Book Reviews
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Black Lives Matter: Kids Edition
Posted about 5 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
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Book Reviews, Children's, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with antiracism, black lives matter, book recommendations, social justice
It may be a New Year but these issues are still as prevalent as ever. Kids are never too young to start learning about the world around them. […]
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The Ultimate Annual Richmond Public Library Staff Pick List: Best books of the worst year edition
Posted about 5 years ago by Natalie Draper
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Book Reviews, Fiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with 2020, best of, lists, staff picks
Happy New Year and Goodbye, 2020, readers! I asked the staff once again to share with you all what their favorite read of the past year has been. To say […]
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FOUND: The Lost Art of Letter Writing
Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Asian American, Book Reviews, Children's, crafts and hobbies, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Writing
| Tagged with book recommendations, Communication, Friendship, Handwriting, letter writing
Lost or dead. We often see the unhappy plight of an art no longer in use as an indication of cultural decay. We can also see a challenge. These days, […]
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Comics Club Close-up: Paulina Ganucheau
Posted about 5 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Reviews, Comics, Fiction, Manga, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #teenreads, book recommendations, book recs, comics, graphic novels, LGBT, teenreads, teens
Starting this past September we offered a monthly virtual comics meeting to talk about, share, and create comics together! If you missed the Tween Comics Club or just want to […]
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BILL OF RIGHTS DAY
Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Book Reviews, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Bill of Rights, Bill Of Rights Day, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Mason, James Madison, law, Law Library, Nazi Germany, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Harry S Truman, U.S. Constitution, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Virginia Constitution, Virginia Declaration of Rights, Virginia General Assembly, World War II
Presidential Proclamation On November 27, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation designating December 15 as Bill of Rights Day. The proclamation read in part: The first ten amendments, […]
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Misleading Fiction Titles
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
The library has nonfiction books that aim to teach readers new skills. Want to learn to bring old clothes back to life, brew beer, or raise chickens? There are books […]
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“Black Food Matters”
Posted about 5 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, Cooking
| Tagged with African American cooking, African American foodways, Alexander Smalls, Alice Randall, Black cooks, Carla Hall, Edna Lewis, Jenné Claiborne, Jerrelle Guy, Kwame Onwuachi, Marcus Samuelsson, Michael W. Twitty, Pamela Strobel, Soul food, Sweet Home Cafe, The Last O.G., Toni Tipton-Martin
Full disclaimer: I borrowed this phrase from Mark Whitaker on CBS Sunday Morning. The show aired Sunday, November 22, 2020. I had been waiting for our library’s copy of Marcus […]
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New Reads in Magical Realism, Hot (Or At Least Lukewarm) Off the Presses!
Posted about 5 years ago by Alexandra Zukas
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Book Reviews, books in translation, Fiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Fiction, Magical realism
Okay, so what is magical realism, anyway? Pretty straightforward: It’s fiction that’s very much anchored in our world, but maintains some element of the fantastical. Often–but not always–these elements go […]
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Contact Tracing & Your Rights – Part 1
Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Book Reviews, Health and Wellness, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Contact Tracing, Covid-19, disease, Law Library, pandemic, Spanish Flu
Antidote for Reality: Cozy Mysteries
Posted about 5 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Reviews, Fiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with antidote for reality, book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, cozy mysteries, Fiction
Now that the weather seems to be (finally) turning, let’s dive into all things cozy with these mysteries. This is a continuation of the Antidote for Reality blog post series […]
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