Exploring Nature Through Story!
A storybook trail at Red Rose Preserve in 2020
This summer and fall, KELT is excited to offer storybook trails across the region!
With the help of passionate volunteers, KELT has designed storyboards that will serve as temporary exhibits at a number of our preserves this spring and summer. Come to one or come to all for nature themed stories and outdoor activities for children 6 years old and younger. With a chaperoning adult, young children will be able to walk a trail, explore a preserve, or visit LOCAL garden while reading a beloved children’s nature book one page at a time.
Come explore the wonders of the Lilly Pond Community Forest in Bath while reading “This Moose Belongs to Me” by Oliver Jeffers.
Where? Lilly Pond Community Forest in Bath
When? Temporary Installation will be up from Sunday, September 18th at 10:00AM to Sunday, October 2nd at 5:00PM.
Closed toed shoes that can get wet and muddy are recommended.
No registration is required, but pictures of your visit would be greatly appreciated! You can send to info@kennebecestuary.org.
Directions to Lilly Pond Community Forest: From downtown Bath, take High Street south for 1.5 mi. Primary parking is at 150 High Street (on the right, if traveling south). View Map.
About “This Moose Belongs to Me” by Oliver Jeffers:
Wilfred is a boy with rules. He lives a very orderly life. It's fortunate, then, that he has a pet who abides by rules, such as not making noise while Wilfred educates him on his record collection. There is, however, one rule that Wilfred's pet has difficulty following: Going whichever way Wilfred wants to go. Perhaps this is because Wilfred's pet doesn't quite realize that he belongs to anyone. A moose can be obstinate in such ways. Fortunately, the two manage to work out a compromise. Let's just say it involves apples.
Oliver Jeffers, the bestselling creator of Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy, delivers another deceptively simple book sure to make kids and adults giggle.
2022 KELT Storybook Trail Schedule (subject to change):
May 21st - 27th: “Little Sap” at Green Point Preserve
May 28th: “Song of the Water Boatman” at Thorne Head Preserve (as part of Pond-o-palooza)
June 19th-26th: “Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt” at LOCAL Garden
July 23rd-30th: “The Bug Club” at Merrymeeting Fields Preserve
August 20th-27th: “Let’s go on a Hike” at Sewall Woods Preserve
September 18th-October 2nd: “This Moose Belongs to Me” at Lilly Pond Community Forest
