Rice Friends of the Library

10/09/2026

We had a lot of fun last at the Elementary! The student dancers did a wonderful job and the staff at the elementary had the school decorated beautifully. Thank you Ballet Folklorico Esencia Mexicanafor joining us!

10/08/2026

Today's the day!
We are so excited to see everyone tonight!
Swing by our table and say hi and buy a boo basket ticket!
Tonight is the last time to buy one, winner will be announced tomorrow morning!

Thank you again to our donors One Last Chapter Books, Heavenly Brew and More and the Ramirez family for donating the items to the basket.

Thank you Ballet Folklorico Esencia Mexicana for joining us tonight and Rice Elementary for allowing us to be apart of the festivities year after year.

10/07/2026

Join us at the Rice Elementary tomorrow at 5:30! We can't wait!

This week at the library!
October 8

Thursday night we will be at the Elementary for a Hispanic Heritage Family night starting at 5:30 PM! Watch the dancers, enjoy good food and family time.

10/06/2026

Happy Mad Hatter Day and Banned Book Week!
Celebrate by reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll on Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11/pg11-images.html

Learn more about banned book week by visiting the American Library Association website- Banned & Challenged Books.

10/06/2026

The library has gotten a spooky update for this season. Swing by and check out our new spidey friend 🕷️🕸️

10/05/2026

This week at the library!
October 5th-10th

Today stop in for a fun game day from 10:00-2:00 playing various games and learning spanish!

Don't forget now that we have the fridge you can purchase coffee/refreshers all week from Heavenly Brew and More!

Thursday night we will be at the Elementary for a Hispanic Heritage Family night starting at 5:30 PM! Watch the dancers, enjoy good food and family time.

We will have a table set up where you can purchase raffle tickets for the boo basket! Winner will be announced Friday Morning!

Friday October 9th will also be the last day to RSVP to our Book Club Bucket Decorating Craft next Friday.
Text 903-354-4390 to reserve your spot today.

Have a great week!

10/02/2026

Stop by tomorrow at the Rice Friends of the Library and grab our bottle coffee, matcha, refreshers and cold foam. We have a few jugs of lattes available
Tomorrow only 5 bottles for $25

A percentage of our sales will go back to library for programs and books!

10/01/2026

Hello October!
Hello boooooked fall weekend activities 🎃

Due to our volunteers busy schedule the library will be closed every Saturday except Halloween this month. ( We are always looking for more volunteers to help keep us open more hours. If this is something you would love to do, please reach out.)

Hispanic Heritage Night with the Elementary has been moved to next Thursday the 8th so we have extended our Boo Basket tickets to give everyone a chance. We will announce our boo basket winner next Friday October 9th. Check out the basket in person at the library today.

Coffee is now available every day bottled but Heavenly Brew and More will also be back on Mondays with her fall menu. So swing by on the 12th, 19th and 26th for a coffee and a book.

RSVP for Book club this month it falls on Friday October 16th 6:00 PM-8:00 PM we will be decorating Halloween Buckets! RSVP no later than October 9th!

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year! So we will be having a special Halloween Storytime Party! Snacks, crafts, games and more from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. There will be a costume contest and winners for age groups 0-3, 4-6, 7-10, 11+

We can't wait to see everyone this month!

09/29/2026

Happy National Coffee Day!
Stop by the library to grab a coffee from Heavenly Brew and More

Don’t forget to stop at the Rice Friends of the Library while they’re open today to grab your coffee, matcha, or refreshers
Coffee flavors for today is Blondie and Mazapán
Matcha flavor for today is Strawberry
Refreshers for today is the Blue Raspberry Dream

We have a few jugs available that are blondie

The milk options are Half & Half, Oat Milk, Whole Milk, Coconut Milk and Oat milk. The labels do have noted what milk it contains

We only have Vanilla Cold foam available told

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09/28/2026

Happening this week!
🚨September 28th- October 3rd🚨

Today September 28th
Hispanic Heritage Game Day 10:00 AM-2:00 PM

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨NEW DATE Thursday October 8TH🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
We are so excited to join the elementary once again with Ballet Folklorico Esencia Mexicana dancers! We can't wait to see everyone there for food & fun for all the elementary student families! If you are able please reach out to 903-326-4151 if you are a parent who would like to sign up to bring food or a restaurant willing to donate food.

Saturday October 3rd🚨
Library will be closed

All week!
Heavenly Brew and More now has a fridge located in the library with her coffee so anytime you get a coffee craving stop by the library during our hours of operation to grab one. (Electronic payments only) A percentage of the sales will go back to library programming and books!