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Tolleson Public Library starts Manga Club
Tolleson Public Library’s bookmobile was created to reconnect with teenagers during the
pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Tolleson Public Library)
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BY LAUREN SERRATO
West Valley View Staff Writer
The Tolleson Public Library will kick off 2022 by offering teenagers a new Manga Club, focusing on comics and graphic novels from Japan.
The new program, which begins Wednesday, Jan. 12, will assist the library’s efforts to launch its library on wheels. The traditional bookmobile is parked outside in the front parking lot of the library, located next to Tolleson Union High School.
“They actually don’t even have a library on campus right now because of construction and renovation,” said Lila Garza, library coordinator. “We’ve been trying to set up and be able to provide them with as many library services as we can.”
After noticing the growing popularity and frequent requests about Manga, the library’s bookmobile clerk, Humberto “Chip” Nieto, came up with the idea to create a club dedicated specifi cally to the genre.
“We knew that it was a popular genre just in terms of our circulation statistics, it’s always been pretty popular for young adult readers here in the library,” Garza said.
“But when trying to fi gure out a teen program that would give them an opportunity to interact, we fi gured Manga would be a good place to start since it is something that they request anyways. We are going to give the kids
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