Reading Recommendations
(category archive)
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten: October 2024
Posted about 7 months ago by Katie Heslop
October is the second month of Richmond Public Library’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, a nationwide initiative to encourage reading to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. To learn more about how […]
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with RPL’s YA Reads
Posted about 7 months ago by Genevievre Gray
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Fiction, For Teens, hispanic heritage month, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
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Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually in the United States starting on September 15, which was chosen to coincide with the Independence Days of several Hispanic nations, and ending on […]
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September Book Chat with Youth Services Team
Posted about 7 months ago by Lisa Wiertel
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Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations
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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 […]
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Children’s Books Set In Richmond and Virginia! (Part 4)
Posted about 8 months 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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Revisiting Greek Mythology Again and Again…and Again
Posted about 9 months ago by Kate McCarthy
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Fiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, Greek mythology, mythology, reading suggestions, retellings
So you’ve read Madeline Miller’s Song of Achilles or Circe and are hungry for more… Or maybe you’re a fan of the Percy Jackson series or quite possibly you’ve just […]
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Olympics at the Library!
Posted about 9 months ago by Lauren London
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Children's, Reading Recommendations
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The Olympics are here, and we are here to help you celebrate! Want to learn more about a sport? We’ve got non-fiction! Want to read a story about your favorite […]
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Children’s Books Set In Richmond and Virginia! (Part 3)
Posted about 9 months 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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July Book Chat with the Youth Services Team
Posted about 9 months ago by Lisa Wiertel
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Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations, Teens
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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 […]
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June Book Chat with the Youth Services Team
Posted about 10 months ago by Lisa Wiertel
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Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrenbookrecommendations, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #picturebook recommendations, #richmondlibrary, #rplrecommends, #youthservices, picturebooks, richmond, ripple
Welcome to the 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 […]
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Celebrating YA LGBTQ+ Voices
Posted about 11 months ago by Genevievre Gray
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Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, teenreads, yabooks
Happy Pride Month from Richmond Public Library! Celebrate by checking out some of our diverse YA books written by LGBTQ+ authors and/or featuring LGBTQ+ main characters.
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