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.

May StoryWalk: 

This month’s StoryWalk selection, Make Way For Butterfly written by Ross Burach, is a hilarious story centered on the importance of pollinators to our ecosystem. The characters also encourage us to love who we are and the role each of us plays in our world. This book will make you laugh out loud, teach you about science while also incorporating some social-emotional learning. Sounds like the perfect book to get outside and read this month.