StoryWalk® arrives at DeKalb County’s Hairston Park May 1

DEKALB COUNTY, GA—The DeKalb County Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs’  East Central DeKalb Community & Senior Center, Hairston Crossing Library and The Friends of Hairston Park have partnered to install a StoryWalk® at  Hairston Park, 889 South Hairston Road, Stone Mountain, GA.

The literacy through the leaves StoryWalk® project will feature the book, “The Hike,” by author Alison Farrell. Visitors to the park will be able to read pages of the picture book installed on signposts along popular walking routes throughout the park from May 1 -31.

StoryWalk is a movement and literacy boosting project that places an illustrated children’s book, taken apart and displayed page by page, along a walking route in your community.  Anne Ferguson, the genius behind the StoryWalk concept, sums it up nicely with these sentences, which she asks to be posted when creating your own StoryWalk: “The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.”

“This activity is a wonderful way for participants of all ages to combine literacy skills and healthy exercise as they walk to each reading station while enjoying the beauty of the park” the Parks and Rec Department stated in a news release announcing the project.

A StoryWalk is a movement and literacy boosting project that places an illustrated children’s book, taken apart and displayed page by page, along a walking route in your community.  Anne Ferguson, the genius behind the StoryWalk concept, sums it up nicely with these sentences, which she asks to be posted when creating your own StoryWalk: “The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.”