Teens
(category archive)
Celebrate Juneteenth with RPL’s YA Collection
Posted about 2 years ago by Genevievre Wood
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Book Reviews, celebrations, diverse reads, For Teens, Juneteenth, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, booksforteens, teenreads, yabooks
Juneteenth marks a very important day in American history. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger and around 2,000 Union troops ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation […]
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June Book Chat with the Youth Services Team
Posted about 2 years 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 2 years ago by Genevievre Wood
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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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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month – YA Collection
Posted about 2 years ago by Genevievre Wood
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Asian American, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recs, booksforteens, ireadya, reading suggestions, teenreads
Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month from Richmond Public Library! Celebrate by checking out some of our diverse YA books written by AAPI authors and featuring AAPI characters […]
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2024 YAVA Award Celebration & Winner
Posted about 2 years ago by Genevievre Wood
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Award Winners, For Teens, Teens
| Tagged with awardwinners, booksforteens, forteens, ireadya, teenreads, teens, youngadult
Richmond Public Library hosted the 11th annual Young Adult Virginia Author (YAVA) Award Celebration on April 20th, 2024. The Main Library Auditorium transformed into a whimsical tent of wonders, and […]
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Books to Celebrate the Year of the Dragon
Posted about 2 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Asian American, celebrations, Children's, diverse reads, Graphic Novels, holidays, holidays; celebrations, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, Teens
Let’s Celebrate Black History!
Posted about 2 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, Audiobooks, Biographies, Black History Month, book discussions, celebrations, Children's, Comics, diverse reads, Events, Families, For Teens, Graphic Novels, History and Preservation, Picturebooks, Poetry, reading suggestions
| Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #childrensbooks, Afrofuturism, authors, Black History Month, celebrations, Harlem Renaissance, Hip Hop, Seniors, Teen Activities
Let’s celebrate Black History through the arts at the Richmond Public Library!
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The Best Books We Read in 2023
Posted about 2 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
| Tagged with bestof, bestof2023, favoritebook
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson “Two smart, misfit teenagers spend a hot and sticky summer together – partly by choice but mostly because of proximity. […]
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Twelve Days of Richmond Public Library – What’s Happening
Posted about 2 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Families, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Teens
| Tagged with classes, events, programs, whatshappening, workshops
Richmond Public Library is your public library. Although books are in our DNA, public libraries of today are so much more. In the spirit of holiday giving, we are presenting (see what […]
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Celebrate Spooky Season With RPL
Posted about 2 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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celebrations, Children's, Events, Families, holidays, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens
| Tagged with halloween
If you love spooky season like I do, then you are loving life right now. It’s the best time of year (IMO). A time when the weather gets little chilly, […]
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