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Reading in the Adult Age: Magical Realism
Posted about 4 days ago by Adriane Marshall
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Adult, Book Reviews, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, romance
| Tagged with #adultbooks, #bookrecommendations, #magicalrealism, #readingintheadultage, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions
October is a month that is full of magic. And to go along with it, we have a list of books that are classified as magical realism! So what is […]
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YA Reads: Celebrating LGBTQ+ YA Nonfiction & Transgender and Nonbinary YA Fiction
Posted about 4 months ago by Genevievre Wood
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Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, For Teens, lgbtq, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens, young adult
| Tagged with #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, ya, yabooks, yafiction, yanonfiction, yareads, young adult, youngadult, youngadultbooks
Happy Pride Month, Richmond! At Richmond Public Library we make sure that our collection reflects diverse identities and includes LGBTQIAP+ authors and characters no matter the month, but June is […]
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March Book Chat with the YA Team
Posted about 7 months ago by Genevievre Wood
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Book Reviews, Fiction, For Teens, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens, young adult
| Tagged with #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, #teenreads, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenbooks, teenreads, ya, yabookchat, yabooks, yafiction, yanonfiction, young adult, youngadult
GENEVIEVRE RECOMMENDS THE SWANS OF HARLEM BY KAREN VALBY The Swans of Harlem is a remarkable work of narrative nonfiction, focusing on the lives of five of the founding ballerinas […]
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Jamestown Firsts
Posted about 11 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
| 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 […]
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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month
Posted about 1 year ago by Lisa Wiertel
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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 […]
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Children’s Books Set In Richmond and Virginia! (Part 4)
Posted about 1 year ago by Lisa Wiertel
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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 […]
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Children’s Books Set In Richmond and Virginia! (Part 3)
Posted about 1 year ago by Lisa Wiertel
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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 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 […]
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Children’s Books Set In Richmond and Virginia! (Part 2)
Posted about 1 year ago by Lisa Wiertel
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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 2nd 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 […]
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Children’s Books Set In Richmond and Virginia! (Part 1)
Posted about 1 year ago by Lisa Wiertel
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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 first 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 […]
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Self-Care September
Posted about 2 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Health and Wellness, holidays; celebrations, Hoopla, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Online Database, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Self-care, September
Self-Care September I am not a hot weather person, and summer is my Grumpy Season. I am looking forward to September for many reasons. It should be cooler, and September is […]
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