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Jamestown Firsts

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Lisa Wiertel

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, celebrations, Events, Holidays, holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Uncategorized | Tagged with berkley plantation, book recommendations, general assembly, jamestown, mayflower, plymouth, thanksgiving, virginia

Thanksgiving is a time when people look back and reflect on the beginnings of American colonial history with the arrival of settlers on the Mayflower in Plymouth in 1620. Most […]

November Book Chat with Youth Services Team

Posted about 4 weeks ago by Lisa Wiertel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices, book reviews, children's books, picture books, reading suggestions

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 […]

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

Posted about 2 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

Posted in Adult, Children's, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with children, dyslexia, LD, learning disabilities, Library, reading, resources, richmond, virginia

Every October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. The International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as the following: “Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by […]

October Book Chat with Youth Services Team

Posted about 2 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

September Book Chat with Youth Services Team

Posted about 3 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

Children’s Books Set In Richmond and Virginia! (Part 4)

Posted about 4 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

Posted in Biographies, Children's, diverse reads, Fiction, nonfiction, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions | Tagged with books, child, children, children's books, richmond, Richmond Public Library, RPL, virginia

This is the 4th and final installment of a series of blog posts highlighting children’s books that include Richmond and Virginia as the location. It is always fun to read […]

August Book Chat with Youth Services Interns

Posted about 4 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's

Welcome to another installment in our series of blog posts featuring children’s books we’re currently loving! This month we have some guest bloggers! Each of our library branches has been […]

Children’s Books Set In Richmond and Virginia! (Part 3)

Posted about 5 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

This is the 3rd installment of a series of blog posts highlighting children’s books that include Richmond and Virginia as the location. It is always fun to read books that […]

July Book Chat with the Youth Services Team

Posted about 5 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

Posted in Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrenbookrecommendations, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #picturebook recommendations, #richmondlibrary, #rplrecommends, #youthservices, picturebooks, richmond, ripple

June Book Chat with the Youth Services Team

Posted about 6 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

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 […]