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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with RPL’s YA Reads

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Fiction, For Teens, hispanic heritage month, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations, reading suggestions, Teens | Tagged with #bookrecs, #teens, book recommendations, book recs, booksforteens, forteens, hispanicheritage, latino, latinx, reading suggestions, teenreads, teens, ya, yabooks, yareads

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 […]

2024 YAVA Award Celebration & Winner

Posted about 5 months ago by Genevievre Gray

Posted in Award Winners, For Teens, Teens | Tagged with awardwinners, booksforteens, forteens, ireadya, teenreads, teens, youngadult

Richmond Public Library hosted the 11th annual Young Adult Virginia Author (YAVA) Award Celebration on April 20th, 2024. The Main Library Auditorium transformed into a whimsical tent of wonders, and […]

CIVIC SEASON IS HERE!

Posted about 2 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Teens, Women's History | Tagged with celebrations, Civic Season, CIVICS, Civil Rights, Constitution, Freedom, history, Independence Day, Juneteenth, Law Library, teens, United States of America, Women Suffrage

CIVIC SEASON IS UPON US! What is Civic Season? Generally, concepts such as patriotism and freedom are highlighted starting the week of Flag Day (June 14th) and ending on Independence […]

PERSONAL FINANCE for EVERYONE

Posted about 3 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, […]

Programs That Will Send A Chill Down Your Spine!

Posted about 3 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, Children's, crafts and hobbies, Events, Families, Fiction, ghosts, haunted houses, holidays; celebrations, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with adults, book discussions, children, halloween, programs, public programs, teens

The last two weeks of October are undoubtedly the spookiest time of the year. Each day, the sun goes down earlier and earlier. The wind seems to follow us down […]

X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month

Posted about 3 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Families, Health and Wellness, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with children, Chromosomes, Down syndrome, Genetic, health and wellness, law, Law Library, medical injustice, mental health, teens, undiagnosed, X and Y chromosomal variations

In 2012 the State Legislature passed HJ216 2012 which designated May as “X & Y Chromosomal Variation Awareness Month”. Genetic Disorders X & Y Chromosomal Variations are genetic disorders. […]

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!

Comics Club Close-up: Paulina Ganucheau

Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Fiction, Manga, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #teenreads, book recommendations, book recs, comics, graphic novels, LGBT, teenreads, teens

Starting this past September we offered a monthly virtual comics meeting to talk about, share, and create comics together! If you missed the Tween Comics Club or just want to […]

YA Books with Jewish Protagonists

Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with hanukkah, ireadya, jew, jewish, teens, yabooks, yareads

I initially set out wanting to write this post about YA Hanukkah books; however, there are not many (or any) of those. That’s a bummer! If you are a Jewish […]

YAVA Nominees 2019

Posted about 5 years ago by Nico D'Archangel

Posted in Teens | Tagged with teens, yava

There’s only a week left to vote for your favorite YAVA nominee! Voting can be done in person through September 15th at your local branch or online here. There’s so […]