Wake County Parks StoryWalks®

Read a children’s book while you enjoy a nature walk at several Wake County Park locations. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont, and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.

July 2026
From July 1–27, visit the brand new Beech Bluff StoryWalk®, "Freedom's Howl: The Song of the Red Wolves" written by Eileen Heyes and illustrated by Anne Marshall Runyon and Steven James Petruccio.

From July 3-31, visit Crowder's new StoryWalk®, "Steve the Dung Beetle: On a Roll," written by Susan R. Stoltz and illustrated by Melissa Bailey.

From July 3-26, visit Harris Lake's new StoryWalk® while you explore the magical world above and below the soil in Kate Messner's "Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt," illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal.

From July 1-31, Oak View's brick walkways will feature the children's book "Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim," written by Kobina Commeh and illustrated by Bárbara Quintino.

From July 3 –31, visit the new Yates Mill StoryWalk®, "Daniel Finds a Poem", written and illustrated by Micha Archer.

From July 1-31, visit the new Sandy Pines StoryWalk®, "Riding Magic" written by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

August 2026
From August 1-30, explore American Tobacco Trail's new StoryWalk®, Megan Wagner Lloyd's "Finding Wild," illustrated by Abigail Halpin.

From August 1–27, visit the brand new Beech Bluff StoryWalk®, "Logan's Greenhouse" written by JaNay Brown-Wood and illustrated by Samara Hardy.

From August 3-31, visit Crowder's new StoryWalk® "Señorita Mariposa," written by Ben Gundersheimer and illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero.

From August 1-31, Oak View's brick walkways will feature the children's book "Ellen's Broom," written by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by Daniel Minter.

From August 3 –31, visit the new Yates Mill StoryWalk®, "Wonder Walkers," written and illustrated by Micha Archer.

From August 1-23, visit the new Lake Crabtree StoryWalk®, "Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America's Fight for Freedom," written by Jen McCartney and Karen Blumenthal and illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley.

From August 1-31, visit the new Turnipseed StoryWalk®, "Riding Magic" written by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by E.B. Lewis.