RPL Board of Control Meeting

🌱📚 Plant a Seed, Read! 📚🌱

Rapides Parish Library Summer Reading is blossoming! 🌼✨

Starting June 1, readers of all ages can log their reading minutes and earn exciting prizes all summer long! 🎉📖

🌱 Summer Reading runs June 1 – July 31
📚 ...Track your reading minutes in Beanstack
🏆 Earn prizes while you read and grow

Sign up now so you’re ready to start reading for Summer Reading! Let’s make this summer bloom with books, fun, and adventure! 🌻✨

🚨📚 CAUGHT IN THE ACT! 📚🚨

A suspicious reader was spotted deep in the stacks at the Libuse Branch… completely absorbed in a book 👀📖

📍 Libuse Branch

🔍 Suspected of:
Choosing books over movies every single time

⚠️ WARNING: ALWAYS ...THINKS THE BOOKS ARE BETTER!

Witnesses report dramatic page turning, intense focus, and strong opinions about movie adaptations 😏🎬📚

Proceed with caution—this patron may convince YOU to read the book too!

#LibuseBranch #GetCaughtReading #LibraryLife #CaughtReading #BookLovers 📚✨

📚✨ From the Pages to the People ✨📚

Join us for a powerful and inspiring event celebrating local voices, storytelling, and community! 💛✊

📍 Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch
📅 Saturday, May 30
⏰ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

📖 Meet talented local Black... authors
🗣️ Hear their stories and creative journeys
✍️ Learn about their writing processes
📚 Discover new books + grab signed copies

✨ Featuring:
Candy Christophe • Jamar Gailes • Anita Watson • Gloria Boyd Williams • Cheron Holland

📚 Featured titles include:
You Can Have Both series • Loving 42 • My Dog “Chop Chop” • Cindy Takes the Wind • The Bully: Carmen & Artela • Snow Day

Connect, celebrate, and be inspired by the voices in our community 🌍✨

Come be part of this meaningful celebration of culture, creativity, and unity 💫

📞 For more information, call 318-445-3912

#MLKBranch #LocalAuthors #CommunityVoices #LibraryPrograms 📚✨

🇺🇸✨ Memorial Day Closure✨🇺🇸

All Rapides Parish Library locations will be closed on Monday, May 25, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. ❤️🤍💙

Even while our branches are closed, the library fun doesn’t stop! 📚💻 You can still enjoy eBooks, ...audiobooks, streaming services, research tools, and more anytime through 🌐 www.rpl.org and the RPL app.