CITY OF BRENHAM CREATES STORYWALK TRAIL AT FIREMAN’S PARK

  

The City of Brenham has livened up the walking trail at Fireman’s Park with some new reading material.

The city has added a StoryWalk® to Fireman’s Park, providing an outdoor reading experience along the trails to promote reading and exercise.

A StoryWalk® takes the pages of a children’s book, laminates them, and places them on display boards along a walking trail.  At Fireman’s Park, a series of approximately 20 signs featuring the children’s picture books “The Wonky Donkey” and “The Dinky Donkey” have been spread throughout the half-mile trail.  The display boards are spaced out along the trail to allow for plenty of room to practice social distancing.

Families can begin the story at the Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library near the Michael Mansfield Owsley Memorial Playground and Serenity Garden, winding through the park and ending back near the garden.  Park hours are from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Librarian Andria Heiges said the program “promotes literacy, getting outside, and connecting with family”.

StoryWalks® were created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library.

The city invites the public to share their StoryWalk® experience on Facebook and Instagram using #brenhamlibrary or #brenhamparks.  Any local children’s book author that would like to share stories can contact the library at 979-337-7201.