Shelf Respect
News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL
YA Book Pairings: Indigenous Authors
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Book Reviews, Teens
| Tagged with #indigenousauthors, #nationalnativeamericanheritagemonth, #nativeauthors, #ownvoices, #teenreads, #yareads, diversebooks
As I’m sure you all know, November is National Native American Heritage Month. In November and every month, we honor the legacy of American Indians and Alaska Natives and we […]
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NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH: PART 1
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Events, History and Preservation, Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library
| Tagged with Law Library, Native American Heritage Month, Native Americans
National American Indian Heritage Month Designation In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution authorizing November 1990 as National American Indian Heritage Month. Comparable proclamations, under various […]
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Comics Club Close-Up: Shannon Wright
Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Reviews, Children's, Comics, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with authors, book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, children, comics, graphic novels, interview
Starting this past September we’ve been offering a virtual comics meeting where we talk about, share, and create comics together! If you missed the last Tween Comics Club or just […]
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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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Veteran’s Day 2020
Posted about 4 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Events
| Tagged with Folklife Center, Library of Congress, McGuire VA Medical Center, national parks, Veterans Day, Veterans History Project
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines armistice as “temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents.” In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh […]
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Interning at the RPL: 1970’s Film and Historical Trends in the Archives
Posted about 4 years ago by Natalie Draper
Guest Post by Stephanie Campbell, VCU student and Main Library Intern When given the choice between finishing my Bachelor’s degree in history at VCU with either a CAPStone research paper […]
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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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Latino Voter Suppression: A Brief Look
Posted about 4 years ago by kathryn Coker
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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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