Shelf Respect

News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL

Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch

Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch That’s my plan. At least, for vegetables. Last weekend a friend left           some seeds on the porch that I planted in tiny seedling containers  […]
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Law Day 2020

Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
What is Law Day? Law Day was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 as a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law in the United […]
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Antidote for Reality: Romance Reads

Posted about 5 years ago by Robyn Webb
Together, let’s take a moment to step back from being inundated with news and worry. In this new series of blog posts about escapist reads, we’ll introduce you to new […]
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YA Reads for Autism Awareness

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
Posted in Book Reviews, Teens
Please note that I did not make the title of this post “YA Reads for Autism Awareness Month.”  This was intentional.  Even though April is Autism Awareness Month, and it […]
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Richmond Reflects: documenting the moment

Posted about 5 years ago by Natalie Draper
So many of us have suddenly found ourselves spending a lot more time at home with our families, and one of the best things we can do to entertain ourselves, […]
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A Glimpse at Virginia’s Organized Woman Suffrage Movement: Part II

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker
This is the second post in a two part series on the fight for woman suffrage in Virginia. Before Virginia’s Coralie Franklin Cook published her 1915 article, “Votes for Mothers,” […]
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Escapist Books to Transport You

Posted about 5 years ago by Alexandra Zukas
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Really great books have a way of making the world fall away. They can transport you to somewhere more interesting, more whimsical, more surreal–somewhere that is just more. You turn […]
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RBDigital – So Much More Than Audiobooks

Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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It all started with a traveling salesman who spent hours and hours on the road. Henry Trentman logged a lot of miles, listening to radio stations of varying quality fade […]
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A Glimpse at Virginia’s Organized Woman Suffrage Movement: Part I

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker
This is the first post in a two part series on the fight for woman suffrage in Virginia. Stay tuned as we commemorate the centennial of the 19th amendment’s passage. […]
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Homeschool Resources

Posted about 5 years ago by Lisa Wiertel
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Are you suddenly homeschooling?  Is the whole idea of trying to educate your children causing you to stress a bit?  As a homeschooling mom, I can confidently say that the […]
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