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Angry Birds are coming to the Library for kids from 9 to 12 years. Have fun creating your own Angry Bird and putting it to the test at the Central Library on Monday, May 27 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. There is a limit of 15 children. Tickets will be handed out at the south walkway 15 minutes before the program. This is a free program.

Summer is just around the corner. Time for road trips, the beach, vacations, and lazy summer days! The Library has increased the number of checkouts from 5 to 10 items so you'll have plenty to read and listen to on those relaxing vacation days!

On Saturday, May 11, the Library hosted four of Richmond Hill’s most prominent nineteenth century residents as part of Doors Open Richmond Hill. Actors Mary Jane Celsie, Craig Lee, Cameron Knight, and David Sansom were “Human Books” available to be interviewed by present day residents about what it was like to live in the early days of Richmond Hill. The Library would like to express its thanks to David Phillips for his direction of the actors and Suzanne Stoner for organizing the costumes.

Registration for children’s summer programs for all branches begins on Monday, May 27 at 9:30 am. You can now register online, including for-fee programs. If you would like assistance with the registration process, please feel free to come to the Library and one of the Children’s staff will be glad to assist you.

For two weeks during June and December, our Children’s programmers visit child care sites bringing storytime to children who might not otherwise be exposed to the library experience. (Read More)

The public libraries of Aurora, Newmarket and Richmond Hill collaborated for our biennial Lifelong Reading Event, April 8 – Thursday April 18, 2013. Students in grades 1-8 had the opportunity to meet with these authors at the library to learn about the writing process and how these authors create their stories. This program is sponsored through a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Richmond Hill Public Library.

Be a Computer Buddy at the Richmond Hill Central Library and earn volunteer hours this summer. Computer Buddies is a four-week computer class that pairs up older adults who want to develop basic computer and Internet skills with teen volunteers who can assist them. (Read More)

We are looking to offer a French Reading Buddies program this summer at Richmond Hill Central Library. High school students who love reading and working with children could earn volunteer hours by being a reading buddy to a student 7- 9 years of age. (Read More)