Culture

The Parks Where Kids (and Their Parents) Walk and Read at the Same Time

Some libraries are getting young kids reading by taking the books outside.
Four-year-old Will Leahey reaches the end of a StoryWalk installed along Mt. Agamenticus in Cape Neddick, Maine.Dave McCarthy/Courtesy of Kate McCarthy

People know the Statue of Liberty for her towering stature. They know her for the torch she bears and for the spiked crown atop her head. But have you seen her right foot?

That’s the question author Dave Eggers poses in his recent book Her Right Foot. He reveals that it’s lifted slightly, as if she’s headed somewhere. Then he poses another question without as clear an answer: Where is she headed?