Black History Month Story Walk™—Marion

We are excited to collaborate with Sippican Lands Trust for the Fourth Annual Black History Month Story Walk™. This year, we are featuring, "Mae Among the Stars," by Roda Ahmed (Author), Stasia Burrington (Illustrator). This Story Walk ™ will be up at Pierson Woods for the entire month of February from dawn to dusk.

A beautiful picture book inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison.

Mae Among the Stars is the perfect book for young readers who have big dreams and even bigger hearts.

When Little Mae was a child, she dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by billions of stars, floating, gliding, and discovering. She wanted to be an astronaut.

Her mom told her, "If you believe it, and work hard for it, anything is possible.”

Little Mae’s curiosity, intelligence, and determination, matched with her parents' encouraging…