Mini Storywalk

Mini StoryWalk: Brady Brady and the Most Important Game

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty The Gold Stick trophy is the big prize that Brady Brady and the Icehogs are after, and this year they get to play for it on home ice. The team puts in lots of extra practice and time promoting the event to their community. On game day, they play fair and battle hard, earning a spot in the final. But in the most important game, their rivals the Dragoons play dirty and defeat the Icehogs. Brady and his friends are crushed. It feels like playing fair doesn’t matter at all! Or does it? A pep talk and a surprise game help Brady and his friends understand that good sportsmanship is how they can really be winners.
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Mini StoryWalk: Canadian Animals for Kids

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty Children love to learn about wildlife, and in Canadian Wildlife for Kids the colours and textures of Max Elliott’s mixed media artwork make it fun for children to engage with a variety of Canadian animals, whether it be in a school classroom or for a bedtime story. Parents, teachers, and gift-givers will find that this is the perfect book for children to appreciate the wonder of Canadian animals and the world in which they live.
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Mini StoryWalk: Go Left

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty Told through creative language play, and with depth and whimsy, this picture book reminds readers of their own agency and the power they have to direct their own path. Marc Colagiovanni’s lyrical text and Peter H. Reynolds’s stunning art create an enduring message of strength and perseverance that is both universal and personal, and one that readers will be drawn to over and over again. This first of two new picture books created in collaboration with Marc and Peter will inspire, affirm, and reassure readers at key milestone moments in every young reader’s life. When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left makes an inspiring graduation gift as well as a must-have, uplifting read sure to bring positivity to all who read it and remind us that even when nothing is going right . . . we can always choose to go left.
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A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. **Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty** Told through creative language play, and with depth and whimsy, this picture book reminds readers of their own agency and the power they have to direct their own path. Marc Colagiovanni’s lyrical text and Peter H. Reynolds’s stunning art create an enduring message of strength and perseverance that is both universal and personal, and one that readers will be drawn to over and over again. This first of two new picture books created in collaboration with Marc and Peter will inspire, affirm, and reassure readers at key milestone moments in every young reader’s life. When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left makes an inspiring graduation gift as well as a must-have, uplifting read sure to bring positivity to all who read it and remind us that even when nothing is going right . . . we can always choose to go left.

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Mini StoryWalk: If You Take a Mouse to School

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty If you take a mouse to school, he'll ask you for your lunch box. When you give him your lunch box, he'll want a sandwich to go in it. Then he'll need a notebook and some pencils. He'll probably want to share your backpack, too. The famous mouse from If You Take a Mouse to the Movies and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is back for his first day of school. Only Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond could make school this much fun! A perfect addition to the classic and beloved series—be sure to collect them all!
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Mini StoryWalk: I'm New Here

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty Three students are immigrants from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia and have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new American elementary school. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn to feel confident and comfortable in their new school without losing a sense of their home country, language, and identity. Young readers from all backgrounds will appreciate this touching story about the assimilation of three immigrant students in a supportive school community.
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Mini StoryWalk: My Dreams For You

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty My Dreams For You was inspired by Jason Tharp's 2021 brain cancer diagnosis. When Jason sat down to write My Dreams for You! he wondered, what would he want to tell the people who touched his life the most? He'd want to tell them that dreams come in all shapes and sizes, but that turning away from fear and finding love is the key to making your dreams come true. My Dreams For You! is an inspiring picture book for every person beginning a new journey and the perfect gift for all of life's milestones and adventures. Through heartfelt text and vibrant art, Jason Tharp pens a loving message to remind us that love always sees us through.
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Mini StoryWalk: My Forest is Green

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty With art supplies in tow, a young boy explores the urban forest near his home, then interprets what he sees with his art. The boy is a keen observer who uses poetic, rhythmic language to describe the diversity he finds through all four seasons. His forest is both ”fluffy“ and ”prickly,“ ”dense“ and ”sparse,“ ”crispy“ and ”soft.“ It’s also ”scattered and soggy, and spotted and foggy.“ His forest is made up of many colors ― but he decides that ”mostly it’s green.“ Each aspect of the forest inspires the boy to create a different kind of art: charcoal rubbing, rock art, photography, sponge painting, snow sculpture, cut-paper collage. To this artist, there’s always something new to discover, and to capture!
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Mini StoryWalk: Not a Box

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty A box is just a box...unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows. This board book edition has sturdy pages and is a good size for the youngest readers. Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real—when the imagination takes over inside a cardboard box, and through play, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible. After reading this book aloud, continue the fun by drawing shapes like a triangle or circle, and asking your child what the triangle is NOT!
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Mini StoryWalk: Rainbow Puppy Daycare

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty Reggie and Olive are two naughty puppies who are causing a lot of trouble at Rainbow Puppy Daycare until Cara comes up with a clever solution. Rainbow Puppy Daycare will delight children with its rhythmical style and colourful illustrations. This playful story comes from the imagination of Cara herself, a 13-year-old girl with Down syndrome. Cara and her Education Assistant studied online for many months during COVID-19 and this book is a testament to Cara's hard work, determination, and creativity.
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Mini StoryWalk: Still This Love Goes On

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty Based on Sainte-Marie’s song of the same name, Still This Love Goes On combines Flett's breathtaking art with vivid lyrics to craft a stunning portrait of a Cree worldview. At the heart of this picture book is a gentle message about missing our loved ones, and the promise of seeing each other again.
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Mini StoryWalk: Sweetgrass

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty A modern story of traditional Indigenous knowledge that follows a young boy and his Auntie as they gather and braid sweetgrass, one of the four sacred medicines. It's early July, and for Matthew and his Auntie that means one thing: time to go sweetgrass picking. This year, Matthew's younger cousin Warren is coming along, and it will be his first time visiting the shoreline where the sweetgrass grows. With Auntie's traditional Mi'kmaw knowledge and Matthew's gentle guidance, Warren learns about the many uses for sweetgrass—as traditional medicine, a sacred offering, a smudging ingredient—and the importance of not picking more than he needs. Once the trio is back at Auntie's house, she shows the boys how to clean and braid the grass. From the duo behind the bestsellers The Gathering and The Sharing Circle, this heartfelt story about the gifts we receive from Mother Earth and how to gather them respectfully offers thoughtful insight into a treasured Mi'kmaw tradition. Sweetgrass grows in wet meadows, low prairies, and the edges of sloughs and marshes . It grows from Labrador to Alaska, south to New Jersey, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, and Arizona. Widely used by North American indigenous peoples from many different Nations, it is also considered one of the "four sacred medicines" by many Plains Indians.
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A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. **Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty** A modern story of traditional Indigenous knowledge that follows a young boy and his Auntie as they gather and braid sweetgrass, one of the four sacred medicines. It's early July, and for Matthew and his Auntie that means one thing: time to go sweetgrass picking. This year, Matthew's younger cousin Warren is coming along, and it will be his first time visiting the shoreline where the sweetgrass grows. With Auntie's traditional Mi'kmaw knowledge and Matthew's gentle guidance, Warren learns about the many uses for sweetgrass—as traditional medicine, a sacred offering, a smudging ingredient—and the importance of not picking more than he needs. Once the trio is back at Auntie's house, she shows the boys how to clean and braid the grass. From the duo behind the bestsellers The Gathering and The Sharing Circle, this heartfelt story about the gifts we receive from Mother Earth and how to gather them respectfully offers thoughtful insight into a treasured Mi'kmaw tradition. Sweetgrass grows in wet meadows, low prairies, and the edges of sloughs and marshes . It grows from Labrador to Alaska, south to New Jersey, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, and Arizona. Widely used by North American indigenous peoples from many different Nations, it is also considered one of the "four sacred medicines" by many Plains Indians.

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Mini StoryWalk: Teamwork

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty Matthew’s parents think he should play on a sports team. How will he ever learn about teamwork if all he does is draw pictures all day? His mom signs him up for baseball. But out on the field, Matthew is too busy looking at stuff to catch the ball. When a ball falls directly into his glove, he draws a picture on it, and throws it back. The players toss him another, and another, and another, and he draws on those too. Soon, it’s a toss-o-rama, as the teammates excitedly share their new art with each other, showcasing the most unique display of teamwork that the coach has ever seen! With his trademark wit and whimsy, Robert Munsch hits another home run with this story that will remind children and parents that everyone brings their own set of special talents to a team!
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Mini StoryWalk: The Kissing Hand

Langley Children Committee ; Langley Literacy Network.


A Mini StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children and adults to enjoy stories indoors. Pages from a children’s book can be attached to the wall around the classroom or hallways in a wandering path. As you stroll around, you’ll go from page to page, enjoying the story in a new and exciting way. Please note that this StoryWalk® does not come mounted on garden stakes. The pictures will need to be affixed to walls using tape or poster putty School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary. Since its first publication in 1993, this heartwarming book has become a children's classic that has touched the lives of millions of children and their parents, especially at times of separation, whether starting school, entering daycare, or going to camp. It is widely used by kindergarten teachers on the first day of school. Stickers at the back will help children and their parents keep their Kissing Hand alive.
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