Youth Reading Log

Grab a "Greetings from the Library" postcard at the front desk, read your choice of books (or use our prompts for inspiration) three times a week, and design your own cool stamp based on your adventures. Bring your log to the library for a fun prize!

Winter Haven Reads

Help us fill our orange juice glass up with 1 million pages read! Pick up an orange bookmark at the library and as you read and finish books this summer write your pages down on the orange and feed it to our resident (cardboard) alligator at the library, or squeeze in your submissions online at https://tinyurl.com/WinterHavenReads Every page counts, and together, we can fill the glass to the brim with our love for reading! Open to all ages June 3rd - August 2nd.

Reading with the Rays

Pick up a game card at the library or download one online at  https://mktg.mlbstatic.com/rays/documents/y2024/reading_with_the_rays_2024.pdf As you read, track your hours by rounding the bases and collect Rays prizes along the way. When you read enough hours to get on first base, ask your parent or guardian to initial your card and bring it back to the library. The librarian will sign your card and give you a reading reward. Round the bases by reading a total of 24 hours this summer and receive two (2) tickets to a Tampa Bay Rays home game! For more information about the Reading with the Rays program, go to raysbaseball.com/reading 

Minecraft Mining Mayhem

Pick up an adventure map at the front desk and complete a Minecraft-related activity to earn a sticker on your map. Travel to the participating Polk County Libraries and collect a sticker at each location to be entered into a grand prize raffle including four tickets to LEGOLAND Florida.

Participating libraries: Auburndale, Bartow, Dundee, Eagle Lake, Fort Meade, Haines City, Lakeland Kelly Branch, Lake Alfred, Lake Wales, Lakeland (Main), Larry R. Jackson Branch, Latt Maxcy Memorial Library (Frostproof), Winter Haven, Visit Central Florida Welcome Center Vending Library