Join us at Kelly Rec for storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes, and more! 

Storytime promotes the development of preliteracy, verbal and listening skills, and socio-emotional skills and is recommended for children ages 2-5 and their grown-ups.

This event will be held in the upstairs Arts & Crafts room at Kelly Rec.

Questions? Contact the Kelly Branch Library at (863) 834-4286

Join us at Kelly Rec for storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes, and more! On Tuesday, August 4th, we will be featuring a special guest reader from BayCare Kids!

Storytime promotes the development of preliteracy, verbal and listening skills, and socio-emotional skills and is recommended for children ages 2-5 and their grown-ups.

This event will be held in the upstairs Arts & Crafts room at Kelly Rec.

Questions? Contact the Kelly Branch Library at (863) 834-4286

Want to discuss that popular new title you just finished?  We're here for you!  Every month we'll discuss a recent best-selling book. 

In August we'll be reading American Fantasy by Emma Straub

When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous, nineties-era boy band and three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them since childhood.

Feeling slightly out of place amid this crowd is Annie, here on a lark to appease her sister. Yet when the lights come up and the idols of her youth begin to sing, something is unlocked. Call it memory. Call it nostalgia. Call it the chemical reaction of hormones, hope, and sexual reawakening. Between the slushy alcoholic drinks, the familiar music, and the throngs of middle-aged women acting like lovesick teenagers, Annie finally reconnects to a long-submerged part of herself. By the time she meets one of the band members—not just a celebrity but someone in need of a friend—she has accessed a new sense of possibility.

In a smart and incisive book packed with laugh-out-loud reflections on fame, aging, and marriage, Emma Straub delivers a richly textured story that shows us real passion is never truly lost, that what we love makes us who we are, and that deep meaning can sometimes be found in a sea of screaming fans.

Reserve a copy on the Lakeland Public Library’s Online Catalog. 

A valid Polk County library card and PIN are required to reserve items through the Online Catalog and for access to digital resources.

Join us at Kelly Rec for storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes, and more! 

Storytime promotes the development of preliteracy, verbal and listening skills, and socio-emotional skills and is recommended for children ages 2-5 and their grown-ups.

This event will be held in the upstairs Arts & Crafts room at Kelly Rec.

Questions? Contact the Kelly Branch Library at (863) 834-4286

Join us at Kelly Rec for storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes, and more! 

Storytime promotes the development of preliteracy, verbal and listening skills, and socio-emotional skills and is recommended for children ages 2-5 and their grown-ups.

This event will be held in the upstairs Arts & Crafts room at Kelly Rec.

Questions? Contact the Kelly Branch Library at (863) 834-4286