Reading Recommendations

Posted about 2 days ago by Katie Heslop

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

Starting school for the first time is an exciting and important milestone in every child’s life. Richmond Public Schools are set to begin on Monday August 24th. If you have […]

Posted about 6 days ago by Madison Eversoll

Posted in Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations

Welcome to the Storytime at Home Series! Once a month, we highlight a kid-approved theme with book lists, songs and rhymes, and a simple craft you can try at home. […]

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Katie Heslop

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

These short chapter books are great for pre-school aged children (ages 3-5) who might be ready to hear a longer story but still want a healthy amount of pictures on […]

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Madison Eversoll

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations

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 […]

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Madison Eversoll

Posted in Children's, Reading Recommendations

Whether you’re fascinated by fierce predators, love silly shark adventures, or want to learn incredible facts about the ocean; these books are sure to make a splash. Richmond Public Library […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Adriane Marshall

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecs, #kidsbooks, #readinginthemiddle, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, reading suggestions

July celebrates the first full month of summer. It also starts with American Zoo Day on July 1st. The Philadelphia Zoo opened in 1874. This was the first public zoo […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Events, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecs, Adult Summer Reading, reading suggestions, Summer Reading, Unearth a Story

We’re halfway into summer and there is still time to enter our Adult Summer Reading program. Each branch has reading logs for adults to pick up and use for logging […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Genevievre Wood

Posted in Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, #yabooks, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, For Teens, reading suggestions, teenbooks, teenreads, teens, ya, yabookchat, yabooks, young adult, youngadultbooks

What We’re Reading (and Loving) 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 […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Adriane Marshall

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecs, #readinginthemiddle, #rplrecommends, reading suggestions

Summer Reading: Unearth a Story! This summer the theme is Unearth a Story! Check out RPL’s Summer Reading web page here if you haven’t gotten your log. Unearth a story […]

Posted about 3 months ago by Adriane Marshall

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #AANHPI, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #graphicnovel, #middlegradenovels, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, reading suggestions

May is AANHPI Heritage Month! AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) was first designated as a week celebration in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter. In 1990 Congress designated […]