Gardens Where Stories Take Root

Penny Carlton • December 16, 2025

🌿✨ Calling All Hammondsport Friends! ✨🌿

StorySprout has fluttered into one of her most favorite places in the whole village today…


📚💫 The Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial Library 💫📚


Tucked between shelves filled with well-loved stories and brand-new adventures, StorySprout is feeling right at home. She’s tiptoeing down quiet aisles, brushing her fingers along book spines, listening for whispered tales, and giggling softly whenever a page turns. This is the kind of place where magic lives patiently—waiting to be discovered one story at a time.



She loves the cozy corners, the gentle hush, the sunlight dancing through the windows, and the feeling that every single book is a doorway. If you listen closely, you might even hear her whisper,


“Stories grow best when they’re shared.” 🌱📖


If you’re in Hammondsport today, stop by, say hello, and see if you can spot a tiny bit of StorySprout magic hiding between the shelves.


Because libraries aren’t just buildings…

they’re gardens where stories take root.


Stay Rooted. Stay Keuka. 🌿


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