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Find Your Next Great Read @ the Library

Posted about 1 week ago by Meg Raymond
  RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.   Check out these new booklists on the RPL Readers page! Two recent articles caught my eye, both about the (supposed?) dearth of […]
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with RPL’s YA Reads

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Genevievre Gray
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually in the United States starting on September 15, which was chosen to coincide with the Independence Days of several Hispanic nations, and ending on […]
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September Book Chat with Youth Services Team

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Lisa Wiertel
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 […]
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Read Up Richmond

Posted about 4 weeks ago by Meg Raymond
Richmond Public Library's Read Up Richmond challenges people to read differently, to read outside one's own lived experience to develop an understanding of the world. This program is an opportunity for people from different walks of life to come together in the library to learn together, enter into a conversation with the larger community, and share the same space - making Richmond a more connected, more civil place.
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August Book Chat with the Young Adult Team

Posted about 1 month ago by Genevievre Gray
Don't know what to read next? Looking for YA book recommendations? Welcome to the Book Chat with the Young Adult Team. Each month, the YA Team recommends one book from our YA collection.
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Find Your Next Great Read @ the Library

Posted about 2 months ago by Meg Raymond
RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE CHECK OUT THESE NEW BOOKLISTS ON  THE RPL READERS PAGE August is Happiness Happens month Because we can’t contain our Happiness, there’s more! Happiness […]
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Revisiting Greek Mythology Again and Again…and Again

Posted about 2 months ago by Kate McCarthy
So you’ve read Madeline Miller’s Song of Achilles or Circe and are hungry for more… Or maybe you’re a fan of the Percy Jackson series or quite possibly you’ve just […]
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YA Summer Reads

Posted about 2 months ago by Genevievre Gray
July is winding down, and the end of Summer Break is looming on the horizon. Not ready to let go of those summer vibes just yet? Soak up that summer […]
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July Book Chat with the Young Adult Team

Posted about 3 months ago by Genevievre Gray
Don’t know what to read next? Looking for YA book recommendations? Welcome to the Book Chat with the Young Adult Team. Each month, the YA Team recommends one book from […]
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Celebrate Disability Pride Month with RPL’s YA Collection

Posted about 3 months ago by Genevievre Gray
Disability Pride Month is celebrated annually during the month of July, commemorating the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. This landmark civil rights law prohibits discrimination based […]
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