Children's and YA Services

CT Storywalk® Program

A StoryWalk® is a fun activity that engages families in literacy while being physically active through walking or hiking. Pages from a children’s book are printed and placed in wood frames along a walkable path. Families have fun reading aloud together and building children’s interest in reading while enjoying the physical and mental health benefits of the outdoors.

The CT Storywalk® Program encourages children and families to visit multiple permanent Storywalk® setups throughout the state at various CT State Parks and State Forests. Stories at the four Storywalk® locations will be changed quarterly for fun all year round. 

CT Storywalk® Locations

• Dinosaur State Park & Visitor Center- Rocky Hill, CT
• Goodwin Conservation Education Center- Hampton, CT
• Kellogg Environmental Center Derby, CT
• Meigs Point Nature Center/ Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT

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Varies libraries across the state host their own StoryWalk locations, many in partnership with local organizations! Share site locations with your community! 

• Clinton- Henry Carter Hull Library- 10 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton CT 06413 
• Colchester- Cragin Memorial Library- 96 McDonald Rd, Colchester, CT 06415
• East Granby- East Granby Public Library- Location #1: East Granby Public Library, 24 Center Street, East Granby, CT 06026. Location #2: Ian Clark Preserve, directly across from 140 Kimberly Rd, East Granby, CT 06026. 
• East Hampton- East Hampton Public Library- Seamster Park, 20 Smith St, East Hampton, CT 06424
• East Lyme - East Lyme Public Library- Bridebrook Park, Niantic 06357
• Fairfield - Fairfield Public Library- 1080 Old Post Rd Fairfield CT Fairfield CT 06824 & 1147 Fairfield Woods Rd, Fairfield, CT 06825
• Manchester- Manchester Public Library- 330 Bush Hill Road Manchester CT. 06040
• Middlefield - Levi E. Coe Library- Peckham Park, Middlefield 06455
• North Branford - North Branford Library Department- 149 Branford Rd, North Branford, CT 06471
• Norwich - Otis Library- Mohegan Park, Norwich, CT 06360 (located on an accessible path)
• Old Lyme- Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library- 100 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT 06371
• Portland- Portland Public Library- Riverfront Park, 284 Brownstone Avenue, Portland, CT 06480
• Preston - Preston Public Library- 13 CT-17, Preston, CT 06365
• Putnam - Putnam Public Library- 18 Kennedy Drive, Putnam, CT 06260 (on the Putnam River Trail)
• Ridgefield - Ridgefield Library- 472 Main St, Ridgefield, CT 06877
• Simsbury - Simsbury Public Library- Iron Horse Blvd, Simsbury, CT 06070 (taken down November to April)
• Somers - Somers Public Library- 619 Main Street, Somers CT 06071 
• Willington - Willington Public Library- 7 Ruby Road Willington CT 06279
• Woodstock- West Woodstock Library- 5 Bungay Hill Rd., Woodstock, CT (Sponsored by the West Woodstock Library and Connecticut Humanities)

This project is supported by a generous grant from EBSCO Information Services to the Connecticut Heritage Foundation.

The StoryWalk® project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library.