StoryWalk at Lake Wilderness Arboretum

The Lake Wilderness Arboretum and Maple Valley Library have partnered together to bring a StoryWalk to Maple Valley. StoryWalk is an innovative approach to encouraging people of all ages to get out and walk while enjoying wonderful children’s books. With her wealth of experience, Sharon Chastain, the children’s librarian at the Maple Valley Library, selects the best children’s books for this story walk project. Then the pages are installed in frames along the Arboretum’s Main Looping Trail so as you walk, you can read the book one page at a time, all while enjoying being outside. Our hope is that this feature will provide children a new way to see, learn and experience the amazing world that we live in.

April StoryWalk: 

During April we celebrate Earth Day and take time to acknowledge this beautiful planet we live on. This month's StoryWalk selection, When You Go Into Nature written by Sheri M. Bestor, is a gentle introduction to mindfulness and really seeing the nature around us.  A wonderfully illustrated book encouraging readers to move slowly and take cues from the creatures and sights around them. There is so much to appreciate and learn from the natural world that surrounds us.