Library and Helen Schuler Nature Centre team for reading adventure

Dec 19, 2021 | 6:15 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Helen Schuler Nature Centre and Lethbridge Public Library are launching their latest initiative in time for the holidays.

StoryWalk® Around Town Kits are coming soon to the Lethbridge Public Library. Starting Monday, December 20, families can head out on their own StoryWalk® adventure!

The project was first created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont and developed in partnership with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. It allows participants to read a story in an interactive manner while walking through nature. Over 300 StoryWalk® events have been hosted in over 13 countries around the world.

The program first came to Lethbridge in 2016. During that spring, the pages of Brian Wildsmith’s “Favourite Fables – The Tortoise and the Hare” came to life along the trails of the Lethbridge Nature Reserve. Since then, the Helen Schuler Nature Centre and Lethbridge Public Library have continued to expand the program. Dozens of books and some poems have been enjoyed by thousands of eager readers while exploring Lethbridge’s vast parks and trails network.

The latest edition of StoryWalk® comes in an easy-to-carry bag complete with the book, activities and adventure supplies needed, as well as a map of suggested outdoor locations in the city that relate to the theme of the book.

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Jessica Deacon-Rogers, Program Coordinator at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre said “The StoryWalk® Around Town Kits have all your favourite parts of a StoryWalk® but let you choose the destination.”

“You might even find a new favourite go-to park while you’re out on your adventure!”

Kits can be borrowed from the Lethbridge Public Library’s Main Branch (downtown Lethbridge), the Crossings Branch (west Lethbridge) and from the Bookmobile. Kits for Kate Messner’s book “Over and Under the Snow” and Barbara Reid’s “Picture a Tree” are currently available. More books will be added to the program over the next two years.

Barbara Longair, Manager of Children’s Services at the Lethbridge Public Library said, “books are really portable and can be read anywhere.”

“We love that you can check out these kits and have an experience of your own choosing in our wonderful outdoor environment.”

More details about the program are available here and at the Lethbridge Public Library’s website.

by Justin Goulet

Library and Helen Schuler Nature Centre team for reading adventure

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