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The Community Bookshelf (Central

Library Parking Garage) is a

striking feature of Kansas City's downtown and runs along the

south wall of the Central Library's parking garage

The book spines, which measure approx 25 feet by 9 feet, are made of signboard mylar. The shelf showcases 22 titles reflecting a wide variety of reading interests as suggested by Kansas City readers and then selected by The Kansas City Public Library Board of Trustees

The Kansas City Public Library in Kansas City, Missouri

Nizhny Novgorod Monument to Maxim Gorky's book Vorobishko (Little sparrow) Sculptor Sergei Molkov

Nizhny Novgorod,Russia

Nizhny Novgorod Monument to Maxim Gorky's book Vorobishko (Little sparrow) - detail

Moscow Marino ParkMonument to the student competition

Saratov Russia StudentThe night before the exam by Andrei and Sergei Shcherbakov

Saratov Russia Monument to classmates

Saratov Russia Monument to first teacher by S.M.Volnuhin

Saratov Russia My first teacher by S.M.Volnuhin

Gomel Belarus Student

Gomel Belarus Student

Monument symbolizing the student youth of all ages, opened in 2012, Kirovograd. Bench in the form of the Mobius loop

Kiev UkraineStudents by Vladimir Shur

Kiev UkraineStudents by Vladimir Shur

Polotsk Belarus Student

Sphinx guarding the statue of Civilization Los Angeles Library

Reading Women Bronze Handmade African Art

Reading Boy (Lost in a Book) - sculpture by Sylvia Shaw Judson (1897–1978) at Highland Park Library, near Lake Michigan, Illinois

Bronze Sculpture Little Girl Reading

Bronze Sculpture Little Girl ReadingDetails

Cafe, Restaurant & Shop en Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany

Thuringen Everaart

Circle of Friends by K. E. Crain, Littleton, CO (Sculpture on display at entrance of Sheridan Fulmer Public Library, Sheridan, WY)

A little statue of a girl reading, up on a ledge outside the national library in Prague

Taganrog, RussiaBook statue in Taganrog, Russia

The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, Springfield, Massachusetts

The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden in Springfield, Massachusetts that honors Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss. Located at the Quadrangle, the Dr. Seuss Garden honors the world-renowned author and illustrator, who was born in Springfield in 1904.

The monument was designed by Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, the author's stepdaughter and created by Sculptor Ron Henson

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel,1904 - 1991)

The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden

A sculpture of a book outside a library in Berlin

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Reading ant in Zelenogorsk (part of St. Petersburg, Russia

The Grove Arcade Asheville North Carolina

The Grove Arcade Asheville, North Carolina

Noyabrsk RussiaReaders by Valery A. Chaly

2008

Noyabrsk RussiaReaders by Valery A. Chaly

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Lisbon Largo de Sao Carlos,

Front of the old Portuguese 100-escudo bill Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) was born in Lisbon and brought up in Durban, South Africa

Statue in front of the house of Fernando Pessoa's birthFernando Pessoa (1888-1935)

Statue in front of the house of  Fernando Pessoa's birthand Teatro Sao Carlos

Sculpture statue column pedestal home garden decor

Reading gargolye

The City College of New York

Grotesque gargoyle

The City College of New York Grotesque gargoyle

Grotesque gargoyle of a monk with a book at The Britannia, on West 110th. NYC

The City College of New York Grotesque

gargoyle

The City College of New York Grotesque gargoyle

Reading gargolye

New York City The apartment building at 55 Park Avenue

South gargoyle worker reading

Cemetery Art

Xian China

Olivia Musgrave (Irish sculptor, 1958) Small Amazon Reading

Olivia Musgrave (Irish sculptor, 1958)

Amazon Reading Leaning on Horse

Sound: Era - Come Into My World

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda

2016