Kidsville Storybook Walk

Join Us for a Family Activity in the Park!

Make a family trip to visit our Storybook Walk trail in Centennial Park. Read the pages of the storybook that are displayed along the path while spending quality outdoor time with your children.

Map showing Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, with a walking trail around Lake Watauga. Features include Centennial Park Walking Trail, Lake Watauga, Centennial Park Free Parking, and Events Ellipse. A marked route indicates a 0.2 mile, 3-minute walk along the trail.
Three people walking on a path near a sign for Kidsville Storybook Walk, with a classical building resembling the Parthenon in the background. The scene is set in a park with trees and a clear blue sky.

Storybook Walk Map

You can enjoy the Walk anytime during park operating hours of 6 AM - 8 PM.

The Kidsville Storybook Walk has a new location!
The Walk is now located along the path on the east side of Lake Watauga. The Walk begins near the James Robertson statue.

Parking
Free, handicap-accessible parking is available in the lots along 25th Avenue.

WeGo Transit
Centennial Park is accessible via WeGo bus routes 3, 50, 77, and 75.

May’s Story

Five Little Ducks (Los Cinco Patitos), an old rhyme, illustrated by Pamela Paparone

Stroll along the Centennial Park Walking Trail on Lake Watauga and read the pages of Five Little Ducks (Los Cinco Patitos), an old rhyme, illustrated by Pamela Paparone.  One by one, five little ducks disappear, while mother duck is busy.  Count and identify the ducks and other creatures as mother duck calls for her ducks to come back.

(Spanish text will also be displayed)

June’s Story

Pick, Pull, Snap!: Where Once a Flower Bloomed by Lola M. Schaefer

Stroll along the Centennial Park Walking Trail on Lake Watauga and read the pages of the storybook, Pick, Pull, Snap!: Where Once a Flower Bloomed by Lola M. Schaefer illustrated by Lindsay Barrett George.

The mystery, beauty, and science of how a flower becomes fruit are captured in this book exploring how apples, raspberries, pumpkins and other trees and vines blossom, are pollinated, and eventually bear fruit.