NEW STORYWALK AT FIREMAN’S PARK IN BRENHAM
The City of Brenham has added a new StoryWalk® to the walking trail at Fireman’s Park.
(courtesy City of Brenham)
Joining “The Wonky Donkey” and “The Dinky Donkey” along the trail is “Sue’s Sunrise Surprise”, written by local author Susan Stanley Broesche and illustrated by Crystal Maloney. The book is about a little girl growing up in Texas with a love of horses, but she becomes concerned when she sees something mysterious out in the horse pasture.
A StoryWalk® takes the pages of a children’s book, laminates them, and places them on display boards along a walking trail to promote reading and exercise. The series of approximately 20 display boards are spread out along the trail to allow for plenty of room to practice social distancing.
Broesche is a retired Texas educator who lives in Burton. Her love of horses is the inspiration for her stories, which are based on real-life experiences.
(courtesy City of Brenham)
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.
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.