BBF Story Walks
Stroll with your family through two of Boston’s exciting neighborhoods, discovering a story as you go! These fun, free story walks will be available throughout October, so you can enjoy them at your own pace and using social distancing. Check out the details below—then grab your masks and your walking shoes and enjoy a fun literary outing for the whole family!
Head out to Roxbury’s Nubian Square for a free, fun story walk for the whole family. Kids can collect maps from the Frugal Bookstore and stroll the square’s storefronts reading Kwame Alexander’s The Undefeated, a “love letter to black life in the United States,” with powerful illustrations by Kadir Nelson. The Undefeated won the 2020 Caldecott Medal and was the winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. There will be activities to complete along the way (including giveaways from JP Licks!), and the first 50 children to complete the walk will receive a free copy of The Undefeated. The story walk will run from October 3–25.
Use the Google Map above to navigate, or download a printable map here!
Thanks to our partners and sponsors for this event: the Boston Public Library, Frugal Bookstore, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and JP Licks!
Head out to the lively shopping district of Downtown Crossing for a free, fun story walk for the whole family. Kids can collect maps from volunteers in the area and read Oge Mora’s Saturday, which will be displayed page by page on storefronts in the district. Families will enjoy this heartwarming story about a mother-daughter outing in the city with lots of ups and downs but with a reminder of the importance of just spending time together. There will be activities to complete along the way (including giveaways from JP Licks!).
Use the Google Map above to navigate, or download a printable map here!
The story walk will run from October 3–25.
Thanks to our sponsors for this Story Walk: Downtown BID and JP Licks.
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