Library Board Meeting
March library board meeting will be March 18th @7:00 p.m.…
Game Day
Game day at the library during Central Heights spring break wil be Friday, March 20th @ 4:00…
St. Patrick’s Day Craft
Since the library is not open on Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day there will be a craft on Wednesday, March 18th @3:00…
Costa Rica
The March meeting of the Richmond Public Library Geography club was Tuesday, March 3rd. This month the club chose Costa Rica. There was quite a bit of information to be found on this tiny county.
Did you know that Costa Rica has a 98% literacy rate? school is very important there. Women do not take their husbands last name, MacDonald’s and Burger King have home delivery. These are just a few of the things we learned.
Costa Ricans eat rice and beans at every meal so we have three different versions of rice and beans. There was also chicken, pork, potatoes, salad and of course desert. Ever had corn cake? we have.…
Nancy Pickard
What do you get when you have a group of people, good food and a Kansas Author? A great time!!
Richmond Public Library had Nancy Pickard, author of the 2009 Kansas Center for the Book Kansas Reads book, Virgin of the Small Plains.
The patrons have been reading the book and have just loved it. Everyone who reads it comes in and ask two questions. Do you have more of her books?? and When are they making the movie??
We were lucky enough to have Nancy physically visit our small library and the people loved her. She is a wonderful, personable person. Nancy sat down and told us about her book and some of the ways she researched it. She chatted with a woman whose daughter has wrote a book and is trying to get it published. This library would gladly have Nancy back again!…