Richmond Public Library

It’s October the month of Halloween, what do we have planned at the library?

Friday, October 23rd we will have and adult craft day at 1:00 PM. We will be making bird feeders from recycled pop bottles.

October 24th the library is having a chili and soup fundraiser dinner at the Richmond Community Building. The meal will be served from 4:30 to 8:00 PM and is a FREE WILL donation. The library is also selling raffle tickets for two raffle baskets. The first is a Halloween basket which includes candy, dvd’s, popcorn and other goodies. The second is a candle basket, it has a scentsy plug-in , party light tea lights and other candle items.  Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00.

Wednesday, October 28th the Story Time kids will trick-or-treat the businesses on Central Street starting at 10:30 AM.

Wednesday, October 28th at 4:00 kids are invited to come and decorate Ghosts for Halloween.

Thursday, October 29th TEENS are decorating skulls at 4:00 PM.

Friday, October 30th at 4:00 is Halloween craft day, kids are invited to come and make some Halloween crafts.

DON’T FORGET! The library has HALLOWEEN masks that can be checked out! All you need is a Library Card! You can find the masks under “Costume Masks” in the catalog.

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Those patrons who have little ones who just want to use your tablet or phone, the library has a Launchpad Tablet that can be checked out. This tablet come preloaded with Pre-K and Kindergarten games.
If you have a little one at home that might like to use this tablet come visit the library and take a look at it. If you have a library card we can check it out to you.

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The 2015 Summer Reading Program has ended. This year we had 39 kids [5th grade & under], 10 teens and 13 adults sign up for the program. Each group had it’s own crafts or programs. The kids has 12 crafts or programs this summer. The teens had 9 craft days. The adults has 10 craft or food programs. We started Wednesday, June 3rd with a  frisbee toss game and ended Thursday, August 6th with root beer floats and a treasure hunt.

Winners in each of our reading age groups this year were:

Listeners [5 & under] – Leon Weber, Kallen Hastings, Gavin Weber

Reading with help [kindergarden & 1st graders]- Ashley Harkins & Brennen Geiler

Readers [2nd – 5th grade]- Drake Weber, Carson Wood & Damien Geiler

Teens- Sam Wood, Spencer Guyett & Sarah Wood

Adults- Margaret Moore, Ken Manwarren, Danika Willis

Up next at the library?

Alphabet Club on Friday, August 21st at noon, this months letters are G, P & Y.…

Summer Reading is coming to an end. What have we been doing lately?

The adults made un-ordinary planters on July 17th.

July 20th was National Lollipop Day, so the library gave free lollipops to everyone who come to the library that day.

Henna Tattoo was a [2] two day affair. The library did Henna Tattoos for Everyone [[under 18 had to have a parent present or a signed permission slip] on July 22nd and 23rd.

Wednesday, July 29th the younger kids had their pictures taken as Super Heroes.

Thursday, July 30th the Teens made super hero [and villains] rings and key chains.

Friday, July 30th the adults made un-ordinary wind chimes.

Summer reading is set to end on Thursday, August 6th with an end of summer party at 3:00 PM. It happens to be National Root beer float day, so we will have floats along with a snack and a digital treasure hunt. Summer reading prizes will be handed out at the end of the party.…