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Book Babies and Toddlers Virtual Storytime through ZOOM

April 13
10:30am - 11:00am

Children Storytime Virtual

Join us for a fun and interactive story, music and play for babies from birth to 24months with their caregiver....

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LIVE Preschool Storytime

April 15
10:30am - 11:15am

Children Storytime Virtual

Join us LIVE via Zoom for an interactive storytime for ages 2 ½ -5. After registration, you will receive a Zoom link and password for the event.  Check out the link below to download a copy of some of our frequently used songs, rhy...

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LEGO Club

April 15
4:00pm - 5:15pm

Children STEM Virtual

  READ * BUILD * SHARE Join us on Zoom to listen to a book, then build a lego creation based on that story. ...

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Mini Masterpieces: Zoom Painting for Kids (Eyeballs!)

April 16
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Arts & Crafts Children Family Virtual

This Week: Eyeballs! Join us live through Zoom as we paint our own mini masterpieces! Every other week we will be learning how to create a different work of art either by tackling a painting tutorial together or learning from the experti...

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Storytime Unwind

April 16
4:30pm - 5:00pm

Children Family Virtual

What better way to unwind than with a good book. Join us on Facebook Live for a fun family friendly storytime. We'll feature a new Youth Services staff member and book every week! Link to the Richmond Public Library Facebook page....

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Get Growing!

Lisa Crisman
March 22, 2021
adult
book-reviews
childrens
families
fiction
gardening
nonfiction
reading-recommendations
teens

Spring is here, bulbs are popping, trees are budding and the birds are busy! Working with seeds and plants is a great way to relieve stress and to focus on a project that can have multiple rewards. You might be adding green to your indoor windowsill, creating a colorful entry to your living space or trying to grow your own fruits and vegetables. Richmond Public Library's collection includes many great titles for gardeners of all skill levels, whether your garden is a single pot, a strip along a sidewalk, raised beds or an open, garden plot....

Memories of Ireland

Laura Price
March 17, 2021
adult
childrens
travel

With a great-great-grandmother named Margaret Mary Murphy, it was a sure bet that I would someday see Ireland. Even though over 30 years have passed since I visited, the overall impressions of the people, land, and culture of Ireland resonate with me still. At Clontarf Castle, in a Dublin suburb, I enjoyed a delightful evening of traditional Irish entertainment: music, dancing, and storytelling. Despite considerable renovation, the castle felt old to its core. Dublin proper was a dream fulfilled. Years of studying the works of James Joyce...

Women's History for Kids: Picturebook Biographies

Lisa Crisman
March 12, 2021
Anne-France Dautheville
Aretha
Bessie Coleman
biographies for children
Chicago Defender
Emily Dickinson
ENIAC
Goodnight Moon
Green Belt Movement
Gwendolyn Brooks
Hedy Lamarr
Katherine Johnson
Margarita Engle
picturebooks
Shirley Chisholm
Thunberg
Toll House Cookies
West Side Story
Zora Neale Hurston
biographies
childrens
picturebooks

It's Women's History Month! To discover someone new to you or read a current title about someone familiar, browse the recently published books listed below. Picturebook biographies are an excellent way to introduce kindergarten to middle grade readers to the genre. From artists to inventors, writers to sports stars, women equally share our history. Call your local library or go online, place a hold, and meet someone new! For newest readers, biographies may be found in a variety of reading levels. Ruth Graves Wakefield: One Smart Cookie...

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Save the date! Join us April 28th at 6pm for a virtual poetry slam hosted by @WritersDenRVA & #RVA's very own poet laureate, Roscoe Burnems! #NationalPoetryMonth https://rvalibrary.libcal.com/event/7535834

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There's still time to sign up for this important virtual workshop on Wednesday, 4/14, at 3pm! Using the REVIVE! method of training developed by @VDHgov, you'll get a quick guide to opioid overdose intervention using #naloxone. https://rvalibrary.libcal.com/event/7642416

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It's not just Monday, it's #MiddleGradeMonday! Join us over on Facebook Live every Monday afternoon at 4pm where we'll read a few chapters from one of our favorite middle grade books & share why we think YOU should finish it! #rplmgm 📚 https://rvalibrary.libcal.com/event/7640852

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