The
survey will open today, Thursday, at 10:00AM. Only the first 30 applicants will be awarded the kit.
The Braille and Talking Book Library and the Michigan Department of Education- Low Incidence Outreach, in collaboration with the Library of Michigan, are offering public
libraries in Michigan the opportunity to host Braille Enhanced StoryWalkÒ at their libraries again in 2018!
This is a great opportunity for any public library that wants to do a StoryWalkÒ
at their location or collaborate with a local park. Not only can you provide an exciting new program for your patrons, but by including the braille, your library is helping embrace accessibility and equal access to information. Our straight-forward, easy to
use kit will provide step-by-step instructions for setting up your StoryWalkÒ and using the braille within the program.
Register for a kit starting Thursday, February 22nd - limited kits are available.
Books available to choose from:
- Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler
- Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson
- This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt
- Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo by John Lithgow
We’ll provide:
- 3 copies of the selected book to make your signs
- StoryWalkÒ
Instruction Guide that includes the how’s & why’s of hosting a StoryWalkÒ
- Step-by-step instruction sheet
- Braille overlay stickers that you will attach to the signs -OR- Select to have pages come individually laminated, however they will be pre-brailled
so you will have to mount them directly to signs.
- Evaluation Sheet
You’ll need to provide in-house:
- Sign paper & Stakes (approx. $2-5 each)
- Lamination of pages to signs (approx. $3/page or in-house) (or select individual laminated sheets above)
To apply to host a Braille Enhanced StoryWalkÒ
at your library, please complete the following form:
https://goo.gl/forms/RjbKgb3rAMiMa3W02, limited kits are available.
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard
Library. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson. This resource is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library of Michigan.
Cathy Lancaster
Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
LancasterC5@michigan.gov
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