From left, Terry Herrington, 7, Amure Harris, 9, look at native species animal pelts while Ari Brown, 10, holds up an animal skull to Alexander Monagan, 10, Friday during a presentation by the Museum of Natural Science at George Armstrong Library in Natchez. The presentation kicked off the library’s summer reading program.(Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Kim Ray holds James Ray,3, while he pets a 2-year-old Alligator held by Sabrina Cummings, a conservation biologist with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

(Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)