StoryWalk® Passport Challenge!

Kiwanis StoryWalk® Passport Challenge!

Saturday, July 20, 2024
(Rain date: Saturday, July 27, 2024)
Locations: Meriden Linear Trail/Dossin Beach, Hubbard Park, Meriden Green, City Park, Habershon Park

StoryWalks® are fun, educational activities that place children’s stories along popular walking routes in the community. Kiwanis challenges kids and families to read 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or all 6 of its StoryWalks® in Meriden parks on Saturday, July 20, 2024 between 9:00am and 12:00pm! The StoryWalks® are in English and Spanish.

Participants will receive a paper passport for the challenge. For each StoryWalk® they read, kids will receive a sticker for their passport, a small prize (while supplies last), and one entry into the grand prize drawing. Kiwanis members will be at each StoryWalk® to distribute stickers, prizes, and drawing entry forms.

Click to RSVP your family’s participation in the Challenge!
Click to download and print your StoryWalk® Passport!

Enjoy these 6 StoryWalks®!

Sage and the Missing Bunnies written by Meriden 4th graders Elizabeth Andrade and Anna Oppong, and illustrated by Meriden 4th graders Elizabeth Andrade, Anna Oppong, Dannaidi Arroyo, Nahla Byrd, Areya Drummer, Melany Zambrano Estrada, Caydence Moore, and Viola Rechi.
Park: Meriden Linear Trail/Dossin Beach, 562 Oregon Road, Meriden.
Location: Permanent StoryWalk® signposts near the Kiwanis Little Free Library.

Take me there! (Google Maps)

This StoryWalk® is presented in partnership with the Meriden Public Library and Meriden Public Schools, with generous support from the Kiwanis Foundation of New England and CT Humanities.

Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola (Meriden-born author/illustrator!)
Park: City Park, 81 Park Avenue, Meriden.
Location: Fence around Splash Pad, next to the parking lot.

Take me there! (Google Maps)

This StoryWalk® is presented in memory of Kiwanian Joan Kilby. Thank you to Christina Kilby and CT Humanities for their generous support!

Jack by Tomie dePaola (Meriden-born author/illustrator!)
Park: Hubbard Park, 999 West Main Street, Meriden.
Location: Fence along the front of the playground.

Take me there! (Google Maps)

Ada’s Violin by Susan Hood
Park: Hubbard Park, 999 West Main Street, Meriden.
Location: Bridge over Mirror Lake waterfall.

Take me there! (Google Maps)

Thank you to CT Humanities for its generous support of this StoryWalk®!

Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim by Kim and Stew Leonard, Jr.
Park: Meriden Green, 47 Mill Street, Meriden.
Location: Fence over Harbor Brook on Mill Street.

Take me there! (Google Maps)

Thank you to the Stew Leonard III Water Safety Foundation for its generous support of this StoryWalk®!

That’s not a daffodil! by Elizabeth Honey
Park: Habershon Park, 121 Cutlery Avenue, Meriden.
Location: Fence near the playground.

Take me there! (Google Maps)

Grand Prizes

Participants will receive one entry into our Grand Prize Drawing for each StoryWalk® they read! Prizes include:

  • 7-week session of group swim lessons at the Meriden YMCA
  • Free kiddie cone with sprinkles from Les’ Dairy Bar
  • One large cheese pizza from Casa di Roma
  • Copy of Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim book

Thank you to our Grand Prize donors!

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.

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