The drone of a helicoptor along the treetops couldn't drown out the stories as the Amherst Public Library presented weekly storytime at Amherst Township Park today. Mrs. Stanley's voice rose to the occasion as she told stories about the babies who crawled away, a cookie mystery, a parade, and even Hank the snake to the more than 63 people who gathered in the shelter house. 
Mrs. Ashton made a flag using a little magic and some red, white, and blue scraps of material. Mrs. Stanley added a white paper star and wrote "50" on the star with a pencil. When the flag magically appeared out of the bag we all said the "Pledge of Allegiance".
Thank goodness we didn't have to add 50 stars to the bag because we needed every star we had to make Fourth of July headbands. Even the dogs who were there all wanted a headband like mine. Someone noticed a cat trying to sneak up and hear the stories. I think it was a little intimidated by me, you know I've been working
out.Lots of kids, and a variety of animals enjoyed a great morning sharing stories, dodging helicoptors, and just having fun.
Eveyone left a little starry eyed today. See you at storytime next week!
Love,
Ike
