🎭👑✨ King Cake Tradition Time! ✨👑🎭

One of the sweetest Mardi Gras traditions is the King Cake! 💜💚💛

This special cake—decorated in festive purple, green, and gold—often hides a tiny plastic baby inside. 👶🎂

Whoever finds the baby in their ...slice is said to have good luck 🍀 and is responsible for bringing the King Cake to the next party! 🎉

📚 Want to read more about King Cakes and their delicious tradition? Check out one of these fun titles from the library:

🍰 Big Book of King Cake: The Stories & the Bakers Behind New Orleans' Sweetest Tradition
🔤 King Cake ABCs
👶 The King Cake Baby
📖 Little Book of King Cake

Call, visit, or use the RPL app to place a hold today! 📲📚

#KingCake #MardiGrasTradition #LibraryReads #RPL #LouisianaCulture #MardiGrasFun #LetTheGoodTimesRoll 💜💚💛👑

❤️📚 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!

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🎭📚💜💛💚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 💜💛💚