Ray County Library

Storytime!
2025-05-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is windy days!

Closed for Memorial Day
2025-05-26
The Ray County Library will be closed Monday, May 26, 2025 in observance of Memorial Day.

Kid Zone STEM
2025-05-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Community Room
This month’s kids’ craft program will be announced soon! This program is best for children in grades 1-5. Supplies and fun are provided!

Storytime!
2025-05-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Early Literacy Storytime program for toddlers and preschoolers. This session’s theme is sharing and will include fun stories, activities, and a craft!

Next Chapter Book Club
2025-05-29 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-12 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Community Room
Helping people with disabilities enjoy books, friends, and their community. This is a book club meeting where a selected book will be read and discussed, in partnership with Special Needs Services of Ray County. Contact the library or Special Needs Services for details regarding joining the book club.

Summer Reading Program!
2025-06-02 - 2025-08-09
Be Inspired, get creative, and branch out with your reading this summer as we Color Our World! With this year’s theme, we want readers to be inspired and imaginative as they select their reading materials and attend related events.
There are two programs, one for adults and one for children and teens aged 0-18 years. Participants who register for the program and children/teens who log 600 minutes of reading and adults who log 5 books can earn badges, free books, and a chance to win one of this year’s great prizes.
Log in/register here!
Visit the ‘Summer Reading” tab at the top of the webpage for more information!

Ray County Library Board of Trustees Meeting
2025-06-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Community Room
Monthly Meeting of the Ray County Library Board of Trustees.

Book Club
2025-06-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Community Room
Book Club Meeting where a selected book will be discussed. This month’s book is “The Housekeeper and the Professor” by Yoko Ogawa. Members can also pick up next month’s book, “The Writing Class” by Jincy Willett. Contact the library for details regarding joining the book club.

Food for Fines
2025-06-04 - 2025-08-20 | Ray County Library, 215 E Lexington St, Richmond, MO, 64085, United States
Food for Fines is back! We’re collecting canned goods and other nonperishables for the Salvation Army from June 4, 2025 through August 20, 2025. 1 food item = $1 in forgiven fines!

Storytime!
2025-06-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is under the sea!

MU Extension STEM program: Dissecting Owl Pellets
2025-06-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Join us for a STEM program, presented by Ray County 4-H and MU Extension, and learn all about dissecting owl pellets! This program is best for grades 1-5.

Crafting for Adults: Mosaic Tiles
2025-06-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Community Room
This month’s craft will be mosaic tiles! It will be a relaxing evening that offers allows room for creativity in style. All supplies will be provided. Click here to register to attend.

Storytime!
2025-06-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Early Literacy Storytime program for toddlers and preschoolers. This session’s theme is camping and will include fun stories, activities, and a craft!

Storyteller Joyce Slater Presents: Our World of Color
2025-06-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Library Community Room
Join us Thursday, June 12 at 11 am for a special storytime event, as Storyteller Joyce Slater presents Our World of Color. This program is best for toddlers, preschoolers, and up

Senior Life Solutions
2025-06-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
To strengthen the health literacy of our patrons, Senior Life Solutions will present a monthly health information program on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10 am in the Library’s Community Room.

Storyteller Sarah Poff Presents: Summer Waves
2025-06-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Library Community Room
Join us Tuesday, June 17 at 11 am as Multimedia Storyteller Sarah Poff assists in creating your own Wave Painting, inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Edo era Japanese artist Hokusai. Participants will learn a quick easy way to paint the waves on 8″x11″ canvas board using acrylic paints. All supplies provided. This program is best for children ages 5 and up

Storytime!
2025-06-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is reptiles!

Closed for Juneteenth
2025-06-19 | Ray County Library, 215 E Lexington St, Richmond, MO, 64085, United States
The Ray County Library will be closed Thursday, June 19, 2025 in observance of Juneteenth.

Kid Zone STEM: Chemical Reactions
2025-06-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Community Room
This month’s kids’ STEM program will be chemical reactions! This program is best for children in grades 1-5. Supplies and fun are provided!

Storytime!
2025-06-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Early Literacy Storytime program for toddlers and preschoolers. This session’s theme is summer fun and will include fun stories, activities, and a craft!

Mad Science Presents: Color Our World Summer Reading Program Party!
2025-06-27 10:00 | Library Community Room
Join us Friday, June 27 at 10 am as MAD Science presents Color Our World, a Summer Reading Program Party! Color Our World Through Science! With the help of prisms and the diffraction of the white light, rainbows will appear. Volunteers from the audience will be needed to help the MAD Scientists out with all the experiments that will go with ROYGBIV’s world. All supplies provided. This interactive science lesson is appropriate for all ages.

Book Club
2025-07-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Community Room
Book Club Meeting where a selected book will be discussed. This month’s book is “The Writing Class” by Jincy Willett. Members can also pick up next month’s book, “This Is Happiness” by Niall Williams. Contact the library for details regarding joining the book club.

Storytime!
2025-07-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is 4th of July and will include a patriotic sensory bottle craft!

Closed for Independence Day
2025-07-04 - 2025-07-05 | Ray County Library, 215 E Lexington St, Richmond, MO, 64085, United States
The Ray County Library will be closed Friday, July 4, and Saturday, July 5, 2025 in observance of Independence Day.

Storytime!
2025-07-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is gardens and will include a ladybug art craft!

Mad Science Presents: Lights, Color, Action Hands-on Workshop!
2025-07-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Community Room
Join us Thursday, July 10 as MAD Science presents Lights, Color, Action! This hands-on workshop for kids 6-12 will explore the color spectrum with prisms and diffraction glasses, and blend colors to produce white light and split white light into colors. Event spots are limited, so please RSVP with a librarian or register online here: https://forms.gle/idVNEJxTKKNQ9H3R9

Next Chapter Book Club
2025-07-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Microfilm Room, 215 E Lexington, Richmond, MO, 64085, United States
