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Arrrrrrr! A Pirate's Life for Us: Children's Books to Celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day

Sarah Fenninger
September 18, 2024
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AHOY! September 19 is International Talk Like A Pirate Day – a day that encourages everyone to talk like scallywags and enjoy all things pirate! Here in the Richmond Public […]...

Storytime at Home: Hispanic Heritage Month

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Welcome to the Storytime at Home series! Every other week, we share a list of book options tied to a kid-approved theme, a craft you can set up to go […]...

September Book Chat with Youth Services Team

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Welcome to another installment in our series of blog posts featuring children’s books we’re currently loving! “Book Chat with the Youth Services Team” features one book recommendation from each of […]...

Libraries, Then and Now

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September is officially Library Card Sign-Up Month, but to paraphrase a common saying, every month is a good one to sign up for a library card! Libraries have changed, adapted, grown, and improved. The more I think about what libraries used to provide, the more I marvel at all the wonderful options available to the library users of today....

Read Up Richmond

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Richmond Public Library's Read Up Richmond challenges people to read differently, to read outside one's own lived experience to develop an understanding of the world. This program is an opportunity for people from different walks of life to come together in the library to learn together, enter into a conversation with the larger community, and share the same space - making Richmond a more connected, more civil place....