Ideal for families with young readers, the Storybook Trail at Wolbach Farm in Sudbury consists of a dozen stations along a 3/4-mile path through the woods. Each station contains a few pages of a children's book chosen especially for families with toddlers or young readers.
You can read the story while enjoying a pleasant walk and encouraging your children to explore nature.
The trail, which goes up and over a hill through the woods, can be uneven and muddy (or snowy and icy in winter). Please wear proper footwear, and note that it's best to leave the stroller in the car.
We post a new book every season, so there's always a good reason to return to Wolbach.
November 2025: Visitors to the Storybook Trail at Wolbach Farm can now enjoy Thanks to the Animals by Allen Sockabasin, which was named one of the Top 10 Native American Books for Elementary Schools by American Indians in Children's Literature. The plot follows Little Zoo Sap and his family who are moving from their summer home on the coast to their winter home in the deep woods. Unnoticed, the youngster tumbles off the end of the sled. Beginning with beaver and ending with the great bald eagle, the animals rush to protect the baby and shelter him from the cold until his father returns for him.
Other titles have included:
The Gruffalo * A Seed is Sleepy * Over and Under the Snow * The Great Kapok Tree
The Wish Tree * The Curious Garden * and then it's spring * The VERY Impatient Caterpillar
Owl Moon * We're Going on a Leaf Hunt * Cold Snap * We Wait for the Sun * Growing Vegetable Soup One Earth *
Berry Song * Finding Wild
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Extra, Extra: Enjoy a Scavenger Hunt
Whether at Wolbach Farm, at another trail, or on a neighborhood street, kids and families can make a fun game out of searching for birds, flowers, and other signs of nature. Download our Family Nature Scavenger Hunt as a guide. Nature terms are provided in five languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, and Haitian Creole.
