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StoryWalk

Combine reading and the great outdoors with StoryWalk®! 

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StoryWalk promotes early literacy, physical activity, and family time together in nature. It's a fun and educational family activity that you can bring to your community! Take a stroll and enjoy successive pages from a children's story along your path.

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StoryWalk was created in 2007 by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT, in collaboration with former staff member Rachel Senechal, and is a registered service mark of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalks now exist across the US and worldwide in 13 countries including Germany, Canada, England, Bermuda, Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Korea!

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If you are in Vermont, you can borrow a StoryWalk from our collection. If you are outside Vermont, get in touch to learn how to get started building your own! All it takes is laminating pages from a children's book, attaching to wooden stakes, then installing along an outdoor path. 

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For all questions about StoryWalk, please email storywalk@kellogghubbard.org.

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  • StoryWalk provides early literacy opportunities to young children. Sharing the reading of a StoryWalk book stimulates and fosters the development of strong listening and speaking skills.  StoryWalk also helps to build a child’s vocabulary which is important to thinking and learning. Developing early literacy skills leads to better preparation for school.
     

  • StoryWalk provides a teaching moment for a child’s first teacher – their parent. Parents, grandparents and children can read the book together then discuss the text, illustrations and meaning of a great book. Many StoryWalk books have a theme: kindness, anyone can make a difference in someone’s life, a love for nature, accepting differences, and more. 
     

  • StoryWalk provides a wonderful avenue for outreach and collaboration. StoryWalk is a tool to bring the library out to the community with the goal of increasing visibility of the library. Some people may experience StoryWalk at a school or park and never walk into the library.  StoryWalk may be the gateway for people to come to the library. 

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