To download the calendar, scroll to the bottom of this post! 10/1 Needle Felting (Kids age 6-11) Drop-in between 1 and 4. Learn how to needle felt or practice your skills! Make an acorn decoration out of wool or try your own project! 10/6 – 10/8 Leaf Pictures (Kids age 6-11) Drop in during typical… Read more RFL October Calendar
Children's Programs
2025 Library Festival!
The Library Festival Book Sale is on August 23rd! Don’t miss our famous annual Library Festival with its huge book sale, raffles, cookie walk, giant bubbles, children’s craft, and face painting!Right across the road from the giant Apple Pie Craft Fair, the Book Sale opens at 8am for members only, and 9am for everyone else.… Read more 2025 Library Festival!
Color Our World Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading is right around the corner! Watch for updates, and in the meantime, get the June 24th 10:30am Kick-Off date in your calendar!
Project R.A.B.B.I.T. Read Aloud Night!
On May 29th at 5:00pm, join the library and the Richards School PTO for an evening of family fun, celebrating reading and literacy! Discover the old Newport tradition called Project RABBIT– which stands for Read A Book Because It’s Terrific. Special guests from the community like Fire Chief Yannuzzi will join us to read aloud… Read more Project R.A.B.B.I.T. Read Aloud Night!
Author Visit with Marek Bennett, graphic novel author/illustrator
LOCATION CHANGEDue to forecasted rain, we’ll hold this event at the Newport Rec gym at 65 Belknap Ave, just down the side-street from the library.The whole family is invited to meet graphic novel author/illustrator Marek Bennett! The Children’s Literacy Foundation, (CLiF) is sponsoring this visit for the Richards Free Library and Library Arts Center, as… Read more Author Visit with Marek Bennett, graphic novel author/illustrator
