Reading Recommendations
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YA Book Pairings: AAPI Heritage Month
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Asian American, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #aapi, #aapiauthors, #aapiheritagemonth, #asianauthors, #asianpacificamericanheritagemonth, #diverseauthors, #ireaddiversebooks, #ireadya, #stopaapihate, #stopasianhate, #teenreads, booksforteens
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This monthly celebration recognizes people from the East, the Southeast, the Indian subcontinent and the Pacific Islands. Although we sometimes group […]
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Gemini Book Horoscope
Posted about 3 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Horoscopes, 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 something a little extra so the rest of us aren’t completely […]
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X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month
Posted about 3 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Families, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with children, Chromosomes, Down syndrome, Genetic, health and wellness, law, Law Library, medical injustice, mental health, teens, undiagnosed, X and Y chromosomal variations
In 2012 the State Legislature passed HJ216 2012 which designated May as “X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month”. Genetic Disorders X & Y Chromosomal Variations are genetic disorders. […]
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2021 Teen Reading Challenge: Shared Talents
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with 2021rplteenreadingchallenge, art, baking, booksforteens, cooking, fashion, ireadya, music, readingchallenge, sports, stem, teenreadingchallenge, teenreads, teentalent, writing
Welcome to month five of the 2021 RPL Teen Writing Challenge. How’s it been going?? If you’re completing the challenge in order, this month you’ll be focusing on prompt #5 […]
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MEDICAL INJUSTICES
Posted about 3 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Black History Month, Health and Wellness, History and Preservation, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with african-american, Apartheid, Black History, Blood, book recommendations, children, Eugenics, Experiment, Genocide, injustice, Law Library, Medicine, Organ Trafficking, Race, Racism, Red Market, Transplant
Great strides in medical history have often been made as a result of research and experimentation, and the first human successes were arguably the result of successful experiments, often on […]
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May the Fourth be with You
Posted about 3 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Reviews, Comics, Families, Movies, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, may the fourth be with you, reading suggestions, star wars
“Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” – Yoda, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones Star Wars is a franchise that multiple generations have grown up with at this […]
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Celebrate the Days – May
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, crafts and hobbies, Gardening, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with celebrations
There are holidays and observations every day of the month – so many reasons to celebrate. I’m not saying there should be cake every day, but I’m not saying there […]
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Taurus Book Horoscope
Posted about 3 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Horoscopes, 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 something a little extra so the rest of us aren’t completely […]
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Earth Day 2021
Posted about 3 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, environment, Events, Holidays, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with conservation, Earth Day, ecology, environment, global warming, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
“In nature, nothing exists alone.”— Rachel Carson, 1962 Even if a big Earth Day celebration is not happening in RVA, there are events going on virtually. From National Geographic’s Earth […]
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Poetry Has Gone to the Dogs
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
April is both National Poetry Month AND National Pet Month. What better way to celebrate than with poetry about dogs, for dogs, and by dogs. Check out the Academy of American Poets and The Poetry Foundation […]
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