Bee Bee strikes again!

AMENIA — What’s a good way to tell that it’s summer?

Multiple Bee Bee the Clown sightings.

 Bee Bee stopped by the Amenia Free Library on July 30, hot off her performance at the Pine Plains Free Library earlier in July. Her show was part of the library’s summer reading program, which started July 16 and will run every Friday until the end of August.

Bee Bee was up to her usual bag of tricks, which includes stuffed animals, balloons, books and puppets. There were jokes for the kids, jokes for the adults and jokes thrown out for anyone to shake their head at and chuckle. All were told in her patented rapid-fire delivery, bouncing off visual and verbal puns with the dexterity only a veteran clown could possess.

All of Amenia’s summer reading programs have been held under a special tent set up earlier this season in the library’s backyard, and it’s come in handy to block out the sun on the hot days and keep families dry during bouts of wet weather.

“We’ve had very good attendance this summer,†said librarian Miriam Devine. “There were 25 children and 20 adults here today, and the tent helps us. Last week it was drizzling but everyone stayed dry.â€

While Amenia’s summer program chugs along, the library’s Story Hour continues as well. As Lesley Gyorsok, the library’s children’s activities director, mentioned before the show, Story Hour is being held every Thursday this summer at the Beth David Synagogue, just up the road from the library. It’s a free program that starts at 10 a.m. and includes stories, songs, arts and crafts and snacks. In the fall, Story Hour will revert back to its Tuesday/Thursday schedule.

For a full schedule of library events, log on to amenia.lib.ny.us. And although Bee Bee won’t be back to Amenia until next summer, there are plenty of kids who are willing to wait patiently.

“I come here every year!†exclaimed Kiara Carman. Her favorite Bee Bee routine?

“Hmmmm … when she made that big squid,†she finally settled on. It was obviously a tough decision.

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