Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Horsie meet horsie...at the Ada Public Library summer reading program kickoff at the library on Saturday.

A good crowd was on hand to sign up for the program to read about horses, stuffed and otherwise.

For more photos of the event scroll to the bottom.

There were rabbits, chickens, K9 dogs, face painting and more at the library. And, inside there are plenty of books about animals, how to do face painting...just about any subject you can dream about.

Pictured is Jillian Dotson showing her stuffed friend to a real pony, which was one of several kinds of animals brought to the library by the Chad Hazelton family.

Photo IDs:

• Friends of the Library book sale.

• The Gossman family encouraged youngsters to sign up to be an F&M prince or princess candidate. From left are Slade, Katie, and Dakota.

• Reagan, Kyle, and Canice Pereira, from India.

• Casey Heilman at a Girl Scout display inside the library. The Girl Scouts are in need of more adults to become troop leaders.

• Beckett Sleesman with giant rabbit.

• Meet Riley of the sheriff department's K9 unit.

•Robyn Newland does face painting on the cheek of Maire Boulanger.