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Celebrate Diversability Awareness Month with hoopla's collection of diverse narrators.
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month today and explore our resources
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Celebrate Banned Books Week: October 5th - 11th
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Navigating Life with Intellectual Development Disability: Teen and Adult Services Series - Learn more today!
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LGBTQIA+ Resource Fair - October 18th
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Celebrate Banned Books Week
October 5th - 11th
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month today and explore our resources & programs
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LGBTQIA+ Resource Fair - Toms River Branch, October 18, 10am - 3pm
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Scream season starts now - Dive into Kanopy’s Fright Fest
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Check out the winners of our 100th Anniversary Bookmark Contest!
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with our resources, programs, and reading recommendations!
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Celebrate Banned Books Week October 5th - 11th
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Get into a spooky mood with these great reads!
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Explore resources available to you at our LGBTQIA+ Resource Fair on October 18th at the Toms River Branch
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Come out to our Teen Art Gala on October 11th at the Toms River Branch
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Click to see programs in all our branches
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Check out our list of middle-grade novels that survived bans and challenges
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Great fall programs for you at all OCL branches - see the list here
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Animated books, TV shows, homework help, and video field trips!
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Frightfully fun! Plug into OCL's playlist, or build one that's all yours with Freegal
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