As part of Children’s Book Festival 2020, dlr libraries launched the first dlr Scéal Trail, a brand new, exciting outdoor reading initiative, on Wednesday 21 October 2020.

dlr Scéal Trail is an outside story walk that everyone can enjoy! A scéal trail or story walk is a book delivered in an exhibition format that you can follow, from beginning to end, as you walk with your family or friends.

Our very first Scéal Trail is a beautiful book written by Sadhbh Devlin, the dlr Writer in Residence 2019-2020; written during her residency and created on the top floor of dlr LexIcon! Geansaí Ottó is a wonderful story, illustrated by Roisin Hahessy. It follows a little mouse boy called Ottó on a journey he makes through a forest path towards his grandmother, who loves to knit beautiful gifts for him. Otto really dislikes these hand-knitted woolly jumpers and decides he is going to tell his grandmother so he sets off into the woods.

Follow the dlr Scéal Trail to find out what happens next! 

• To encourage reading in an outdoor setting
• To promote the use of books beyond the confines of library spaces
• To promote the use of Gaeilge for all readers
• To advertise/showcase the work of the dlr Writer in Residence Programme 
• To encourage intergenerational engagement where parents, children, friends and siblings can engage together with a book 

Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.