Exploring Nature Through Story!
A storybook trail at Red Rose Preserve in 2020
This spring and summer, 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 Merrymeeting Fields Preserve in Woolwich while reading “Emile and the Field” by Kevin Young.
Where? Merrymeeting Fields Preserve in Woolwich
When? Temporary Installation will be up from Saturday, July 23rd at 10:00AM to Saturday, July 30th 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 Merrymeeting Fields Preserve: Take Route 1 North to Route 127 (just across Bath bridge on the left). Take North on 127 to Route 128 and turn left. Follow about 6 miles to Chopps Point Road, turn left. 0.9 miles to parking lot and kiosk on right. View Map.
About “Emile and the Field” by Kevin Young:
In this lyrical picture book from an award-winning poet, a young boy cherishes a neighborhood field throughout the changing seasons. With stunning illustrations and a charming text, this beautiful story celebrates a child's relationship with nature.
Emile loves the field close to his home--in spring, summer, and fall, when it gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children...and their sleds. This relatable and lyrical ode to one boy's love for his neighborhood field celebrates how spending time in nature allows children to dream, to imagine...and even to share.
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: “Emile and the Field” at Merrymeeting Fields Preserve
August 20th-27th: “Let’s go on a Hike” at Sewall Woods Preserve
