❤️📚 Show Us Some Love This Valentine’s Day! 📚❤️

We’re feeling the love and we want to hear from YOU! 💌✨

What do you love most about the library?
💖 The books?
💻 The free resources?
🎨 The fun programs?
🤝 The friendly staff?
📖... Your favorite cozy reading spot?

Drop a comment below and tell us what makes your library special! 🥰👇

Let’s fill this feed with library love! ❤️📚✨

#LibraryLove #ValentinesDay #SpreadTheLove #LibraryLife #CommunityLove #BookLove

Catch us at the Children’s Parade starting at 10 am! We are float number 21!

💘📚 Happy Valentine’s Day from our RPL family to yours! 💘📚

This Valentine’s Day, skip the chocolates and cozy up with a great book instead! 🌹✨

Whether you’re spending the day with someone special or treating yourself to a little “me time,” there’s ...nothing more comforting than a good story. 📖❤️

Visit any Rapides Parish Library branch and fall in love with your next favorite read!

#HappyValentinesDay #RPL #LibraryLove #BookValentine #CozyReads #FallInLoveWithABook #ReadMoreBooks 📚💌

🎭📚💜💛💚Books on Parade! 💚💛💜📚🎭

Celebrate the season with some festive stories full of beads, masks, mysteries, and Cajun fun! 🎉✨ Check out these Mardi Gras favorites:

📖 Gaston Goes to Mardi Gras by James Rice
🌳 Beads on Trees by Ginger ...Grabert Spedale
🎭 Cajun Mardi Gras Masks by Carl Lindahl
🐶 Phoebe Cakes the Bulldog: A Mardi Gras Tail by Michelle Dumont
🕵️ Randolph Solves the Mardi Gras Mystery by Pat Hornsby Crochet
🐺 Rougarou at Mardi Gras by Vanessa Cano

📲 Call, visit, or use the RPL app to place a hold on one of these titles—or browse our collection for even more Mardi Gras magic!

Laissez les bons temps lire! 🎺📚👑

#MardiGrasReads #LibraryLove #RPL #LaissezLesBonsTempsRouler #MardiGrasBooks #BookRecommendations #CarnivalSpirit 💜💛💚

📣 Join Us for the AACHC Third Annual Celebration!

The Rapides Parish Library invites you to the Third Annual Central Louisiana African American Culture & Heritage Center Celebration on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch (1115 Broadway ...Ave., Alexandria).

✨ This year’s theme: “Strength of Our Past, Power of Our Future.”

We will honor seven outstanding Central Louisiana leaders whose lives reflect excellence in education, public service, military service, and community leadership:

John E. Allen, Jr. • Levator Boyd • Israel B. Curtis • Herbert B. Dixon, Sr. • Randolph Holly, Jr. • Owen Monconduit • Freddie Price, Sr.

🎉 Special recognitions and presentations included.

📞 RSVP by Feb. 16: 318-445-3912
📍 Free and open to the public — everyone is welcome!

Come celebrate our history, honor our leaders, and inspire future generations.