StoryWalk
Combine reading and the great outdoors with StoryWalk®!
StoryWalk® promotes early literacy, physical activity, and family time together in nature. It’s a fun and educational family activity that you can bring to your community! Take a stroll and enjoy successive pages from a children’s story along your path.
The Christine Devine Memorial Rainbow StoryWalk® was created in 2021. It was the result of collaboration between the Duxbury Free Library, Alden Elementary School, and the Duxbury Department of Public Works with funding from the Henry C. and Mary Elizabeth Grafton Grant and a generous donation by the family of Christine Devine, in memoriam.
How do I get there?
What's in the StoryWalk® right now? Seek & Find
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson (6/2026-8/2026)
Press
"Taking a walk among the words in the woods," Duxbury Clipper, 8/4/2021
Reader's View "Thanks for making the Storywalk a reality," Duxbury Clipper, 8/18/2021
"Take a stroll and read a story in Duxbury, MA," @FromNewEnglandwithKids
StoryWalk® was created in 2007 by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT, in collaboration with former Kellogg-Hubbard Library staff member Rachel Senechal, and is a registered service mark of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® now exist across the U.S. and worldwide in 13 countries including Germany, Canada, England, Bermuda, Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan and South Korea.
The Benefits of StoryWalk®
StoryWalk® provides early literacy opportunities to young children. Sharing the reading of a StoryWalk book stimulates and fosters the development of strong listening and speaking skills. StoryWalk also helps to build a child’s vocabulary which is important to thinking and learning. Developing early literacy skills leads to better preparation for school.
StoryWalk® provides a teaching moment for a child’s first teacher – their family. Children and their families can read the book together then discuss the text, illustrations and meaning of a great book. Many StoryWalk books have a theme: kindness, anyone can make a difference in someone’s life, a love for nature, accepting differences, and more.
StoryWalk® provides a wonderful avenue for outreach and collaboration. StoryWalk is a tool to bring the library out to the community with the goal of increasing visibility of the library. Some people may experience StoryWalk at a school or park and never walk into the library. StoryWalk may be the gateway for people to come to the library.