The Race is on - Scavenger Hunt forms now available

Finally, after a long wait, the annual library scavenger hunt is now available at the Amherst Public Library.  We provide you with 25 photos taken somewhere in downtown Amherst and you tell us the location.  Completed forms need to be submitted by Saturday, August 21, to be entered into our drawing for a grand prize.  We have a library bag filled with Amherst related prizes like movie tickets to the Amherst Cinema and pizza at Angelos.

So get up and visit our web site where you can view the form or stop by the library and pick yours up today. 

Bubble-icious

We packed the house when Sue the Bubble Lady visited Amherst on Friday, June 25, for a special summer reading show at the Main Street Center. 

There was no more room as kids of all ages came to see some of the great bubbles Sue made using all sorts of gadgets.  The crowd loved the bubbles made from such everyday objects as rubberbands, Pringles cans, and even a straw.  Making a square bubble was interesting and how she inserted a straw into the bubble to make it expand...who would have know you could even do that!

At the end of the show some volunteers actually stood inside a real bubble.  After the program Sue drew two lucky tickets out of the bucket and two kids won, what else, some bubbles!

We have over 1000 young people signed up to take part in our summer reading program so far.  Join us the next time we get together for Pirate Magic (Arghhh...) on Tuesday, July 6 at 2:30 p.m.