The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives is joining in on the summer reading fun this year! We will have activities available at the Handley Rally for Reading on May 30th, 2026, as well as a summer long community journal. We'll be set up in the West Reading Room, also known as the Teen Room, during the event. Join us to view microfilm, write a letter, write with a quill pen, and add to our community journal!

Click here for more information about the Handley Rally for Reading

This is the big question that I know many of you have 3 times a year when suddenly, you’ve arrived for Storytime at the Handley Branch and you find that there is a playtime instead! Many of you may already know the answer, but we wanted to tell you a little bit more about our Storytime breaks, and how we will be aligning them to the Family Place Library accreditation we earned this year! 

     There are two big reasons that we go on a Storytime break: