On a recent visit to my neighborhood library, the Palms-Rancho Park branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, I discovered a StoryWalk tale posted around the basketball court of the adjacent park. Seventeen poster-size panels with pages from SATURDAY by Oge Mora, a charming picture book about a young girl, Ava, and her mother on a Saturday outing, hung on the fence.
Because Ava’s mother works during the week, Saturday is the special day they spend together. As the story proceeds, we learn about their day.
The panels on the fence are conveniently hung at child level. Many of them include questions inviting children to engage with the story. Here are some of my favorites:
The book is illustrated with Oge Mora's charming cut-paper illustrations. In 2021 she was the featured speaker at the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California’s fall gala, held on Zoom that year because of the pandemic. I was fascinated to hear about her technique and see her studio, especially since I also have used cut-paper to illustrate some of my books. See my blog report HERE.
Oge Mora, Author/Illustrator
The Storywalk Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
The StoryWalk Project was adapted for use by the Los Angeles Public Library with funding from the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.
