Robin Benham, a youth services librarian, lets Ellie Harmon, 2, of Fort Smith pet a puppet as Harmon's mother Megan and Riley Hargens, 3, watch on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at a weekly storytime event inside the Fort Smith Public Library Main Branch in Fort Smith. Benham said it was the first storytime that the branch has hosted in-person since having to host them virtually due to the covid-19 pandemic. Featuring stories, songs, puppetry and crafts, the event begins at 10 a.m. each Thursday....
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Robin Benham, a youth services librarian, lets Ellie Harmon, 2, of Fort Smith pet a puppet as Harmon's mother Megan and Riley Hargens, 3, watch on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at a weekly storytime event inside the Fort Smith Public Library Main Branch in Fort Smith. Benham said it was the first storytime that the branch has hosted in-person since having to host them virtually due to the covid-19 pandemic. Featuring stories, songs, puppetry and crafts, the event begins at 10 a.m. each Thursday. Visit nwaonline.com/220520Daily/ for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)
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