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Meet the Author Kelly J. Baptist

Sunshine State Author Series
2023-04-10 14:00:00 2023-04-10 15:00:00 America/New_York Meet the Author Kelly J. Baptist Enjoy an interactive presentation, storytime, and Q&A with Kelly J. Baptist, author of the Sunshine State Award-winning book "The Electric Slide and Kai." Recommended for ages 5-8. Alafaya Branch - Alafaya - Meeting Room 1

Monday, April 10
2:00pm - 3:00pm

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Alafaya Branch

Alafaya - Meeting Room 1

Enjoy an interactive presentation, storytime, and Q&A with Kelly J. Baptist, author of the Sunshine State Award-winning book "The Electric Slide and Kai." Recommended for ages 5-8.

This author visit is sponsored by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council of Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

About the Author: Kelly J. Baptist is the author of several works for young readers. She won the 2015 We Need Diverse Books short story contest with The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn, which is included in the anthology, Flying Lessons and Other Stories. As a result of her work in an urban school district, Kelly felt compelled to continue Isaiah’s story with the novels Isaiah Dunn is My Hero and Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day for middle grade readers. Kelly's additional works include the Sunshine State Award-winning picture book, The Electric Slide and Kai, and the novels The Swag is in the Socks and Eb & Flow. When she’s not writing, Kelly is usually thinking about new story ideas and dreaming of palm trees. She lives in Michigan with her five children.

AGE GROUP: | Kids | Families |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

TAGS: | sunshineseries | bb-childrens |

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Alafaya Branch has a long history of providing library services to the East Orange County community. The branch originally opened in 1965 as the Azalea Park branch, situated on Lake Barton Road. From the 1970s through the 1990s the branch provided library services from shopping center locations. Ground was broken in January 1999 for a new branch, designed to be the prototype branch for future Orange County Library System branches. Opened on February 1, 2000, Alafaya Branch was funded by a Florida Library Construction Grant.

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