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Visit the StoryWalk at High Park

Last week was an exciting one for us at the library, with the grand opening of the StoryWalk at High Park. You may be wondering what exactly a StoryWalk is (and it’s OK, because I didn’t know either when it first came up). A StoryWalk is just what it sounds like: A way to read a story while walking a path.

The StoryWalk at High Park starts near the playground near the Zimmerman Family Shelter. The story pages are mounted along the walking path that goes around the pond at the south end of the park. Follow the arrows on the sign to the next page of the story. The stories will be changed five times a year, about every 2-3 months, so your family can come back to the park often to enjoy a new story.

Funding for the StoryWalk came from many community organizations, including the library and the Friends of the Derby Public Library.

You can read more about how the StoryWalk came to be in this story from the Derby Informer.

The first frame of the StoryWalk
This is the first stop on the StoryWalk at High Park. It shows you the title of the book and tells you how the StoryWalk works.
Carri Fry and Linda Slack look at the second stop on the StoryWalk
Youth services coordinator Carri Fry shows Linda Slack the first book to be featured on the StoryWalk at High Park.
The Chik-Fil-A cow
The Chick-Fil-A cow stopped in at the StoryWalk grand opening to help the kids celebrate this fun, new way to read while getting some exercise.
Debbie Williams of the Derby Health Collaborative and Carri Fry of the Library talk about the collaboration the two organizations engaged in for the StoryWalk.
Mayor Randy White gets some help from Derby-area kids to cut the ribbon to officially open the StoryWalk.
And the ribbon is cut, so StoryWalk is officially open! Now, let’s go take a walk and read a story!