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!
5th Grade Battle of the Books
Battle of the Books is a reading competition for all area fifth grade students designed to foster a love of reading and encourage students to read books outside of the classroom. Students form teams with fellow students, spend five months reading 12 books selected by RHPL youth librarians, and then come together to compete in a “battle” (trivia contest) consisting of 50 questions to test their knowledge of the books they have read.
Summer Reading 2026 Kindergarten to Second Grade
Esenwine, Matt Forrest
A universe of rainbows : multicolored poems for a multicolored world
Pizzoli, Greg.
The bad idea and other stories
Clarkson, Giselle
Omnibird : an avian investigator's handbook
Harper, Charise Mericle.
The shindig is coming!
Shore, Diane ZuHone.
