🐰🌷 Holiday Closure Notice 🌷🐰
📍 All Rapides Parish Library Locations
📅 Friday, April 3 & Saturday, April 4
All Rapides Parish Library locations will be closed on Friday, April 3 & Saturday, April 4 in observance of the Easter holiday. 💐✨
...While our buildings may be closed, you can still enjoy all the great resources we offer online! 💻📚
👉 Visit us anytime at: www.rpl.org
We hope you have a safe, happy, and relaxing Easter weekend! 🐣💛
#LibraryClosure #RapidesParishLibrary #LibraryOnline #HolidayHours #EasterWeekend 🐰🌷
🥚🎨 Pysanky Eggs – Create a Cultural Masterpiece! 🎨🥚
📍 Libuse Branch
📅 Saturday, April 25
⏰ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Discover the beauty of traditional egg decorating! ✨ Join us for a hands-on Pysanky Egg–making class and explore this colorful Czech ...art form.
🎨 Learn traditional decorating techniques
🥚 Create your own unique design
🌍 Celebrate culture and creativity
💛 Enjoy a fun, interactive experience
Perfect for ages 10+—kids, teens, and adults are all welcome! 🌟
⚠️ Waitlist registration is required as space is limited.
👉 https://rpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=292369
📞 Contact 318-443-7259 for more information.
#PysankyEggs #LibuseBranch #CulturalArt #CreativeWorkshop #HandsOnFun #LibraryPrograms #RapidesParishLibrary 🥚🎨
🥚🎨 Pysanky Eggs – Create a Cultural Masterpiece! 🎨🥚
📍 Libuse Branch
📅 Saturday, April 25
⏰ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Discover the beauty of traditional egg decorating! ✨ Join us for a hands-on Pysanky Egg–making class and explore this colorful Czech ...art form.
🎨 Learn traditional decorating techniques
🥚 Create your own unique design
🌍 Celebrate culture and creativity
💛 Enjoy a fun, interactive experience
Perfect for ages 10+—kids, teens, and adults are all welcome! 🌟
⚠️ Waitlist registration is required as space is limited.
👉 https://rpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=292369
📞 Contact 318-443-7259 for more information.
#PysankyEggs #LibuseBranch #CulturalArt #CreativeWorkshop #HandsOnFun #LibraryPrograms #RapidesParishLibrary 🥚🎨
📚✨ International Children’s Book Day ✨📚
📅 April 2
Stories have the power to spark imagination, build dreams, and inspire young minds 💭🌈
Celebrate International Children’s Book Day by sharing the joy of reading with the children in your life! ...❤️📖
🌟 Inspire a love of reading
📚 Explore magical stories and adventures
🧠 Grow creativity and literacy
💡 Help young readers dream big
Every book is a new adventure waiting to begin 🌍✨
#InternationalChildrensBookDay #KidsWhoRead #LoveReading #ChildrensBooks #LiteracyMatters #YoungReaders #LibraryLife #RapidesParishLibrary 📖💫
📚✨ International Children’s Book Day ✨📚
📅 April 2
Let’s celebrate the magic of stories and the joy of reading! 🌟📖 Held each year around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, International Children’s Book Day honors the power of books to inspire young minds... and spark imagination.
🌈 Encourage a lifelong love of reading
📖 Discover amazing children’s books
🧠 Build literacy and creativity
💡 Inspire curiosity and big dreams
From fairy tales to adventures, every book opens a new world for children to explore! 🌍✨
Join us in celebrating the stories that shape young hearts and minds—because every child deserves the joy of reading! ❤️📚
#InternationalChildrensBookDay #LoveReading #ChildrensBooks #LiteracyMatters #YoungReaders #LibraryPrograms #RapidesParishLibrary 📖✨
🐣🎉 Easter Basket Winner 🎉🐣
Join us in congratulating our Main Library Easter Basket winner, Kenneli Bordelon! 🏆📚
📖 Kenneli rose to the challenge
🌟 Read her way to victory
🎁 And takes home the Ages 6–12 Easter Basket just in time for Easter!
...
Way to go, Kenneli! 👏💛 Keep up the amazing reading!
#MainLibrary #EasterWinner #ReadingChallenge #YoungReaders #LibraryFun #RapidesParishLibrary 🐣📚
🐣🎉 Easter Basket Winner 🎉🐣
Join us in congratulating our Main Library Easter Basket winner, Kenneli Bordelon! 🏆📚
📖 Kenneli rose to the challenge
🌟 Read her way to victory
🎁 And takes home the Ages 6–12 Easter Basket just in time for Easter!
...
Way to go, Kenneli! 👏💛 Keep up the amazing reading!
#MainLibrary #EasterWinner #ReadingChallenge #YoungReaders #LibraryFun #RapidesParishLibrary 🐣📚
🌱📚 We replaced all the books 📚🌱
For April, you can now check out:
🪴 tools
🌼 seeds
🧤 gloves
🪱 questionable items
📍 Now shelved as:
Fiction → Fertilizer
Mystery → Mulch
⏳ 7 days
🚫 do not try to read the ...mulch
👉 Visit the link for more information: https://www.rpl.org/index.php/gardening-supplies/
#AprilFools #LibraryHumor #SendHelp #RPL #GrowWithUs #plantaseedread 🌱📚
Due to overwhelming demand for spring gardening materials, we’ve made a small change to our collection for the month of April… 🌱
All books have been temporarily replaced with gardening tools and supplies available for checkout.
Yes, all of them.
Patrons can now ...browse our shelves for:
🪴 Hand trowels
🌼 Seed packets
🌿 Watering cans
🧤 Gardening gloves
🪱 (we’re not asking questions)
Our catalog has also been updated accordingly:
Fiction → Fertilizer
Mystery → Mulch
Romance → Rooting Hormone
Self-Help → Soil
Loan period: 7 days
Renewals: Depends how things grow
Overdue items: Will be returned to the earth
Staff are available to help you locate items, though we are still adjusting emotionally.
📌 Please do not attempt to read the mulch.
👉 Visit the link for more information: https://www.rpl.org/index.php/gardening-supplies/
#AprilFools #RPL #ThingsGotOutOfHand #LibraryLife #GrowWithUs #plantaseedread
