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.

April’s Story

Plants Can’t Sit Still by Rebecca Hirsch and illustrated by Mia Posada.

Stroll along the Centennial Park Walking Trail on Lake Watauga and read the pages of Plants Can’t Sit Still written by Rebecca Hirsch and illustrated by Mia Posada. 

Plants might not pick up their roots and walk away, but they definitely don't sit still! Discover the many ways plants (and their seeds) move. Whether it's a sunflower, a Venus flytrap, or an exotic plant like an exploding cucumber, this book shows just how uniquely active plants really are.

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)