Another misunderstood animal, the opossum, was the subject of Storytime at the library. Opossums and possums are two different animals. Opossums live in Virginia and possums live in Australia. Opossums are the only marsupials in United States and are beneficial to the environment. They eat thousands of ticks and are very clean animals that are often seen roaming at night. They don’t carry rabies due to their low body temperature. You might also see a mother opossum carrying 8 or more young on their back.
Story time led by Sam Edmundson, Norma Bozenmayer and Jess Hines started with reading the books “Night Animals,” by Gianna Marino; “My First Book of Baby Animals,” by Dianne Namm, and “Playing Possum,” by Jennifer Black Reinhardt.
Facts about opossums were shared and participants created an opossum craft out of a recycled toilet paper roll. For more information on opossums or library programs, visit or call your local library.
