Shelf Respect
News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL
Storytime at Home: To The Zoo!
Posted about 4 days ago by Sarah Fenninger
Posted in
Book Reviews, Children's
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #storytimeathome, storytime at home
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 […]
Continue Reading
YA Reads: Celebrating LGBTQ+ YA Nonfiction & Transgender and Nonbinary YA Fiction
Posted about 6 days ago by Genevievre Wood
Posted in
Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, For Teens, lgbtq, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens, young adult
| Tagged with #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, ya, yabooks, yafiction, yanonfiction, yareads, young adult, youngadult, youngadultbooks
Happy Pride Month, Richmond! At Richmond Public Library we make sure that our collection reflects diverse identities and includes LGBTQIAP+ authors and characters no matter the month, but June is […]
Continue Reading
Celebrate Pride Month with Richmond Public Library!
Posted about 1 week ago by James Vaughan
Posted in
Book Reviews, celebrations, diverse reads, Families, Fiction, For Teens, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens, young adult
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #yareads, adult, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, celebrations, Children's, LGBT, lgbtq, pride, Pride Month, pridemonth, queer, ya, young adult
43
Continue Reading
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten: June 2025
Posted about 2 weeks ago by Lauren Clementi
Posted in
Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, book recommendations, book recs
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a nationwide initiative to encourage reading to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. To learn more about how to start the program, visit the 1,000 Books Before […]
Continue Reading
Storytime at Home: Ice Cream
Posted about 3 weeks ago by Sarah Fenninger
Posted in
Book Reviews, Children's
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #storytimeathome, storytime at home
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 […]
Continue Reading
May Book Chat with the YA Team
Posted about 3 weeks ago by Genevievre Wood
Posted in
Asian American, Book Reviews, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens, young adult
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, #yabooks, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, staff picks, teenreads, yabookchat, yabooks, yateam
Don’t know what to read next? Looking for YA book recommendations? Welcome to the Book Chat with the Young Adult Team. Every month, the YA Team each recommends a favorite […]
Continue Reading
Reading in the Middle: Honoring National Foster Care Month
Posted about 4 weeks ago by Adriane Marshall
Posted in
Book Reviews, Children's, reading suggestions
| Tagged with #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #readinginthemiddle, #rplrecommends, #tweenbooks, academyofamericanpoets, april, book recommendations, book recs, nationalpoetrymonth, poetry, reading suggestions, verse
The term “middle grade readers” refers to children in the middle of elementary school, students between the ages of 8 and 12, or third though sixth grade. These readers have […]
Continue Reading
The Busy Parents’ Book Club – “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong
Posted about 4 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in
Adult, book discussions, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions
| Tagged with book recommendations, bookclub, parent, reading suggestions, shortbooks
147
Continue Reading
YA Reads: AAPI and Jewish American Heritage
Posted about 1 month ago by Genevievre Wood
Posted in
Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens, young adult
| Tagged with #aapi, #aapiauthors, #aapiheritagemonth, #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, jewish american, jewish american heritage month, jewishauthors, reading suggestions, teenreads, ya, yabooks, yafiction
May is an important month for celebrating cultural heritage and identities as well as reflecting on the contributions and legacies of both Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and […]
Continue Reading
Storytime at Home: Community Helpers
Posted about 1 month ago by Sarah Fenninger
Posted in
Book Reviews, Children's
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #storytimeathome, storytime at home
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 […]
Continue Reading
You must be logged in to post a comment.