Navigate a new adventure!

Visit two locations, the Lester Public Library and Zander Park, to take a joyous journey through outdoor storybooks and to revel in a renovated natural area.

The celebration takes place 1:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16.

In early 2023, Lester Public Library Foundation was the recipient of the West Foundation’s $50,000 Directors’ Choice Imagining Grant as “a non-profit agency that designs a program or service focused on the arts, culture, or environment in Manitowoc County.” The library's submission detailed a project to promote early literacy and environmental awareness in partnership with the City of Two Rivers Parks & Recreation Department and Woodland Dunes Nature Center & Preserve. With the grant award, StoryWalks® were erected along the library path and in Zander Park. Funds were used to not only erect the StoryWalk® structures, but to restore a large portion of Zander Park to the wetland it once was, with a raised boardwalk and natural play features added.

At Wednesday's celebration, every family gets storybooks. Raffle prizes include Adventure Packs containing bug book, binoculars and more! An accompanying event is a brat fry on the library lawn from noon-3 p.m., with proceeds benefiting Healthiest Manitowoc County Investing Early Coalition.

Everybody's invited to celebrate nature, literacy, and being together.

The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont, and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ferguson.

Lester Public Library is located at 1001 Adams St., and Zander Park is at 1520 17th St.