Rapides Parish Library

🐰🌷 Holiday Closure Notice 🌷🐰

📍 All Rapides Parish Library Locations
📅 Friday, April 3 & Saturday, April 4

All Rapides Parish Library locations will be closed on Friday, April 3 & Saturday, April 4 in observance of the Easter holiday. 💐✨

While our buildings may be closed, you can still enjoy all the great resources we offer online! 💻📚

👉 Visit us anytime at: www.rpl.org

We hope you have a safe, happy, and relaxing Easter weekend! 🐣💛

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🥚🎨 Pysanky Eggs – Create a Cultural Masterpiece! 🎨🥚

📍 Libuse Branch
📅 Saturday, April 25
⏰ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Discover the beauty of traditional egg decorating! ✨ Join us for a hands-on Pysanky Egg–making class and explore this colorful Czech art form.

🎨 Learn traditional decorating techniques
🥚 Create your own unique design
🌍 Celebrate culture and creativity
💛 Enjoy a fun, interactive experience

Perfect for ages 10+—kids, teens, and adults are all welcome! 🌟

⚠️ Waitlist registration is required as space is limited.
👉 https://rpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=292369

📞 Contact 318-443-7259 for more information.

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📚✨ International Children’s Book Day ✨📚

📅 April 2

Let’s celebrate the magic of stories and the joy of reading! 🌟📖 Held each year around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, International Children’s Book Day honors the power of books to inspire young minds and spark imagination.

🌈 Encourage a lifelong love of reading
📖 Discover amazing children’s books
🧠 Build literacy and creativity
💡 Inspire curiosity and big dreams

From fairy tales to adventures, every book opens a new world for children to explore! 🌍✨

Join us in celebrating the stories that shape young hearts and minds—because every child deserves the joy of reading! ❤️📚

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🐣🎉 Easter Basket Winner 🎉🐣

Join us in congratulating our Main Library Easter Basket winner, Kenneli Bordelon! 🏆📚

📖 Kenneli rose to the challenge
🌟 Read her way to victory
🎁 And takes home the Ages 6–12 Easter Basket just in time for Easter!

Way to go, Kenneli! 👏💛 Keep up the amazing reading!

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Due to overwhelming demand for spring gardening materials, we’ve made a small change to our collection for the month of April… 🌱

All books have been temporarily replaced with gardening tools and supplies available for checkout.

Yes, all of them.

Patrons can now browse our shelves for:
🪴 Hand trowels
🌼 Seed packets
🌿 Watering cans
🧤 Gardening gloves
🪱 (we’re not asking questions)

Our catalog has also been updated accordingly:

Fiction → Fertilizer
Mystery → Mulch
Romance → Rooting Hormone
Self-Help → Soil

Loan period: 7 days
Renewals: Depends how things grow
Overdue items: Will be returned to the earth

Staff are available to help you locate items, though we are still adjusting emotionally.

📌 Please do not attempt to read the mulch.

👉 Visit the link for more information: https://www.rpl.org/index.php/gardening-supplies/

🐰🥚 What an Egg-cellent Day in Glenmora! 🥚🐰

We had a blast at our 2nd Annual Glenmora Community Easter Egg Hunt! 🎉🌸

A HUGE thank you to our amazing community partners who helped make this event so special:💛 Red River Bank🚒 The Fire Department📚 McDonald Friends of the Rapides Parish Library

We also want to give a big shoutout to our wonderful volunteers, including the Beta Club, for giving their time and energy to make this event unforgettable! 🙌

🎶 A huge thank you to our DJ for providing the music and helping us celebrate in style!

🐰 A very special thank you to our guest of honor, the Easter Bunny🔥 And to Sparky the Firehouse Dog for bringing extra smiles and fun!

Events like this truly show the power of community, and we are so grateful to everyone who helped make it such a success! 💛🌷

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🎬🍿 April DVD list is here! 🍿🎬

Movie lovers, this one’s for you! 🎉 Our April DVD list has arrived, packed with great titles ready for your next movie night!

🎥 Discover new releases and favorites
🍿 Plan the perfect movie marathon
✨ Find something for everyone to enjoy

Stop by your local branch, give us a call, or browse our app to place your holds today! 📲🎬

Lights, camera, checkout! 🎞️💛

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🐰📚 Last Few Days: Easter Basket Read-Off! 🥚🌷

Time is almost up, readers! There are only a few days left to enter the Annual Easter Basket Read-Off.

📅 Tuesday is the LAST day to log your reading in Beanstack and earn entries for a chance to win a festive Easter basket prize! The more you read, the more chances you have to win. 📖✨

🎉 Four winners will be selected at each branch:
👶 Ages 0–5
🧒 Ages 6–12
🧑 Teens 13–18
📚 Adults 19 and up

🏆 On Wednesday, each branch will select their winners—just in time for you to pick up your prize before Easter!

Don’t miss your chance! Log your reading, stop by the library, and finish the challenge strong. 🍀📚

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📚🔥 April Teen book list is here! 🔥📚

Teens, ready to find your next favorite read? 👀✨ Our April Teen Book List is packed with awesome titles you won’t want to miss!

📖 Discover exciting new stories
🌟 Explore popular and trending reads
💡 Find a book you won’t be able to put down

Stop by your local branch, give us a call, or check out our app to place your holds today! 📲📚

Your next adventure is waiting—come find it! 💛

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🐣2nd Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt🐣

🐰🐣Schedule of events for the day!
🌸11am ages 0-5 egg hunt
🌸11:30am ages 6-12 egg hunt
🌸12pm ages 13 & up egg hunt
🌸12:15pm Special needs egg hunt