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October 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 […]...

Arpilleras from Chile--When Words Are Not Enough

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When words are not enough, images can do more to express feelings. Ask a child to point to a picture and listen to them babble about its size, shape, motions and more. While “a picture is worth a thousand words” is a cliche, in the case of arpilleras, creative projects started by Chilean women in the 1970s, their compelling pictures and thoughtful compositions are easily worth thousands of words....

The Busy Parents' Book Club - "The Three of Us" by Ore Agbaje-Williams

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Welcome to the first installment of the blog post series “The Busy Parents’ Book Club.” I decided to start this series after having my second baby in two years and […]...

Meet the Community Memory Fellow: Marvin Hicks

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The Community Memory Fellow (CMF) position was created to broaden the notion of what public history is in Richmond and make that history accessible to everyone. Over the course of […]...

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten: October 2024

Katie Heslop
October 2, 2024
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October is the second month of Richmond Public Library’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, a nationwide initiative to encourage reading to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. To learn more about how […]...