Who say’s manga can’t be educational? The Manga Guide series, available from Tacoma Public Library, use manga style illustrations and comic storyboards to engage readers in tutorials of a variety of challenging school subjects…
Rock Your Zen
At "Rock Your Zen" you will be applying structured patterns with colored paints and ink to rocks. This is Zendoodling; meditation through art. You will find this is a wonderful method of finding inner calm, expressing outer creativity and adding significant beauty to the world. This program is appropriate for those over the age of…
Logs and Loggers
Two photographs were artfully combined in this March, 1936 work by photographer Marvin Boland. Large logs are pictured aboard an open railroad car on tracks while in the background are three unidentified men posed at the base of an enormous old-growth tree. See more featured images and posts…
Country Music
Country music originated in the southern United States in the 1920’s. It takes its roots from the southeast U. S., specifically Appalachian folk music and blues music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Embrace the music industry’s most successful genre with these albums and books available from Tacoma Public Library. For…
End of an Elegant Instrument
This old upright piano joined the rubbish heap at the City dump in March of 1937. City worker John Sankovich (at left) helped Cooney Transfer & Storage employees Charlie Merchant and Gene Robinson in disposing of the piano. The once elegant instrument was crafted in London about 100 years before and came into the possession…
Pokémon: Gotta Read ‘Em All
Tacoma Public Library is home to all of your favorite Pokémon juvenile fiction graphic novels. From Abomasnow to Zygarde, make Tacoma Library your first Poké-stop…
Mem Fox for Diversity
Mem Fox is a retired Associate Professor of Literacy Studies and holds three honorary doctorates. Her childrens picture books have been translated into 19 languages and usually center around themes of acceptance and ethnic diversity. Mem Fox lives in her home country of Australia but is constantly on the move as an advocate for literacy…
Buzzy and Ricky
In 1940, the heated election fight between former mayor Melvin G. Tennent and Harry P. Cain ended in March with Mr. Cain elected mayor of Tacoma. Mr. Cain's name had been placed on the ballot by a superior court mandamus order days before the election. "This is the dirtiest deal ever pulled in the city…
Book Lovers Read On
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies…the man who never reads lives only one.” George R. R. Martin Explore new reading interests with recommendations from these insightful books available at Tacoma Public Library. For even more inspiration, feast your eyes on these beautiful photographs of book lovers around the world…
Tacoma Home Show Queen
In March of 1972 Elaine Burt, the newly crowned Tacoma Home Show Queen, smiled prettily while perched on the back of a llama. Her placid companion, who also appears to be smiling, was on display during the 26th edition of the home show held at the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse from March 28 through…
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