💜💛💚 Happy Mardi Gras from our RPL family to yours! 💚💛💜

Laissez les bons temps rouler! 🎭✨

Celebrate Mardi Gras with a good book, festive displays, and fun finds at your local Rapides Parish Library branch. 📚🎉

Stop by one of our locations this ...season and let the good times (and great stories) roll! 🎺👑

#HappyMardiGras #RPL #LibraryLove #LaissezLesBonsTempsRouler #MardiGrasReads #RapidesParishLibrary 💜💛💚

📚✨ A Celebration of Local Black Authors ✨📚

Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating the power of storytelling, creativity, and community at the Westside Regional Library! 💛✍🏾 Meet and connect with talented local Black authors as they share their journeys, their books,... and what inspires their writing. Discover new reads, enjoy meaningful conversations, and you may even leave with a signed copy!

📍 Westside Regional Library
📅 Friday, February 27
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

🌟 Featured Authors & Works:

📖 Candy Christophe, LCSW, LAC
You Can Have Both Book & Workbook Series:
• "Ministry – Spiritual Strategic"
• "Business on the Legacy Ladder"
• "Marriage Make It Last"
• "The Adultery Trap"

📖 Jamar Gailes
• "Loving 42"

📖 Anita Watson
• "My Dog “Chop Chop”

📖 Rodney “Bow Bow” Jones
• "The Adventures of D.J. Bow and Jerome: Beat the Bullies"

📖 Cheron Holland
• "The Bully: Carmen & Artela"
• "Snow Day"

This special event is a wonderful opportunity to support local voices, celebrate Black literature, and uplift authors who are making an impact right here in our community. 💬📚

📞 For more information, call 318-442-2483

#LocalBlackAuthors #CelebrateBlackVoices #WestsideRegionalLibrary #BlackLiterature #AuthorMeetAndGreet #SupportLocalAuthors #RPL #CommunityReads

🇺🇸📚 Happy Presidents’ Day! 📚🇺🇸

Today, February 16th, we celebrate Presidents’ Day—a holiday honoring the leaders who have served as Presidents of the United States, and especially our first president, George Washington. 🎩✨

Presidents’ Day is a ...wonderful opportunity to reflect on the history of our nation, the founding of American democracy, and the leaders who helped shape the United States—from Washington to Lincoln and beyond. 🏛️📖

Want to learn more about the presidents, the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War? Stop by the library and check out books that bring American history to life!

📍 History is waiting for you at your local Rapides Parish Library branch.

#PresidentsDay #WashingtonsBirthday #AmericanHistory #LibraryReads #LearnSomethingNew #RPL #FoundingFathers #HistoryMatters 🇺🇸📚✨

🎭👑✨ 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