StoryWalk® is back for summer 2024

The TD Summer Reading Club is pleased to announce the return of StoryWalk® for summer 2024, following another successful project last summer. A StoryWalk® is a fun, socially distanced activity that places a children’s book, page by page, on laminated poster boards along a path or in a park. Kids and their families have the opportunity to enjoy reading a book while strolling through their community.

StoryWalk® is free and available to libraries across Canada that submitted their statistics and evaluation for the 2023 program to Maru/Blue (only applicable to returning libraries) and that have registered for the 2024 TD Summer Reading Club. The book that has been selected is The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield and Kate Fillion.

Details:

• Our StoryWalk® book is available in English, French and bilingual formats.
• StoryWalk® kits can be used by participating libraries for the summer of 2024, from June 10 to Labour Day.
• Quantities are limited: 800 kits. We will try our best to accommodate everyone, but due to high demand, you may not receive as many kits as you request. Some branch-to-branch sharing may be necessary. We will let you know in advance if this is the case.
• A Letter of Agreement is required, in which libraries agree to the licensing terms and conditions.
• The Darkest Dark includes 20 panels and stands with these dimensions:
  - Stands are 21 inches (53.34 centimetres) high with 6-inch (15.24-centimetre) pegs for attaching the pages.
  - Coroplast pages are 10-1/2 inches (26.67 centimetres) by 23-1/2 inches (59.69 centimetres).
• Installation:
  - Push the bottom of the stand into soft ground (like a tent peg).
  - Insert a book page onto the metal pegs.
  - Bend the pegs at an angle for easier viewing.
  - If you do not have green space: tape the Coroplast book pages to outside walls.

Check out the StoryWalk® video from 2021 to see creative ways libraries displayed their kits. 

If you are interested in registering your library to receive a StoryWalk® kit, please send the Letter of Agreement to Ashley-Ann Brooks at clubtd-tdclub@bac-lac.gc.ca by March 15, 2024.