What could be more fun than reading while spending time in nature? Bring your children, grandchildren, or just yourself to the Granite Island Trail and enjoy a family-friendly hike down to the shores of the Basin, while enjoying a favorite oversized picture book.
This collaborative effort between Vinalhaven Land Trust and Vinalhaven Reads (a group formed to help raise the reading and literacy skills of students at Vinalhaven School), will change the book three times a year. As one walks the trail, a new page comes into view, magically affixed to a moss covered rock, coming to a perfect conclusion as you and your companions reach the shoreline.
Story Trail opened with The Little Island, which was written by long-time summer resident Margaret Wise Brown. A sweet story about the experiences of a little island (Vinalhaven!).
It’s hard to beat: fostering a love of reading and encouraging children and their caregivers to spend time in nature. What will be next? You’ll have to visit to find out…
The current book is Big Truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen. When a big truck and its big load get stuck on a narrow road, traffic on the little island comes to a halt. Some cars need to go south and some have to travel north. Luckily, the kids come up with an ingenious solution: why not just swap cars? Inspired by an incident that happened on Vinalhaven, Chris Van Dusen tells a fun tale of resourcefulness and community through clever, rhyming wordplay and whimsical illustrations.