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Read Like a President

Posted about 7 months ago by Lindy Gellings

Posted in Biographies, Fiction, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, celebrations, Fiction, history, Holiday, nonfiction

“Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.” Barack Obama Throughout our nation’s 247-year history, only 47 men have held […]

Black History Books: A 2023 Review

Posted about 8 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Award Winners, Black History Month, diverse reads, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, Black History Month, nonfiction, reading suggestions

In Virginia, it is generally believed that African American History began with the importation of West Africans into Jamestown in 1619. After the Civil War, the Daughters of the Confederacy […]

Cozy Reads for these Long Winter Nights

Posted about 8 months ago by Lindy Gellings

Posted in Adult, crafts and hobbies, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #bookrecs, book recommendations, health and wellness, nonfiction, reading suggestions

Common Book Reading List

Posted about 1 year ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Adult, Award Winners, book discussions, Book Reviews, diverse reads, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, VCU Common Book | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #rplrecommends, book recommendations, book recs, health and wellness, nonfiction, reading suggestions

We hope you are looking forward to the upcoming programs that the Richmond Public Library has planned in support of the 2022 VCU Common Book, The Organ Thieves. Whether you […]

PERSONAL FINANCE for EVERYONE

Posted about 2 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Events, For Teens, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with adulting, Author Talk, authors, consumer, Financial Literacy, first job, Home Economics, Law Library, local authors, nonfiction, Personal Finance, reading suggestions, saving and investment, teenreads, teens

Since when is Personal Finance a thing? When the world got super complicated, apparently. No longer is it just a decision of whether to put your money under the mattress, […]

HARRIET TUBMAN, INSPIRING AMERICAN HERO

Posted about 2 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Biographies, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, Fiction, Film, Graphic Novels, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Movies, nonfiction, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, Teens, Women's History | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, Abolition, African Americans, Black History Month, children, Civil Rights Activist, Civil War, Courage, Emancipation, Escape, Freedom, graphic novels, Harriet, Hero, Humanitarian, law, Law Library, Liberation, nonfiction, picture books, reading suggestions, Slavery, Spy, Suffragist, Underground Railroad, Women's History

Harriet Tubman (c. 1820-1822 – March 10, 1913) is an icon of courage, a true American hero. Born Araminta “Minty” Ross, she was enslaved at birth in Maryland. In 1849 […]

Haunted Houses and Things That Go Bump in the Night

Posted about 2 years ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Adult, Fiction, ghosts, haunted houses, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, book recommendations, Fiction, ghosts, haunted houses, Hoopla, nonfiction

As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler (please, let it get cooler!) I want to spend even more time nested in at home reading. It’s October, so […]

September 11, 2001: How Will You Remember?

Posted about 2 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Events, History and Preservation, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, nonfiction, reading suggestions, september11

This year, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Richmond Public Library is proud to host an educational exhibit made available by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. This exhibition […]

Celebrate the Days – September

Posted about 2 years ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, Families, Fiction, Health and Wellness, holidays; celebrations, nonfiction, poetry, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with banned books, beards, book recommendations, celebrations, classical music, courtesy, currentevents, encouragement, Fiction, Grandparents, gratitude, HBUCs, library cards, make your bed, neighbor, new releases, nonfiction, online learning, positive thinking, procrastination, reading suggestions, reflexology, resumes, self care, sewing, talk like a pirate, voter registration

THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH — SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE! I’M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE CAKE EVERY DAY, BUT I’M NOT SAYING THERE […]

Book Horoscopes – Aquarius

Posted about 3 years ago by Robyn Webb

Posted in Book Horoscopes, Book Reviews, Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with book horoscopes, book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, nonfiction, reading suggestions

Every month of 2021 we will be sharing a tailored horoscope blog post for the current sun sign plus some extra goodies for the rest of us. (Yes, this is […]