Left, Ronni Lee, daughter of Jan Bodholdt, gets her face painted with fun, festive designs by Mary Gapko at the face-painting booth at the Fountain Library’s Summer Reading Party Wednesday.

Tyler McDonald, son of Michelle McDonald, takes part in an obstacle course set up at the Fountain Library’s Summer Reading Party, which took place Wednesday. McDonald is being supervised by library volunteer, Marcus Duren (left) and “Sox the Fox,” the Colorado Springs Sky Sox’ mascot. Trailing just behind McDonald is Keegan Dungan, son of Danielle and Robert Dungan.


Library volunteer Pamela Street shows children from the Times of Refreshing Church Day Care the ins and outs of caring for your dog’s hygeine, using Shawn, the PPLD “Paws to Read Dog” as her test subject.

Jamie Edwards gets the feeling of a job well done after his pipe cleaner bubble-maker, made at one of the activity booths at the Fountain Library’s Summer Reading Party last Wednesday, produces this epic six-foot-wide bubble.

Grace Durbin, 7, daughter of Eileen Durbin, gets a free hairstyle from stylist Jessica Bennett, a fashion emissary from Toni & Guy hairstylists, at a booth set up at the Fountain Library’s Summer Reading Party.

Hunter Sandstrom, 2, son of Anthony and Sarah Sandstrom, decides that the rubber duckies living in this impromptu “duck pond” at the Fountain Library’s Summer Reading Party needed a little extra water to be happy.

PHOTOS BY ANTHONY SANDSTROM