Northeast Kansas Library System [NEKLS] is the system that the Richmond Public Library belongs to. For the past few years NEKLS has been having “Bus Tours’, in which librarians, and library board members load up on a bus and tour different libraries. This year Richmond was on the tour.
On Thursday, May 3 around 1:30 a big green bus pulled into town loaded with library people. There were around 20 people on the tour this year. The librarians at Richmond hope to be able attend the tour next year.
What have the library staff and library board members been up to lately?
First off the library has updated the exciting bathroom. The walls and floor have been redone, shelves and a curtain have been added. The bathroom no longer looks like a cave. Yes we are very excited about it.
Both the director and one other staff member attended the State Library KLA Conference in Wichita in April, they returned and the director took the new knowledge to the library board.
On Tuesday, April 17 the library held it’s annual “Open House’. Everyone who came was showed the new bathroom and the new windows. We had a great turnout for the open house this year, there were 50 people in and out for the event.
Thursday, April 19 was the Annual Spring Assembly for our library system. this event was held at the Holiday Inn, Holidome in Lawrence. two board members and the library director attended this event.
What did we do for Easter this year?
We had our annual Easter party for the Story Time kids on Friday, April 6th. We had this as a joint party with the local Modern Woodman kids, they bring the pizza. The Easter Bunny showed up and we had a Easter Egg hunt in the back yard. This year there was a total of 22 kids for the party.
Later in the afternoon the library held an Easter Craft day, the kids made a bunny craft.
What did we do in March?
The Story Hour kids celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with our annual headbands.
During Spring Break the library held two different events. First we colored and folded paper air planes.
After paper air planes we had a “Decorate Cupcakes” day. The kids came picked a cup cake and then added frosting and sprinkles. As you can imagine the kids really enjoyed this.
And of course, we have been bar coding.
Wondering what books will be made into movies in 2012? Here’s the scoop on some of the biggest movies based on books.
‘One for the Money’ 
“‘One for the Money’ by Janet Evanovich”St. Martin’s Press
Janet Evanovich’s series about Bounty Hunter Stephanie Plum tops the bestsellers lists every year. Each book has a number in the title. Evanovich knows how to do beach reading, and now her fans will get to see their favorite heroine in a summer movie. One for the Money, starring Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum, is set for release in January.
‘The Lorax’ 
“The Lorax by Dr. Seuss”Random House Children’s Books
Dr. Seuss’ 1971 environmentalist tale about “The Lorax who speaks for the trees” is coming to theaters in March. Voices in this animated feature include Danny Devito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Betty White and Rob Riggle.
The Hunger Games’ 
“The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins”Scholastic
It seems as if every new cast member that was announced for The Hunger Games movie got a new story in entertainment magazines. Perhaps that’s because the books are fantastic, and we all can’t wait to see how they will translate onto the big screen. We’ll get our chance in March 2012, when the first Hunger Games movie is released.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ 
“Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith”Grand Central
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith turns the life of one of America’s most respected presidents into a Gothic nightmare. Funny? Gross? Probably depends on your sense of humor. There is enough of a following for this book, though, to turn it into a movie. The film version of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is set for release June 22, 2012.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2′ 
“‘Breaking Dawn’ by Stephanie Meyer”Little, Brown
There is no need to announce this one! If you’ve seen Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn – Part 1, you surely know that the last movie in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga is due out on November 16, 2012.
Life of Pi’ 
“Life of Pi by Yann Martel”Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Yann Martel’s 2001 bestseller, Life of Pi, is finally coming to the big screen. Over the years, there were rumors that a number of different directors — Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Alfonso Cuarón and M. Night Shyamalan — but the film is finally being made by Ang Lee. The movie will be 3D and will be released in December.
Life of Pi Movie Information
The Hobbit’ 
“The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien”Random House
Lord of the Rings fans rejoice! The Hobbit is finally here and includes much of the cast from the original Lord of the Rings trilogy. Set for release in December, The Hobbit is already anticipated to be one of the biggest movies of the year.
The libraries annual Chocolate Day was Monday, February 13th. This has become an annual event in honor of Valentine’s Day. Kids and adults are invited to come to the library and make something Chocolate.
We made cake pops dipped in chocolate, marshmallows dipped in chocolate, pretzels sticks dipped in chocolate and chocolate suckers, what more could you want.
The Richmond Public Library will be having it’s annual “Chocolate Day” in honor of Valentine’s Day on Monday, February 13th .
From 2 to 3 the library will be open for any adults who would like to participate in Chocolate Day and from 4 to 6 kids will be invited to come to the library.
Chocolate Day is when we have three or four kinds of melted chocolate here at the library . We will have candy molds, marshmallows and pretzels for everyone to put chocolate in or on, this year we will also have cake pops for everyone to dip into the chocolate.
The plan is to have milk chocolate, white chocolate, butterscotch and raspberry chocolate.
We have purchased some new books and replaced some worn out ones. Below you will find a list of some of the books and movies for January 2012;
We bought 4 Captain Underpants books, 2 replacements and 2 new.
We now have #1 and #2 of the Twilight graphic novels
Heartbreak Creek is the first book in the new series “Runaway Brides’ by Kaki Warner
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Dolphin Tale [DVD]
SOAP season 4 [DVD]
It’s Time for Bubble Puppy![Bubble Guppies]
Our Librarian Won’t Tell us Anything!
Find the Dinosaurs1 [Team UmiZoomi]
Come in and check out our new books and movies. See what else we have that might interest you!
“One For the Money” by Janet Evanovich had been made into a movie. Coming to theater’s January 27. 2012.
Many of you have be avid readers of this very funny series. Now you can watch Stephanie Plum in live action. Maybe you will love it, maybe you will hate. But you need to watch it to find out.
The 2012 Kansas Reads program is about to start. January 27 through March 17 2012 is the 2012 program. This years books is Our Boys: Perfect Season on the Plains by Joe Drape.
The library will be having a kick-off party on Friday, January 27 at 1 pm. We are asking people to bring your favorite “football” appetizer and to wear some kind for football or sports clothing. Wear a shirt with you favorite team on, pro or college or even your school.
Come and join us for good food and conversation!
