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YA Reads: Young Adult Contemporary Romance and Romantasy

Posted about 4 days ago by Genevievre Wood

Posted in Book Reviews, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, romance, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookrecs, #yabooks, #yalit, #yareads, #yatrends, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, contemporary romance, reading suggestions, romance, romancereaders, romantasy, teenreads, ya, yabooks, yareads, young adult

Youth is an emotional whirlwind, and nothing captures that quite like Young Adult Contemporary Romance and Young Adult Romantasy. From high school halls to high fantasy, these stories vary in […]

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten: July 2025

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Lauren Clementi

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, book recommendations, book recs

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a nationwide initiative to encourage reading to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. To learn more about how to start the program, visit the 1,000 Books Before […]

Reading in the Adult Age: Travel Fiction

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Adriane Marshall

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, reading suggestions, Travel | Tagged with #adultbooks, #bookrecommendations, #readingintheadultage, #rplrecommends, #tweenbooks, book recommendations, book recs, reading suggestions, verse

As summer gets going full swing (it’s hard to believe the first day of summer was June 20th, just over a week ago!) people are planning their summer vacations. […]

Reading in the Middle: Novels in Verse

Posted about 4 weeks ago by Adriane Marshall

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, reading suggestions | Tagged with #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #readinginthemiddle, #rplrecommends, #tweenbooks, academyofamericanpoets, april, book recommendations, book recs, nationalpoetrymonth, poetry, reading suggestions, verse

The term “middle grade readers” refers to children in the middle of elementary school, students between the ages of 8 and 12, or third though sixth grade. These readers have […]

YA Reads: Celebrating LGBTQ+ YA Nonfiction & Transgender and Nonbinary YA Fiction

Posted about 1 month ago by Genevievre Wood

Posted in Book Reviews, diverse reads, Fiction, For Teens, lgbtq, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, booksforteens, reading suggestions, teenreads, ya, yabooks, yafiction, yanonfiction, yareads, young adult, youngadult, youngadultbooks

Happy Pride Month, Richmond! At Richmond Public Library we make sure that our collection reflects diverse identities and includes LGBTQIAP+ authors and characters no matter the month, but June is […]

Celebrate Pride Month with Richmond Public Library!

Posted about 1 month ago by James Vaughan

Posted in Book Reviews, celebrations, diverse reads, Families, Fiction, For Teens, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #yareads, adult, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, celebrations, Children's, LGBT, lgbtq, pride, Pride Month, pridemonth, queer, ya, young adult

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten: June 2025

Posted about 1 month ago by Lauren Clementi

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Families, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, book recommendations, book recs

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a nationwide initiative to encourage reading to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. To learn more about how to start the program, visit the 1,000 Books Before […]

May Book Chat with the YA Team

Posted about 2 months ago by Genevievre Wood

Posted in Asian American, Book Reviews, Fiction, For Teens, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens, young adult | Tagged with #bookchat, #bookrecs, #rplrecommends, #yabooks, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, reading suggestions, staff picks, teenreads, yabookchat, yabooks, yateam

Don’t know what to read next? Looking for YA book recommendations? Welcome to the Book Chat with the Young Adult Team. Every month, the YA Team each recommends a favorite […]

Reading in the Middle: Honoring National Foster Care Month

Posted about 2 months ago by Adriane Marshall

The term “middle grade readers” refers to children in the middle of elementary school, students between the ages of 8 and 12, or third though sixth grade. These readers have […]

The Busy Parents’ Book Club – “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong

Posted about 2 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Adult, book discussions, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions | Tagged with book recommendations, bookclub, parent, reading suggestions, shortbooks