Photos: Exploring the art of fingerprints at the Hiawatha library

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Education Director Erin Thomas reacts as she reads a detective themed story to young children during the Doodlebugs program at Hiawatha Public Library on Friday. The program is an art-based story time and happens once a month. The activity for this month was about detectives and the art of fingerprinting. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Education Director Erin Thomas uses a magnifying glass on her fingerprint to show young children how to look at the unique pattern on their fingers during the Doodlebugs program at Hiawatha Public Library on Friday. The program is an art-based story time and happens once a month. The activity for this month was about detectives and the art of fingerprinting. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Mardella Stoecke