spirit, “Junior” after being abandoned by his best friend, earning the title of a traitor, and mourning for the deaths of three very close people in […]
The longlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2017 has been announced. Thirteen titles from 144 entries published in the United Kingdom in English between October 2016 and September 2017 have been selected. The 2017 judges are Baroness Lola Young (Chair), literary critic Lila Azam Zanganeh, novelist Sarah Hall, artist Tom Phillips and travel writer Colin […]