Story Trail: Roxaboxen

Read a family friendly book while walking through the spring woods. Follow the illustrated signs along the trail as they tell a tale that connects you to your natural surroundings. The free 1 mile story trail starts from the Oak Point Farm parking lot kiosk and can be completed at your own pace and on your own time. The current story trail features the classic read aloud book “Roxaboxen” by Alice McLerran with illustrations by Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney.

Roxaboxen celebrates the imagination of children who, no matter the time or place, can create whole worlds out of what they find around them–here, rocks and boxes, cacti and sand. Marian and her friends find a special place in the desert where in time-honored fashion, they play the games that will prepare them for their grown-up lives. They make houses, drive pretend cars, bake bread, ride stick ponies, fight their wars and bury their dead. Drawn from her mother’s reminiscences, McLerran’s gentle text is both particular and universal, as she fondly tells this evocative story.