Summer Reading - Register Now!

Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up! Come witness amazing feasts of reading and incredible acts of art at the one and only Carnival of Creativity!

Registrations are now being accepted for the Newport Public Library's 2009 Summer Reading Program, "Be Creative @ Your Library." Read 6 books or more, record your reading in a reading log or online, and complete at least 1 activity under at least 2 areas of the carnival map to complete the program. Children who complete receive a personalized certificate, a free book and a toy prize. Pre-school children to children entering 6th grade in the fall are invited to participate. Registrations are being accepted now. To register, visit the Newport Public Library's Children's Desk, call 847-8720 x 204 or sign up online at http://www.newportlibraryri.org/KTB/kids_home.cfm

National Library Week

April 12th-18th is National Library Week - a time to celebrate all libraries have to offer. The Children's Department of the Newport Public Library offers free Internet access computers,

Wi-Fi, downloadable audio books for children, playaways, circulating toys, DVD's, CD's, circulating computer software, videos, materials in Spanish, magazines and books for all reading levels and interests. We also offer free events for children. Come in and see what's new.

Best Present

What is the best present you ever got and why? What is the best present you ever gave anyone else and why?

Favorite Holiday

What is your favorite holiday and why?