Reading Recommendations
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25 Socially Distant Acts of Kindness for World Kindness Day
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Children's, Events, Health and Wellness, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #bekind, #worldkindnessday, #worldkindnessday2020
World Kindness Day takes place every year on November 13th. If you weren’t previously aware of this holiday, it’s time you get acquainted! This international holiday was started back in […]
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Focus on the New: Nonfiction for Kids
Posted about 4 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, Children's, crafts and hobbies, nonfiction
| Tagged with Beverly Cleary, Biography, environment, Gwendolyn Brooks, Itzhak Perlman, Julio C. Tello, kids cooking, mermaids, Sharuko
Do you have a young reader who loves books full of facts and information? Check out this sample of new titles available for curbside pickup @ your local Richmond Public […]
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RPL Recommends: The Scariest Books We’ve Ever Read
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Fiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #halloween, #horror, #rplrecommends, #scarybooks
This Halloween, we’ve set out to bring you the scariest books we’ve ever read…and you know we read a lot of books! The following is a list of books which […]
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November Means NaNoWriMo
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
EVERY STORY MATTERS. START WRITING YOURS. “Writing a novel alone can be difficult, even for seasoned writers. NaNoWriMo helps you track your progress, set milestones, connect with other writers in […]
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Voting Machines! Plus, Political Fiction for Every Political Taste
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with Vote
Every four years, the United States elects a new president. For the first 50 years or so of our nation’s history, voting was done in person at the local courthouse […]
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Antidote for Reality: Fictional Libraries
Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Fiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with antidote for reality, book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, Library, reading suggestions
Together, let’s take a moment to step back from being inundated with news and worry. In this series of blog posts about escapist reads, explore stories that convey you to […]
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Browsing the New Shelves (While You Can’t) – Life as a Work of Art
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Reading Recommendations
At the Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website, which gives you digital options for browsing the new bookshelves. Add in curbside pickup, and […]
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Best TikTok Trends: A Reading List (Part 3)
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Welcome back to the third and final installment of the “Best TikTok Trends: A Reading List” blog post. If you missed the first two posts in this series, you can […]
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How to Create and Organize Your Home Library
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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crafts and hobbies, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction
| Tagged with books, clean, Dewey Decimal System, Library, mildew, mold, organize
Stressed by books? Are you stuck at home with piles of books and magazines, and running out of space? Do you want to set up a personal library, but don’t […]
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Focus on the New: Nonfiction
Posted about 4 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, Health and Wellness, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Writing
| Tagged with beekeeping, environment, gardening, graphics, immigration, nonfiction, parenting, teaching, writing
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines nonfiction as “writing or cinema that is about facts and real events.” Nonfiction titles may express an author’s point of view. Some nonfiction attempts to inform […]
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