Our mission here in the Youth Services department at Richmond Public Library is to nurture a love of reading in young children and help them build critical life skills via reading and literacy. As parents, you play a pivotal role in this development as well. We're always looking for new ways to support you in this journey, and want to share with you some research related to supporting not only children's literacy but a child's blossoming love of reading. I recently came across an article published in 2019 titled “Why Some People...

This is the first installment of a series of blog posts highlighting children's books that include Richmond and Virginia as the location. It is always fun to read books that take place where we live.  Seeing our Virginia cities and counties mentioned in the pages of a book gives one a special connection to what is being read.  Richmond Public Library has many children's books in our collection with settings that take place in Richmond and Virginia.  Both fiction and non-fiction selections are included with a brief description,...

Sometimes you need a little help finding titles you really want to read It's Not Easy Working for a Living fiction about working for our corporate overlords Just a Cog in the Late-Stage Capitalism Machine fiction about working for our corporate overlords Both Ends of the Leash You and your dog - read about good dogs, bad dogs, dogs with jobs, and dogs who are learning to be as you navigate learning, love, and loss with your canine companion Going to the Dogs a fiction sampler featuring "man's...

Asian-American Fiction: Dark or Dystopian Asian-American Fiction: Literary Asian-American Fiction: Mysteries and Historical Fiction Asian-American Fiction: Rom-Coms Check out the RPL Readers page for more lists.   Or, if you'd prefer a hand-crafted, bespoke book suggestion list, try The Bookologist service.  You need an RPL Library card to access.  Don't have one?  Find out how to get...