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📲Find your next ADVENTURE with the NEW Rapides Parish Library App!

👉Search, reserve, borrow & renew at the touch of a button
👉Scan a barcode to see if you can borrow before you buy
👉Access physical and E-Resources
👉Get ...notifications (account updates and event info)
👉Directions and journey planning

⬇️Download Now! Available on the App and Google Play Stores!
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📚 RAPIDES PARISH LIBRARY

INTRODUCING: Sensory Backpacks for Kids
Available Now at All Branches!

🧠✨ Supporting Young Minds, One Visit at a Time
Thanks to a generous donation from CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Pediatric Therapy Center, made possible by a grant from ...Ace Hardware, RPL is now offering Sensory Backpacks designed for children with sensory sensitivities.

👝 What’s Inside Each Backpack?
• Compression Vest – for calming and grounding
• Noise-Canceling Headphones – to reduce auditory overload
• Two Fidget Tools – to focus and relieve stress

📍 Where to Find Them:
At the Circulation Desk of every RPL branch.
Just ask a library staff member – an adult will complete a quick in-house checkout process.

🧩 Why It Matters:
✔ Reduce Sensory Overload
✔ Promote Inclusivity for Neurodiverse Children
✔ Enhance Comfort & Confidence

🌼❤Our RPL family wants to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and mother figures! This day is a time to celebrate the love, care, and guidance provided by all those who have nurtured and shaped us, whether they are biological mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, or other important ...women in our lives. It's a day to express gratitude for the unique and invaluable role they play in our lives!❤🌼

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❤Now available at all RPL library locations!

💙High blood pressure is one of the leading risk factors for heart attacks and strokes. According to a 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment by the Rapides Foundation, in Rapides Parish alone, ...almost half of all adults have high blood pressure (47.2% versus 36.9% across the US). It’s often referred to as the “silent killer,” because it can do damage to a person’s health without any symptoms. The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is to have it checked. For those already diagnosed, home monitoring can be a vital part of managing the condition and sharing readings with a healthcare provider. For those undiagnosed, monitoring daily can help to get an accurate average of your blood pressure and identify any patterns you can share with your provider to determine your treatment needs.

❤Contact your local branch for more info on how you can check out a Blood Pressure Monitor!
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📚It's Children's Book Week this week!📚

🔦We couldn't end Children's Book Week without spotlighting two children's books!

📖🏅1999 Newberry Medal Winner: "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

✨Synopsis: "Set during ...the years 1929-1942, and told in eight engaging episodes, this fresh and funny novel recounts a boy and his sister's annual summer trips to rural Illinois to visit their eccentric grandmother. Grandma Dowdel, a remarkable larger-than-life character, continually astounds her "city-slicker" grandchildren with her nonconformist behavior and her gutsy, take-charge attitude."

📖🏅2016 Caldecott Medal Winner: "Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear" by Lindsay Mattick and Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

✨Synopsis: "In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war.

Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey--from the fields of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England...

And finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin.

Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl!"

You can request both books from our RPL libraries!
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