Arcata Library Offering Free ‘StoryWalk’ August 11-September 12

This is a press release from the Arcata Library:

Looking for an entertaining and free outdoor activity? Visit the StoryWalk at the Arcata Library.  Walk and read “Goin’ Someplace Special” by Patricia McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

“Goin’ Someplace Special” is a story based on the author’s childhood experience of going downtown during Jim Crow times, when segregation ruled. This is the tale of a spirited child’s first journey alone to a place she knows she is welcome – the library.  The Library is dedicating this StoryWalk to Representative John Lewis, who passed on July 17 after a lifetime of civil rights activism and library advocacy. 

No appointment is necessary! You can take this walk on your own in the Arcata Library’s garden at 500 7th St. any time between the hours 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., August 11 through September 12. 

The StoryWalk Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library. StoryWalk trails are now in all 50 states, as well as eleven other countries including Bermuda, Canada, England, Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan and Russia.

Special thanks to Alan Michaels for making the stakes, and City of Arcata Construction Specialist, Javier Nogueira, who secured them so that families would have a new and fun thing to do. Sponsored by the Friends of Arcata Library and First 5 Humboldt.