The Milwaukee Road was a local railroad company who, like many others at the time, tried to monopolize increased travel to national parks. MPL Special collections librarian Greg Comly explains how they expanded their railroad line and even built a luxury hotel to draw people to the parks out west.

Sarah Finn, the Archival Projects Librarian in the Special Collections department at the Milwaukee Public Library shares her book recommendations for July.

Joshua Ashing, the Circulation Services Representative for the Milwaukee Public Library system, provides his recommendations for Pride Month books.

May is AAPI Heritage Month. Dan Lee, a local history librarian at the Milwaukee Public Library, shares his picks to learn about local and national AAPI history reads this month.

Every month on Lake Effect, we partner with the Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) for our Book of the Month Series to bring you new reading recommendations. April is National Poetry Month and the Milwaukee Public Library system is hosting a variety of events for those who are interested in poetry.

Every month on Lake Effect, we partner with the Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) for our Book of the Month Series to bring you new reading recommendations. Milwaukee Public Library business technology department librarian Aniyah Stubblefield shares her book recommendation along with some events for Women's History Month.

Milwaukee Public Library's Brittany Lee shares her book recommendation and some programs offered by the library for Black History Month.

Every month here on Lake Effect, we partner with the Milwaukee Public Library for our Book of the Month Series to bring you new reading recommendations. January's pick is a Southern cookbook, 'B Smith Cooks Souther Style' to help keep us warm during the winter.

Milwaukee Public Library's Fawn Siemsen-Fuchs gives suggestions on how to construct an attainable and effective reading list for 2023.

Every month, we partner with the Milwaukee Public Library for our Book of the Month Series to bring you new reading recommendations. This month's book pick focuses on Native Heritage as we celebrate American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.