Spotlight View previous item Dear Tacoma: Collecting Our Community’s Stories Add your story to an archive of Tacoma’s struggles, hopes, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic by submitting a letter or audio… Virtual Assistance - TPL is here to help! Library staff can help you file for unemployment, complete the 2020 Census, provide referrals to local service providers, and more. Friday Family Storytimes Online Programs Missing storytime? Join our youth services librarians every Friday on Facebook LIVE at 1:00 p.m. for a virtual storytime for all ages with.. Radical Readers Kid’s Online Book Club Join a totally different virtual book club for kids! Each month we will read and discuss books from different categories. You get to pick… Library Giving Day – Thank You, Tacoma! Thank you, Tacoma, for supporting Tacoma Public Library on Library Giving Day! This year, we asked for both donations and dedications,… View next item Item 1 of 5 View item 1, selected View item 2 View item 3 View item 4 View item 5 Library 24/7 Get a Library eCard TPL YouTube Channel Overdrive eBooks & Audiobooks Hoopla eBooks, Movies, Music Kanopy: Streaming Movies New eBooks eAudiobooks Streaming Movies Streaming Music eMagazines Select a carousel eBooks eAudiobooks Streaming Movies Streaming Music eMagazines Go to carousel Upcoming Online Events 29 May Friday Family Storytimes May 29, 1:00pm Online event 2 Jun Radical Readers Book Club Jun 2, 3:00pm Online event 5 Jun Friday Family Storytimes Jun 5, 1:00pm Online event View more Upcoming Online Events Local History View previous item Clarence M. Blair The shoeshine stand at the County-City Building was back in business with 25-year Army veteran Clarence Blair in charge. Mr. Blair… Lest We Forget Ceremony at Grove, New Tacoma Cemetery, Wm. B. Reed. A young girl placing flowers on a grave for Memorial Day, May 30, 1949. Many flowers… Catch of the Day! In this photograph from May, 1947, Anton (Tony) Barcott holds the fish he and Wahenell Barcott caught in Lake St. Claire, Thurston County.… Guarded Moment Five year old Toshiyuki Hattori shared a copy of the book "America on Guard" with Pvt. Nat Schwartz on May 17, 1942 in a train car taking… A True Custom Ride Five-year-old Randy Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. "Tex" Miller of Tacoma, poses with his own custom built motorcycle in May 1950. The… View next item Item 1 of 5 View item 1, selected View item 2 View item 3 View item 4 View item 5 We Recommend View previous item Hoopla Bonus Borrows Running out of monthly Hoopla checkouts? Explore the Hoopla Bonus Borrows for titles that don't count against your monthly checkout limit! Listen to the new Hunger Games prequel today! The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes audiobook is now available through Hoopla. No holds, no wait! Start listening today! May is Bike Month During the month of May, the City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Library are celebrating Bike Month. Check out these biking ebook and Our Radiant Region eBooks and eaudiobooks that highlight the outdoors, Tacoma, and the beautiful Pacific Northwest. LibraryReads May 2020 Nothing says “must read” quite like a Librarian’s stamp of approval! Every month LibraryReads.org releases the top picks for the month, as… View next item Item 1 of 5 View item 1, selected View item 2 View item 3 View item 4 View item 5 On Demand Programming available via our YouTube Channel! BROWSE STAFF PICKS, NEW TITLES AND MORE Books eBooks Audiobooks Movies & TV Music Kids & Families Teens & Tweens Adults
