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November Book Chat with Youth Services Team

Posted about 4 weeks ago by Lisa Wiertel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, #childrensbooks, #kidsbooks, #rplrecommends, #youthservices, book reviews, children's books, picture books, reading suggestions

Welcome to 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 of […]

October Book Chat with Youth Services Team

Posted about 2 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

September Book Chat with Youth Services Team

Posted about 3 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

Picture Books to Get Ready for March Madness!

Posted about 9 months ago by Lisa Wiertel

Posted in Children's, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Picturebooks, reading suggestions, Sports | Tagged with basketball picture books, children's picture books, college basketball, march madness, picture books, RVA

With Super Bowl LVIII now in the books and the opening day of baseball over a month away, it is time to get ready for March Madness! March Madness […]

HARRIET TUBMAN, INSPIRING AMERICAN HERO

Posted about 3 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 […]

Celebrating the Year of the Ox

Posted about 4 years ago by Laura Price

Posted in Adult, Asian American, Children's, Families, Holidays, Teens | Tagged with books for adults, children's books, Lunar New Year, picture books, teens, Year of the Ox, young adult

It's the Year of the Ox! Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a new book!

Black History Month: Picturing Families

Posted about 4 years ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Black History Month, Children's, Families, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Adinkra, BHM, Black families, Black History Month, Bryan Collier, Diversity, Gabrielle Union, Grandparents, Jerry Pinkney, Lizzy Rockwell, Misty Copeland, picture books

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History develops themes for Black History Month each year. The themes “reflect changes in how people of African descent in […]

Focus on the New: Picture Books

Posted about 4 years ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's | Tagged with 2020, Community gardens, Dan Santat, Decemberists, fall, Haenyeo, halloween, Karen English, Meg Medina, Minh Lê, new, picture books, pumpkins

Picture books are equal parts text and illustration. All ages may delight in the settings and characters as pictures help tell the story. Here’s a baker’s dozen new titles available […]

Summer Reading Program: Explore Your World – Dragons

Posted about 5 years ago by Nico D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Events | Tagged with picture books, Summer Reading

Hello friends! Summer is in full swing now and our libraries are hopping with fun activities! From Lego Robotics Club and Mandalas to Candy Sushi and Puppet Shows, there’s something […]

Summer Reading Program: Explore Your World – Cinderella

Posted about 6 years ago by Nico D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Events | Tagged with picture books, Summer Reading

It’s that time of year friends! Summer fun in the sun! Your Richmond Public Library is full of activities that follow along with our theme this year of Explore Your […]