Shelf Respect
News, reviews, and ideas you can use from librarians and library staff at RPL
Keep Your Wheels Turnin’ with these Road Trippin’ Audiobooks
Posted about 11 months ago by Hayley DeRoche
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Book Reviews
When the fight over whose music gets played has worn everyone in the car down to a husk of their former selves, it’s time for an audiobook! These are some […]
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WHO’S BAD? Worst reviews, and the books, music and movies that provoked them.
Posted about 11 months ago by Alfreda Payton
In early January 2023, HBO Max and TV writer-producer, Charlie Grandy had the idea to launch a redux of the 1970’s Scooby-Doo and the Gang cartoon, but with a diverse […]
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May Book Chat with the Youth Services Team
Posted about 12 months ago by Louis Maranski
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Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices
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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When Mother’s Day is Hard
Posted about 12 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
Mother’s Day is not happy for everyone. Instead, it can be a time of grief, pain, ambiguity, frustration, strain, and even guilt. Personally, Mother’s day has been a sad day […]
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Jewish American Heritage Month & RPL’s Special Collections
Posted about 12 months ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, Book Reviews, diverse reads, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with jewish american heritage month, jewish history, local history, richmond room
Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) each May is a celebration of the contributions and experiences of Jewish Americans and highlights how America’s Jewish communities have shaped and been shaped by […]
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2023 YAVA Award Celebration & Winner
Posted about 12 months ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Award Winners, Teens
The Young Adult Virginia Author (YAVA) Award Celebration commemorated its tenth year on April 22 with an afternoon of fun, food, and most importantly, books! This year’s theme was “retro […]
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National Library Week!
Posted about 1 year ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews
| Tagged with National Library Week
Richmond Public Library encourages all community members to visit the library during National Library Week, April 23-29, to explore all they have to offer. Most people know about the wealth […]
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Introducing the Richmond Room
Posted about 1 year ago by Ben Himmelfarb
The Richmond Room is on the 1st floor of the Main Library, on the west side of the building. Over the years, the space has been the Children’s Department and […]
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Goodbye OverDrive, Hello Libby!
Posted about 1 year ago by Jennifer Deuell
If you’re a fan of eBooks and audiobooks, then you’re probably familiar with OverDrive. If not, OverDrive is a platform to which Richmond Public Library subscribes and through which we […]
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April Book Chat with the Youth Services Team
Posted about 1 year ago by Louis Maranski
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Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices
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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