What’s a StoryWalk®
A StoryWalk® takes the pages from a picture book and spaces them along a path creating an interactive and new way to experience reading. Thanks to a generous grant*, we offer a StoryWalk® in Memorial Park. It begins on the path between the pool and the playground and continues along the walkway until you reach the deck hockey rink.
Featured Book
We are celebrating all things dinosaur this summer and our StoryWalk is no exception! This Summer’s Book is If I Had a Dinosaur by Alex Barrow.
A little girl dreams of having her very own pet. But what kind of animal would make the best companion? A mouse is too small, a cat is too ordinary, and a fish is too . . . wet! As she plays with her toy dinosaur, inspiration strikes. What about a real, live dinosaur? She could ride it to school. It would need lots of food to eat, a swimming pool to drink from, and a dino flap so it could come and go!
At the end of a day spent busily imagining, the girl trudges up to bed with her little plastic dinosaur. As she falls asleep, the dinosaur from her daydreams stands in the garden with its head poking through the bedroom window, making her dreams come true.
If you like If I Had a Dinosaur, check out some suggested books for younger and older kids that celebrate friends, farms, consequences, and cookies!
StoryWalk® Activities
- What kind of pet would you like? What would you and your pet do together?
- What would you do if you had a dinosaur for the day?
- Draw a picture of your favorite dinosaur.
- Build a city out of old cardboard boxes, then pretend to be a dinosaur crashing through it!
- With a grown up’s help (and permission!), go on a dino dig in your back yard.
- Check out Bayne Library’s summer Reading program, Unearth Your Story for lots more dino fun.
Share your projects, thoughts, and ideas with us! #baynestorywalk
Thank You!
*This project is made possible by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds for the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries.
