Cave Paintings Discovered at the Amherst Town Library!

 Yes, it's true! Both the ceiling and the walls of the "cave" in the Johnson Meeting Room were found to be covered with drawings....created by the kids who stopped in for a "Cave-in" at the Library.  We gathered here on Wednesday afternoon, saw some slides of real cave paintings, and then got busy decorating our own "cave".  Kids used charcoal made from real willow twigs, pastels, and paint we mixed up from clay that Miss Sarah found in a pile of dirt on her road...  :-) 
We had a blast!

 The artists also decorated the walls of the "main hall"....

Here's a proud cave-artist!

Cave-drawing can make a mess of your hands!

Norman Ng Makes Magic at the Amherst Town Library!

                                                                                                                                                     

A visit from Norman Ng is always a hit--his tricks are....well...MAGIC,  his commentary hilarious,  and the whole perfomance is always pitch-perfect for the age of the audience---(in this case, everything from 3 to 63!!) We love you, Norman!

A capacity crowd is mesmerized by Norman's performance...

Magic in 3-D!!

Sign-ups have begun!

Amherst kids are already signing in to the "Reading Cave" at the Amherst Town Library! Come on down to our "cave" and register!

Summer Reading at the Amherst Town Library

We're "Digging into Reading" for seven weeks this summer--from Monday, June 24 to Friday, Aug. 9.  For details, and descriptions of programs, click on the Summer Reading 2013 heading above...

W.I.L.D. Center and Zoological Park visits with their Radical Reptiles!

Last Tuesday, we got a visit from a variety of amazing animals!

We got a good look at this Elephant Snapping Turtle's mouth!

Did you ever wonder what a python feels like?

Amherst kids are such good listeners! Miss Nicole shows us a Gopher Tortoise.

We have our first annual  "Read To a Girl Scout" day at the Amherst Town Library!! 

Our  Girl Scouts seemed to know just when to listen......and when to talk....

A wonderful time was had by all---we can't wait to try it again!!

Flat Stanley visits the Library!...and other news from the Children's Room

Yes, it's true!! Flat Stanley visited us here at the Amherst Town Library, along with his friend Emily.  He even sat in on our Jr. Book Club meeting--didn't have a lot to say, but he was a very good listener!

 There's so much news, I don't quite know where to start!

 Here are our Jr. Book Club members, working hard on their contributions to our handbook, "Perilous Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them"   inspired by our discussion of the book Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Naylor. We came up with some great ideas!

We had a French class on a Tuesday afternoon...

Madame Thenin leads a group in a celebration of all things French--the kids learned to sing French songs, say some French words, and even made a special craft--tres bien!!!

... played with Legos on a Thursday...

Here's our Lego-my-Library group, trying out their vehicles on the ramps!

...and received a lovely gift from the Friends of the Library!

Some of our Jr. Book Club members are showing off our beautiful, newly-covered pillows--thanks to Amy Littlefield, who did all the work!!