Take the kids to see a free children’s play that runs Tuesday, Feb. 17 through Thursday. March 12 at Austin library locations. ARTSreach, a partnership between the Austin Public Library and Austin Parks and Recreation, brings children’s literature alive through theatrical presentations by Dougherty Arts School Staff. This winter, the kids can watch a production of the children’s book, Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea and Lane Smith.

— The Story:
Drywater Gulch has a toad problem. Not the hop-down-your-britches, croaking-all-night toad kind of problem. The thievin’, hootin’ and hollerin’, steal-your-gold never-say-thank-you outlaw toad kind of problem. Then hope rides into town. Sheriff Ryan might only be seven years old, and he might not know much about shooting and roping. But he knows a lot about dinosaurs. Yes, dinosaurs. And it turns out that knowing a thing or two about paleontology can come in handy when it comes to hoodwinking and rounding up a few no-good bandits.