🚨📚 WANTED FOR EXCESSIVE READING 📚🚨

All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty… but it looks like we’ve got ourselves another reading bandit!! 👀📖

📍 Caught at King Branch

🔍 Charges include:
📚 Carrying an overloaded TBR list
...👀 Browsing the stacks suspiciously
📖 Staying up past bedtime for “just one more chapter”

⚠️ WARNING: Highly likely to recommend books to innocent bystanders! 😏

If spotted, approach carefully… this suspect may try to hand you a library card and a reading recommendation. 📚✨

#KingBranch #CaughtReading #ReadingBandit #LibraryLife #GetCaughtReading 🚨📚

🌲📚 Adventure Awaits with Rapides Parish Library! 📚🌲

Rapides Parish Library is excited to announce that patrons can now “Check Out Louisiana” with FREE Louisiana State Park and Historic Site passes using their library card! 🌎✨

Through the statewide Check Out ...Louisiana initiative, RPL cardholders can explore Louisiana’s incredible natural beauty, outdoor adventures, and rich history — all completely FREE.

🏕️ Visit Louisiana State Parks
🏛️ Explore State Historic Sites
🚗 One-day admission for one vehicle and passengers
📚 Available at ALL Rapides Parish Library branches

PLUS… patrons can also ask to check out a special Geaux Explore backpack (limited availability) packed with tools to make your adventure even more exciting! 👀🌿

🎒 Geaux Explore Backpacks include:
🔭 Binoculars
🧭 Compass
🔎 Magnifying glass
🌱 Leave No Trace outdoor ethics cards
🐸 Louisiana Amphibians Guide
📘 Keep Louisiana Beautiful activity book

Whether you’re hiking trails, spotting wildlife, discovering Louisiana history, or making family memories outdoors, your next adventure starts at the library! 💛

✨ HOW IT WORKS ✨
✔️ Visit any RPL branch with your library card
✔️ Check out a free state park pass
✔️ Ask about a Geaux Explore backpack
✔️ Head out and start exploring Louisiana!

📍 Passes provide one-time entry to any of Louisiana’s 21 State Parks and 14 State Historic Sites.
⚠️ Passes are first-come, first-served and cannot be placed on hold.
⚠️ Passes do not include cabins, campsites, overnight stays, or special programs.
⚠️ Each household may check out a pass once every six months.

🌞 Louisiana is full of natural beauty, fascinating history, and unforgettable adventures — and now you can discover it all for FREE with your Rapides Parish Library card!

#RapidesParishLibrary #CheckOutLouisiana #LouisianaStateParks #GeauxExplore #LibraryAdventure #ExploreLouisiana 🌲📚✨

🚨📚 WANTED: The Hardcover Hoodlum 📚🚨

👀 Suspected of cozy reading crimes

🔫 Armed with:
• Hardcovers
• Coffee
• Quiet vibes

⚠️ WARNING:
May disappear into a book

#GetCaughtReading #CozyReads #LibraryLife 📖✨

🍓🧀🍔 MAY IS FULL OF FLAVOR! 🌮🔥🥗

Did you know May is:

🥬 National Salad Month
🍓 National Strawberry Month
🧀 National Cheese Month
🥚 National Egg Month
🍔 National Hamburger Month
🌮 National Salsa Month
🔥 National Barbeque ...Month
🌱 National Asparagus Month

Sounds like the perfect time to level up your kitchen game 😋📚

Stop by Rapides Parish Library and check out cookbooks packed with:
🍳 Fresh recipes
🔥 BBQ favorites
🍓 Sweet treats
🌮 Flavorful dishes
🧀 Comfort food classics

Whether you’re planning cookouts, family dinners, or trying something brand new, your next favorite recipe could be waiting at the library 👀📖

📍 Visit your local branch today!

#RapidesParishLibrary #CookbookCollection #NationalBBQMonth #NationalStrawberryMonth #FoodieFinds #LibraryLife #CookingWithTheLibrary 🍔📚✨

🚨📚 SUSPECT CAUGHT 📚🚨

Suspect has been caught having a good time… 👀📖

📍 McDonald Branch

⚠️ WARNING: WILL RECOMMEND BOOKS

Proceed with caution—this reader is known to spread the joy of reading! 😏📚

#McDonaldBranch ...#GetCaughtReading #LibraryLife #CaughtReading 📚✨