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OverDrive Reciprocal Lending Agreement – Updated 12/4/2025

Scott Wright

Did you know that Dexter District Library is now part of an agreement with many other Michigan cooperatives sharing access to our Libby collections?

Partner Libraries are currently:

  • Bay County Library System (added 12/4/2025)
  • Genesee District Library (added 10/3/2024)
  • Great Lakes Digital Libraries
  • Lakeland Library Cooperative
  • Metro Net Library Consortium
  • Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative
  • Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
  • Saint Clair County Library System (added 10/3/2024)
  • Southwest Michigan Digital Library (added 7/29/2025)
  • Suburban Library Cooperative
  • Traverse Area District Library (added 4/9/2024)
  • Up North Library Cooperative
  • White Pine Library Cooperative
  • Woodlands Library Cooperative

This means that including our 78,000+ titles, you have access to over 387,000 additional titles!

To access the Partner Library collections on your computer, simply click the “Partner libraries” button in the upper right corner of Download Destination.

On the Libby app, follow these steps to add our Partner Libraries to your account:

  1. Open the menu (found in the bottom center) inside Libby
  2. Select “Add Library“
  3. Search for a Partner Library – their names are listed in red above
  4. Select “Sign In With My Card“
  5. Under Partner Libraries select Dexter District Library
  6. Enter your library card and pin.
    Tip:  You can long hold on the library card number after typing it, then select copy.  When you arrive at this step again, long hold and press paste to save time.
  7. You are now shopping on that Partner Library’s Libby collection
  8. Repeat the process to add the rest of the Partner Libraries
  9. You may toggle between Library collections using the menu in the bottom center inside Libby

Please note that hold priority is given to patrons borrowing from their home library collection.

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Graphic Novels and Manga

Mollie Hall

The Library has lots of graphic novels for all ages. And be sure to check out our new Manga sections in the Juvenile area and the Teen Zone!

If you’d like a little help choosing your graphic novel or manga, here are some suggestions:

Juvenile Graphic Novels & Manga:

  • The Baby-Sitter’s Club & Baby-Sitter’s Little Sister series – J GN BAB
  • Goosebumps: Monster Blood by Maddi Gonzalez – J GN GOO
  • I Survived series by Georgia Ball – J GN I
  • Iron Man, Something Strange! by Dean Hale – J GN IRO
  • Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Colleen A. F. Venable – J GN JUN
  • Lilo & Stitch: The Graphic Novel by Random House – J GN LIL
  • Miss Camper by Kat Fajardo – J GN MIS
  • A Nansi Graphic Novel #1: Way Off Track by Carl Brundtland – J GN NAS
  • Hillside Valley #1: Speak Up, Santiago! by Julio Anta – J GN SPE
  • Wings of Fire series by Barry Deutsch – J GN WIN
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons series by Rumba Kokonasu – J MANGA ANI
  • Chi’s Sweet Adventures series by Kanata Konami – J MANGA CHI
  • Hikaru in the Light! #1 by Mai Matsuda – J MANGA HIK
  • Kirby Manga Mania series by Hirokazu Hikawa – J MANGA KIR
  • Minecraft the Manga #1 by Kazuyoshi Seto – J MANGA MIN
  • Pokemon series by Hidenori Kusaka – J MANGA POK
  • Spider-Man: Kizuna, Vol. 1 by Setta Kbayashi – J MANGA SPI
  • Yo-Kai Watch series by Noriyuki Konishi – J MANGA YO

Teen Graphic Novels & Manga:

  • Brownstone by Samuel Teer and Mariana Julia – YA GRAPHIC BRO
  • Dreamer: a graphic memoir by Akim Aliu – YA GRAPHIC DRE
  • Flip by Ngozi Ukazu – YA GRAPHIC FLI
  • The Girl from the Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag – YA GRAPHIC GIR
  • How it All Ends by Emma Hunsinger – YA GRAPHIC HOW
  • Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham – YA GRAPHIC LUN
  • Paper Girls: the Complete Story by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson – YA GRAPHIC PAP
  • Aria of the Beech Forest  by Yugiri Aika – YA MANGA ARI
  • Blue Box by Kouji Miura – YA MANGA BLU
  • Cosmos by Ryuhei Tamura – YA MANGA COS
  • Dinosaur Sanctuary by Itaro Kinoshita – YA MANGA DIN
  • Makeup is Not (Just) Magic: A Manga Guide to Cosmetics and Skincare by Ikumi Rotta – YA MANGA MAK
  • Run on Your New Legs by Wataru Midori – YA MANGA RUN
  • Ruridragon by Masaoki Shindo – YA MANGA RUR
  • Star Wars The Mangalorian: The Manga by Yusuke Osawa – YA MANGA STA