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.

September StoryWalk®: 

Turn an ordinary walk in the Arboretum into a celebration of curiosity by checking out this month's StoryWalk® selection, Acorn Was a Little Wild written by Jen Arena. A young acorn is feeling wild and sets off on a grand adventure into the wide world and experiences exciting things until a hard-working squirrel buries him. This apparent setback to his adventure may change him from the inside out. A lesson that might be helpful to remember - challenges might be what we need to cause us to change. 

Image sourced from event organizer.