Noyes StoryWalks®

The Noyes StoryWalk® program began in January 2021, when the NCLF Board realized that there were still ways to promote early literacy and a love of books even during a pandemic! Based on the Storywalk® model developed by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT, The Noyes StoryWalk® began by posting laminated pages of the Jan Brett classic The Mitten on storefronts along Antique Row in Kensington, MD.

The second StoryWalk®, in February 2021, moved to Kensington's historic Warner Circle Park - across the street from Noyes Children's Library - and celebrated Black History Month with the winter favorite The Snowy Day, the first book featuring an African American child to win the Caldecott Medal for excellence in children's picture books. 

In the months and years since then, the Noyes StoryWalk® has marched across parks in Kensington and throughout Montgomery County, brought bilingual books to elementary schools and We're Going on a Bear Hunt to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and helped celebrate diverse communities and historic accomplishments. Most importantly, the Noyes StoryWalk® brings quality children's literature into the fresh air, ensuring that all children and families can enjoy the magic of a good story. 

 StoryWalk® is a registered trademark of Anne Ferguson, and was created in 2007 by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT, in collaboration with former staff member Rachel Senechal, and is a registered service mark of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® now exist across the U.S. and worldwide in 13 countries including Germany, Canada, England, Bermuda, Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and South Korea.
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​Check out the latest StoryWalk®
​on our Events page!

Here's a Little Poem - A Very First Book of Poetry
Collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters

Presented along Kensington's Howard Avenue Antique Row
April 23 - May 12, 2025

Interested in our previous StoryWalks®?


  • 33rd Noyes StoryWalk®: The Snow Thief  (Alice Hemming and Nicola Slater)
  • 32nd Noyes StoryWalk®: Santiago’s Dinosaurios (Mariana Ríos Ramírez, Udayana Lugo)
  • 31st Noyes StoryWalk®: Opal Lee and What It Means To Be Free  (Alice Faye Duncan)
  • 30th Noyes StoryWalk®:  Penguins Ready to Go, Go, Go!  (Deborah Lee Rose)
  • 29th Noyes StoryWalk®:  Fresh Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers' Market  (Michelle Schaub)
  • 28th Noyes StoryWalk®: The Napping House  (Audrey Wood)
  • 27th Noyes StoryWalk®: Parker Looks Up (Parker Curry & Jessica Curry)
  • 26th Noyes StoryWalk®: The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)
  • 25th Noyes StoryWalk®: Pete the Cat's Train Trip (James Dean)
  • 24th Noyes StoryWalk®: If You Find a Leaf  (Aimée Sicuro)
  • 23rd Noyes StoryWalk®: We Don't Eat Our Classmates  (Ryan T. Higgins)
  • 22nd Noyes StoryWalk®: Before She Was Harriet  (Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome)
  • 21st Noyes StoryWalk®: Steam Train, Dream Train  (Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld)
  • 20th Noyes StoryWalk®: Catch the Sky - Playful Poems on the Air We Share  (Robert Heidbreder, Emily Dove)
  • 19th Noyes StoryWalk®: Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees and Verde Fresco: arboles asombrosas y extraordinarios  (Lulu Delacre)
  • 18th Noyes StoryWalk®: A Library  (Erin K. Robinson)
  • 17th Noyes StoryWalk®: Bear Snores On  (Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman)
  • 16th Noyes StoryWalk®: We're Going on a Bear Hunt  (Michael Rosen, Helen Oxenbury)
  • 15th Noyes StoryWalk®: Never Show a T-Rex a Book  (Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Diane Ewen)
  • 14th Noyes StoryWalk®: Before She Was Harriet  (Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome)
  • 13th Noyes StoryWalk®: Dumplings for Lili  (Melissa Iwai)
  • 12th Noyes StoryWalk®: Waiting for Biblioburro / Esperando el Biblioburro  (Monica Brown)
  • 11th Noyes StoryWalk®: Mae Among the Stars  (Roda Ahmed)
  • 10th Noyes StoryWalk®: Little Polar Bear - Where are You Going Lars?  (Hans de Beer)
  • 9th Noyes StoryWalk®: A Tale of Two Beasts (Fiona Roberton)
  • 8th Noyes StoryWalk®: The Little Engine That Could (Watty Piper)
  • 7th Noyes StoryWalk®: ¡Olinguito!  (Lulu Delacre)
  • 6th Noyes StoryWalk®: 10 Hidden Heroes  (Mark Shriver)
  • 5th Noyes StoryWalk®: Cecily Cicada  (Kita Helmetag Murdock, Patsy Helmetag)
  • 4th Noyes StoryWalk®: Rainbow Weaver (Linda Elovitz Marshall)
  • 3rd Noyes StoryWalk®: Kamala and Maya's Big Idea (Meena Harris)
  • 2nd Noyes StoryWalk®: The Snowy Day  (Ezra Jack Keats)
  • 1st Noyes StoryWalk®: The Mitten  (Jan Brett)