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Storywalk Sabetha

"The Scarecrow's Hat"
by Ken Brown
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October 2025 | Main Street - Sabetha

Take a walk down Main Street, and read “The Scarecrow's Hat” by Ken Brown during the month of October.

Chicken really admires Scarecrow's straw hat. Scarecrow would gladly trade his hat for a walking stick to rest his tired arms. Chicken doesn't have a walking stick to trade—but she knows someone who does.

 

Author-illustrator Ken Brown pairs vivid, realistic watercolors with an inventive plot, engaging sequencing, and repetition to tell a charming circular story packed with relatable themes of friendship, bartering, and problem-solving. This award-winning title is an ideal story time choice for autumn and harvest themes.

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October 2025

"The Scarecrow's Hat"

Written by Ken Brown

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What is a StoryWalk®?

StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children — and adults! — to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time. 

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To create this unique, outdoor reading experience a children’s book is deconstructed and the pages of the book are mounted and placed on signboards or in kiosks along a walking path or in downtown business windows.

When you get to the end, share YOUR silly face by posting a picture and tagging us @MaryCottonPublicLibrary on Facebook or Instagram!

Image by Austin Pacheco

More About StoryWalks®

StoryWalk is an inspirational program created in 2007 by Anne Ferguson in Monteplier, Vermont when she worked for the Vermont Department of Public Health. She worked with her local library, the Kellogg-Hubbard Library and through their collective efforts, a StoryWalk® has been installed in “all 50 states and 12 foreign countries.”

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As libraries and librarians continue to face obstacles related to the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the largest challenges has been finding ways to engage with the community’s youngest learners in order to ensure that they have access to and encouragement to develop life-long literacy skills. Many libraries across the country and around the world have utilized story-time outside in a way that is safe, fun for the whole family, and encourages a healthy lifestyle through accessible StoryWalks®. 

Special thanks to Becky and Susan with Printing Impressions as well as Vicki Edelman and Aberle Ford for their efforts and generosity to get StoryWalks® launched in our community!

Interested in sponsoring a StoryWalk® in Sabetha? We'd love to hear your ideas.​

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Events Calendar

Want to view all of our events or add them to your own calendar? 

HOURS

Monday, Wednesday

9:30 - 8:00

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

9:30 - 5:30

Saturday 

9:00 - 3:00

Mary Cotton Public Library

915 Virginia Street

Sabetha, KS 66534

785-284-3160

info@sabethalibrary.org

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