Shelf Respect
News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL
By Teens, For Teens – Rebecca & One Piece
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Book Reviews, Fiction, Manga, Reading Recommendations, Teens
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This week for our By Teens, For Teens blog post, we have two VolunTEENs who submitted reviews for you. Isabelle R., age 16 reviews the gothic classic Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Then, […]
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Public Safety Appreciation Week – July 2022
Posted about 3 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
Richmond City Council and Mayor Stoney officially proclaimed the final week of July annual Public Safety Appreciation Week. You can read the full proclamation here. Richmond Public Library has published […]
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July Book Chat with the Youth Services Team
Posted about 3 years ago by Louis Maranski
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Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices
Welcome back to the next installment in our new series of blog posts featuring children’s books we’re currently loving! “Book Chat with the Youth Services Team” features one book recommendation […]
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The Richmond Public Library Receives Inaugural Commonwealth History Fund Grant
Posted about 3 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Inform * Enrich * Empower
Richmond, VA – It is with great excitement that we announce Richmond Public Library is one of 12 inaugural recipients to receive a grant from the Virginia Museum History & […]
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By Teens, For Teens – The Fault in Our Stars & Paper Towns
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Reading Recommendations, Teens
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Are you a John Green fan? He certainly has a big following! Well if you are one of those readers who can’t get enough of Green, check out these read-alikes […]
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By Teens, For Teens – The Giver & Other YA Classics
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Award Winners, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, teenreads, volunteen, yaclassics
Welcome back to another installment of By Teens, For Teens, a blog post series where RPL VolunTEENs make book and movie recommendations for you! This week is for our readers […]
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Hello, Hellosaurus!
Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond
Hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service that allows Richmond Public Library card holders to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows – up to six borrows per […]
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June Book Chat with the Youth Services Team
Posted about 3 years ago by Louis Maranski
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Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices
Welcome back to the next installment in our new series of blog posts featuring children’s books we’re currently loving! “Book Chat with the Youth Services Team” features one book recommendation […]
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By Teens, For Teens – Gone with the Wind (the book & the movie)
Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Adult, Award Winners, Book Reviews, Movies, Teens
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This week, Isabelle R., age 16 has some high praise for the old classic, Gone with the Wind. She takes on both the book and the movie in her reviews, […]
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CIVIC SEASON IS HERE!
Posted about 3 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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Adult, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Teens, Women's History
| Tagged with celebrations, Civic Season, CIVICS, Civil Rights, Constitution, Freedom, history, Independence Day, Juneteenth, Law Library, teens, United States of America, Women Suffrage
CIVIC SEASON IS UPON US! What is Civic Season? Generally, concepts such as patriotism and freedom are highlighted starting the week of Flag Day (June 14th) and ending on Independence […]
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