Shelf Respect

Posted about 7 hours ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, Families, Health and Wellness, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with #camping, #ice cream, #nature, #nice, #outdoors, #outside, celebrations, checklists, food

June is a month full of contradictions and changes.  Spring changes to Summer.  The sun sets later and later, and rises earlier.  June 21st – the Summer Solstice – is […]

Posted about 3 days ago by Hayley DeRoche

Posted in Book Reviews

When the fight over whose music gets played has worn everyone in the car down to a husk of their former selves, it’s time for an audiobook! These are some […]

Posted about 7 days ago by Alfreda Payton

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with book reviews, movie reviews, music, reading suggestions

In early January 2023, HBO Max and TV writer-producer, Charlie Grandy had the idea to launch a redux of the 1970’s Scooby-Doo and the Gang cartoon, but with a diverse […]

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Louis Maranski

Posted in Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices

Welcome to the 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 […]

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Adult, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions

Mother’s Day is not happy for everyone. Instead, it can be a time of grief, pain, ambiguity, frustration, strain, and even guilt. Personally, Mother’s day has been a sad day […]

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, diverse reads, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with jewish american heritage month, jewish history, local history, richmond room

Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) each May is a celebration of the contributions and experiences of Jewish Americans and highlights how America’s Jewish communities have shaped and been shaped by […]

Posted about 4 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Award Winners, Teens

The Young Adult Virginia Author (YAVA) Award Celebration commemorated its tenth year on April 22 with an afternoon of fun, food, and most importantly, books! This year’s theme was “retro […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with National Library Week

Richmond Public Library encourages all community members to visit the library during National Library Week, April 23-29, to explore all they have to offer. Most people know about the wealth […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library

The Richmond Room is on the 1st floor of the Main Library, on the west side of the building. Over the years, the space has been the Children’s Department and […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in eContent | Tagged with app, audiobooks, ebooks, econtent, Libby, overdrive

If you’re a fan of eBooks and audiobooks, then you’re probably familiar with OverDrive. If not, OverDrive is a platform to which Richmond Public Library subscribes and through which we […]