‘Wild’ About Reading

The Fayette Public Library hosted the first event of its summer reading program on Wednesday, June 7, with over 130 children and families in attendance. Instructors Emiley and John from The Creature Teacher, an educational animal exhibition organization, visited to teach everyone about various types of exotic animals from around the world. At the end of the event, families had the opportunity to see some of the animals they learned about up close. Animals introduced at this event included the millipede, matamata turtle, capybara, tegu lizard, red-tailed constrictor and kangaroo. Above, Children line up to pet the tegu lizard at the end of the presentation.