Storytime & fun for the whole family
Read on for tips about RHPL Youth programming and making the most out of events with your child.
Registration
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Most programs require registration, which opens two weeks before an event for residents, and one week before for non-residents
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Resident children must be registered for events with their own library card.
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Early Lit Group registration is limited to one session per season
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Ages are listed in program descriptions —siblings may be too young or old to attend.
Event Tips
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Come early and visit the bathroom before the program begins
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Be present. Interact and participate with your child
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Take a break, it’s ok if you need one!
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Help clean up
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Save phones, personal toys, snacks, and adult socializing for after the program
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Have Fun!
2025 Summer Reading Kindergarten-2nd
Obuobi, Laura
Becoming a ballerina : the story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince
Hevron, Amy
City of leafcutter ants : a sustainable society of millions
Willems, Mo.
Lefty : a story that is not all right
Khan, Hena.
Behind my doors : the story of the world's oldest library
Watkins, Lala
Hello, Sun!
2025 Summer Reading 3rd-5th
Wang, Jin
Born naughty : my childhood in China
Brunelle, Lynn
Haiku, ew! : celebrating the disgusting side of nature
Wood, Chelsea L
Power to the Parasites!
Quinn, Síne
The Faerie Isle : tales and traditions of Ireland's forgotten folklore
Polak, Monique
Remember this : the fascinating world of memory
2025 Summer Reading Middle School
Semenya, Caster, 1991-
The race to be myself : young readers edition
Levinson, Cynthia
Who owns the moon? : and other conundrums of exploring and using space
Grush, Loren
The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts
Kolbert, Elizabeth.
The sixth extinction : an unnatural history
Galat, Joan Marie, 1963