Have an idea for Kitsap Regional Library? The CAFE committee is asking all KRL employees and patrons for ideas about KRL: everything from how to educate the public about the service KRL provides to the community to how the library system can run more efficiently. We’re taking ideas of every stripe and color and we’ve received some great ones!

Here’s a few ideas that we’re already implementing:
• Tour de KRL, in which people visit each KRL branch and get their "passport"
stamped over the summer.
• Having the Bloedel Reserve give discounted admission with a library card
• Having a staff-altered T-shirt contest for Summer Reading Program T-shirts.

There are many more ideas still to be considered, like making audio files of community leaders reading stories, and providing a virtual space for people to log in their exercise hours and favorite audio book.

And we’re still looking for more ideas, so put in your two-cents worth!

In January, Sylvan Way Library held a Disney Princess program to celebrate the newest movie princess, in Princess and the Frog. Many of the children and some of the staff dressed up as princesses and other fairytale characters. We had a read-aloud by "Belle," a "Musical Flying Carpets" game with "Jasmine," photos with the princesses, and arts & crafts, including tiara-making. The turnout was 213, about one-third of that adults.

Inspired by the great success of the Sylvan Way Library princess program, Manchester Library offered a Princess Fancy Nancy Party in March. What fun! 250 people attended, mostly children dressed in their fanciest royal finery. Princesses prevailed, escorted by a few brave princes. Although frosting butterfly cookies and creating princess crafts were popular, the highlight of the party was dressing up and parading down the Royal Walkway, where a Royal Photographer was on hand to capture the moment. Photographs of each event are on Kitsap Regional Library's facebook page.

Who will host the next Royal party for all these budding princesses and princes?