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.

December StoryWalk: 

There is a certain magic and wonder to the holiday season and this month's StoryWalk selection, "The Snowy Day" written by Ezra Jack Keats, captures the magic and wonder of winter's first snowfall. This celebrated classic and Caldecott Medal-winning book introduces us to Peter and his wonder and discovery of the snowy world outside his door. Generations of readers have enjoyed seeing the wonder and hope in childhood discovery through this book. It's a perfect book to read together during this wonder-filled time of year.