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Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026Ray Bradbury)
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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
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 Park Monument to the student competition
Saratov Russia Student The 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 Ukraine Students by Vladimir Shur
Kiev Ukraine Students by Vladimir Shur Polotsk Belarus Student
Reading Women Bronze Handmade African Art Sphinx guarding the statue of Civilization Los Angeles Library
Reading Boy (Lost in a Book) - sculpture by Sylvia Shaw Judson (1897–1978) at Highland Park Library, near Lake Michigan, Illinois
Thuringen Everaart Cafe, Restaurant & Shop en Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany
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, Russia Book 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
Reading girl in Monschau, Germany A sculpture of a book outside a library in Berlin
Noyabrsk Russia Readers by Valery A. Chaly 2008
Noyabrsk Russia Readers by Valery A. Chaly 2008
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 birth Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
Statue in front of the house of Fernando Pessoa's birth and Teatro Sao Carlos
Sculpture statue column pedestal home garden decor