Adult
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Are You Library Fluent?
Posted about 2 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Children's, Events, Families, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, National Library Week, Teens
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Library Fluent adj. li-brary flü-әnt A term describing a person who knows how to utilize all aspects of a library, including but not limited to: checking out materials such as […]
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National Poetry Month: Poetry as a Form of Self Expression
Posted about 3 weeks ago by Briesa Koch
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Adult, celebrations, Poetry, Reading Recommendations, Self-care
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Whether you're seeking to understand your emotions more deeply or simply looking for a creative outlet, poetry offers a unique way to express what words alone can’t always capture.
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The Busy Parents’ Book Club – “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells
Posted about 4 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, book discussions, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions
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The Busy Parents’ Book Club – “A Psalm for the Wild-Built” by Becky Chambers
Posted about 3 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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The Best Books We Read in 2024
Posted about 4 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
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The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne, “The final book in John Gwynne’s Bloodsworn Saga, The Fury of the Gods rounds out a heart-pumping, epic fantasy trilogy filled with Vikings, gods, and […]
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Learn a New Language Month–Are You Up for the Challenge?
Posted about 4 months ago by Laura Price
December is Learn a New Language Month! See what RPL has to offer you in reaching this goal.
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The Busy Parents’ Book Club – “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros
Posted about 4 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, book discussions, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions
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Jamestown Firsts
Posted about 5 months ago by Lisa Wiertel
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Adult, Book Reviews, celebrations, Events, holidays, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Uncategorized
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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 […]
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Expanded Memory Lab Hours
Posted about 5 months ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, Families, History and Preservation
| Tagged with archives, digitization, Family history, memory lab, personal history
History Comes Out at the Holidays At this time of year, we are likely to see loved ones we do not see during the rest of the year. We might […]
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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month
Posted about 6 months ago by Lisa Wiertel
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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 […]
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