Gallery: Cool Things For Kids in Northwest

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There are some cool places in the Northwest for kids to go and play as the summer continues to tease us with the allure of rain.

Freeze Dance

Freeze Dance — Toddlers Mia Park, left, 3, and Madison Velasco, 2, dance together as they participate in a freeze dance during the Toddler Storytime activity at Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr Branch Library in Marana. During the dance, music is played then stopped and the children would be frozen in place until the music continued. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Snake Collar

Snake Collar — Jacqualyn Stanton, 7, has a gopher snake lowered over her head as Carrie Dean, right, the education director at Colossal Cave Mountain Park carefully holds on to the snake after a presentation at the Oro Valley Public Library. Dean presented a gopher and king snake to the audience made up mostly of children during a reptile and amphibian presentation. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Desert Friends

Desert Friends — Brittan McGinn, 5, visiting from Georgia, looks over the array of stuffed desert dolls and puppets on display that were used during a Stories in the Garden for Children presentation at Tohono Chul Park. The stuffed animals, such as a rattlesnake, desert mouse, owl and rabbit, were used as props for various stories, said docent Audrey Toepper, who used her personal collection of dolls as she read from several books to members of the McGinn family. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Snake Handlers

Snake Handlers — Gabrielle Olive, 4, handles a female gopher snake after a presentation at the Oro Valley Public Library. Her older brother Connor, 9, is standing next to her also handling the snake. Carrie Dean, with Colossal Cave Mountain Park, makes one or two presentations a week in the Tucson-area with topics that include arthropods such as scorpions and tarantulas. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Into the Sea

Into the Sea — Library associate Sherryl Volpone holds up the book, "Into the A,B, Sea," for all to see during the Toddler Storytime activity at Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr Branch Library. The program was part of the Make Waves at Your Library and the ongoing theme this summer has to do with water or the ocean. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Reading to the Family

Reading to the Family — Docent Audrey Toepper, far left, reads to Brittan McGinn, 5, and to a certain extent, her brother Michael who is fascinated by the puppets, as well as their mother Brandi who are visiting from Georgia during a Stories in the Garden for Children presentation at Tohono Chul Park. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Forked Tongue

Forked Tongue — Extending her fingers to imitate a snake's forked tongue, Carrie Dean, the education director at Colossal Cave Mountain Park holds a female Gopher snake as she explains how a snake smells with its tongue. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Playing with Toy Snake

Playing with Toy Snake — Brittan McGinn, 5, visiting from Georgia, plays with the mouth of a toy snake that was used during a Stories in the Garden for Children presentation at Tohono Chul Park. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Keeping An Eye on the Snake

Keeping An Eye on the Snake — Jackson Steele, 6, watches as Carrie Dean walks past him holding a Gopher snake during a presentation at the Oro Valley Public Library. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Enthusiastic Reader

Enthusiastic Reader — Tohono Chul Park docent Audrey Toepper, a retired elementary school teacher, gets really expressive as she reads to Brittan McGinn. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Mother/Daughter Dance

Mother/Daughter Dance — Jennifer Bickerton dances with her toddler Gwendolyn, 1, at the start of the Toddler Storytime activity at Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr Branch Library. The program is part of the Summer Reading Program at the library that continues until July 24. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

Follow the Leader with Grandma

Follow the Leader with Grandma — Lauri Hagen, middle, plays Follow the Leader with her grandson, Logan Downing, right, 2, during the Toddler Storytime activity at Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr Branch Library . A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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