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All of OPL’s staff recommendations in one page. You can browse the different lists based on topics, format or genres, or you can read some of the more detailed blog posts about specific items. If you can’t find what you are looking for, you can always #AskALibrarian online or in a branch!

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Recent arrivals

An Earth-bot's Solution to Plastic Pollution

Set your Alarm, Sloth! : More Advice for Troubled Animals From Dr. Glider

A Sailor, A Chicken, An Incredible Voyage : The Seafaring Adventures of Guirec and Monique

System Error : Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot

Beetles for Breakfast

The Message : The Extraordinary Journey of An Ordinary Text Message

Return of the Underwear Dragon

Flight 149 : A Hostage Crisis, A Secret Special Forces Unit, and the Origins of the Gulf War

Confronting Gender-Based Violence

November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and ushers in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.

On Violence and on Violence Against Women

Believing : Our Thirty-year Journey to End Gender Violence

Persephone's Children : A Life in Fragments

Written on the Body : Letters From Trans and Non-binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

The Macho Paradox : Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help

Our Bodies, Their Battlefields : War Through the Lives of Women

Assume Nothing : A Story of Intimate Violence

Drawing Power : Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival : A Comics Anthology

Remembrance Day

The Vimy oaks : a journey of peace / Linda Granfield ; illustrated by Brian Deines.

Till Victory : The Second World War by Those Who Were There

Muggins : The Life and Afterlife of A Canadian Canine War Hero

Remembrance Day

A Soldier's Place : The War Stories of Will R. Bird

The Light Over London

Nazi Prison Camp Escape

The Baker's Secret

Civilians at the Sharp End : First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in Northwest Europe

Remembrance : A Story

Discover new kids' books!

Stealing Home

Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister?

How to Win A Slime War

The Secret Life of Viruses : Incredible Science Facts About Germs, Vaccines, and What You Can Do to Stay Healthy

I Is for Immigrants

Niki Nakayama : A Chef's Tale in 13 Bites

HALLOWEEN

The Witch Haven

Witch Rising

Mrs. Claus and the Halloween Homicide

Halloween Party Murder

What Lives in the Woods

Halloween Is Coming!

Hocus Pocus

Creepy Cross-stitch : 25 Spooky Projects to Haunt your Halls

Better Home & Gardens : 100 Best Halloween Ideas

Halloween treats : simply spooky recipes for ghoulish sweet treats