Book Reviews

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, Middle grade fiction, teenreads, volunteen

Welcome to a new series on our Shelf Respect blog called “By Teens, For Teens.” In these special blog posts, we’ll be sharing recommendations made by some of our VolunTEENS. […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations, Teens

Spring is here, bulbs are popping, trees are budding and the birds are busy! Working with seeds and plants is a great way to relieve stress and to focus on […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with Anna Julia Cooper, Cooperative Industries, law, Law Library, M Street Colored High School, Mary Church Terrell, Nannie Helen Burroughs, National Association of Wage Earners, National Baptist Convention, National Baptist Women's Convention, Women's Industrial Club

Another trailblazing woman I discovered recently is Nannie Helen Burroughs, an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist and businesswoman from Orange, Virginia. Why Remember This Native Virginian? Burroughs […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Robyn Webb

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with astrology, book horoscopes, book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, reading suggestions

Every month of 2021 we will be sharing a tailored horoscope blog post for the current sun sign plus some extra recommendations so the rest of the signs can be […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Award winners, Children's fantasy, Kid's fiction, Middle grade fiction, National Reading Month

Calling all readers ages 8-12…it’s National Reading Month! Listed below are new titles from 2020 and 2021. A wide range of genres include fantasy, friends, and family. Some are set […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Robyn Webb

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with book horoscopes, book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, nonfiction, reading suggestions

Every month of 2021 we will be sharing a tailored horoscope blog post for the current sun sign plus some extra goodies for the rest of us. (Yes, this is […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with taxes

Last year, the IRS pushed the tax filing deadline to July 15, 2020, for 2019 returns.  So far, the April 15th deadline is in place this year for filing 2020 […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations

Carter G. Woodson, the “Father of Black History”, established Negro History Week in 1926. He chose the second week in February because of two important birthdays – Frederick Douglass on […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Robyn Webb

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with astrology, book recommendations, book recs, horoscopes, reading suggestions

Every month of 2021 we will be sharing a tailored horoscope blog post for the current sun sign. We are a little late for Capricorn but please forgive me. Especially […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged with Blue Campaign, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking Awareness, Human Trafficking in Virginia, Human Trafficking Prevention, IMPACTVirginia, law, Richmond Justice IIniative, Samaritan House

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and January 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. On the Federal Level The federal government has increased its domestic anti-human trafficking programs. One program […]