library - Richmond Memorial Library in Batavia (town), Genesee County, New York

Join Miss Melissa each week for a themed storytime including songs, fingerplays, board stories, and rhymes! A new video will be posted every Wednesday and can be watched at any time both here and on our website!

If you missed our Richmond Reads visit with Allen Eskens - author last Thursday, or would like to watch it again, you can find it on YouTube! If you purchased a copy of the book and would like a signed bookplate, a limited number are available at the reference desk on a first come, first served basis. Thank you for your support of our community reads program!

Early voting begins today in Genesee County!

Join us for our next virtual book discussion on Monday, November 9 at 6:30 pm- it's reader's choice! Please register: https://forms.gle/EgnaV2ZiS7swDuNL8

Thank you to the Batavia Daily News for their article about our virtual visit with Allen Eskens - author tomorrow! We're looking forward to a great conversation about "Nothing More Dangerous" We'd love to have you join us at 7 pm on October 22. Register here: https://forms.gle/prKDDjqca8Yv54bz6

We have a few soil painting kits left! The Library is partnering with 4H and the Genesee County Cooperative Extension to provide kids ages 9-19 with FREE Virtual Soil Painting kits available while supplies last. The kits will enhance a students knowledge of the SoilWeb via Google Earth and the process of soil painting developed by artist Kirsten Kurtz via live Zoom sessions on either Oct. 21 or Oct. 22. Details & links are provided in the kit. Kits are limited, call to reserve your kit today and pick up at the library by 10/20. https://www.batavialibrary.org//virtual-soil-painting-regi

We're so excited for this event! Don't forget to enter our review contest by Monday at 5 pm!

Don't be blue - these love stories will s-teal your heart! Find them on the new fiction shelf. (Please check them out before our librarian thinks of more puns)

Our awesome Richmond Reads 2020 author Allen Eskens - author sent us five signed copies of Nothing More Dangerous! For a chance to win one, enter the Richmond Reads review contest or attend the virtual author visit on October 22! All information is available at batavialibrary.org/richmond-reads

Join Miss Melissa each week for a themed storytime including songs, board stories, and rhymes! A new video will be posted every Wednesday morning and can be watched at any time!

Don’t forget to sign your kids up for a Book Bundle! https://www.batavialibrary.org/children

Poetry by Lana del Rey, a biography of James Beard and so much more! Our new non-fiction shelf is loaded with new titles!