Grab your family, put on sunblock, and and take a stroll around the courthouse! To celebrate Lafayette’s Bicentennial, we are doing a Story Around the Square. We selected the picture book Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette by Selene Castrovilla. The story begins at the Greater Lafayette Commerce and you will stroll around the square, visiting stops outside businesses to read pages. The story will be up all September.
While you read, there will be “Did You Know?” spots with different information about different art, buildings, or people. Write down the purple words on the Story Around the Square bookmark, or note it in your phone. After you read the story, kids can stop by the youth room at the the Holman Branch Library to pick up a special prize.
Map of story route:
- Greater Lafayette Commerce – 337 Columbia Street
- Tippecanoe County Prosecutors and Defenders Office – 111 N. 4th Street
- ARKOR Architects – 117 N. 4th Street, Suite A
- Travel Girl – 117 N. 4th Street, Suite B
- Purdue Federal Credit Union – 340 Main Street
- Bower Trading – 324 Main Street
- 320 Wellness – 320 Main Street
- Something Sweet Candy Shop – 128 N. 3rd Street
- Nom Nom Tacos – 102 N. 3rd Street
- County Building – 20 N. 3rd Street
- Kennedy and Schrader Law Office – 313 Columbia Street
- Dimension 7 Hub –323 Columbia Street
- Cooke Law – 331 Columbia Street
- Stall and Kessler Diamond Center – 333 Columbia Street
Can’t make it to the square? No worries, you can always check this book out at any of the Tippecanoe County Public Libraries and it will be the Story on the Prairie at our Wea Prairie Branch as well!
