Howdy partners – it’s time for the Preschool Reading Roundup! Come meet Hank the Horse—a Kentucky-born Tennessee Walking Horse—and enjoy fun activities and hands-on learning throughout the Library. Activities will including a hobby horse obstacle course, panning for gold, a scavenger hunt, and crafts all about horses. Plus, every child that attends will get a book to take home, courtesy of the Jefferson County Early Childhood Regional Collaborative.
Hank the Horse is the animal ambassador for the Lexington-based nonprofit For Hank’s Sake. An organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and retraining neglected and abused horses, Hank was the group’s first rescue in 2011. Today, Hank serves as an Equine Assisted Learning horse and regularly visits libraries and schools to encourage kids of all ages to read.
The Preschool Reading Roundup is Saturday, September 21 (10 a.m. - 1 p.m.), at the South Central Regional Library, and is free for preschoolers and their families. Overflow parking is available in the Target parking lot.
