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2. Bronze statue in Monroeville, Alabama portraying children reading To Kill a Mockingbird

4. “A Celebration of Reading”  designed by Birmingham artist Branko Medenica(born 1950)

5. Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was born and raised in Monroeville

7. In 2003, Atticus Finch, as portrayed by Gregory Peck in the 1962 film adaptation, was voted by the American Film Institute to be the greatest hero in American film

8. To Kill a Mockingbird, book sculptures by Wetcanvas

9. The Amelia Valerio Weinberg Memorial Fountain is located on the Vine Street Plaza in front of the Main Library, Cincinnati, Ohio

10. Conceived and executed by former Cincinnati sculptor Michael Frasca, was dedicated in 1990

11. Affectionately known as the “book fountain”, the sculpture features water cascading over a stack of ceramic tile books, representing the free flow of information and ideas through the printed word

12. The fountain is a popular spot for school groups and tourists.

13. Minehead, Somerset, UK, A Sculpture honouring map-reading, marking the start of the South West Coast Path

14. Minehead UK The South West Coast Path monument in Minehead

16. Ashgabat Turkmenistan The Independence Monument

17. Ashgabat Turkmenistan The Independence Monument is the main feature of a vast park 800m x 1700m. The design of this building was inspired by traditional Turkmen tents and the traditional headgear worn by Turkmen girls. Elements of the building commemorate the independence date of Turkmenistan, 27 October 1991. These elements include a 91-meter reinforced concrete tower with a 27-metre high golden gilt steel construction on top of the tower, along with an observation terrace with a diameter of 10 metres. Within the building, there are the statues of 27 historical heroes of the Turkmens that guided Turkmenistan history

18. Ashgabat Turkmenistan The Independence Monument Magtmguly (1733-1783)

19. Ashgabat Turkmenistan The Independence Monument Magtmguly (1733-1783)

20. Ashgabat Turkmenistan The Independence Monument Ashgabat The poets Mollanepes (1810-1862) and Mätäji (1824-1884)

21. Ashgabat Turkmenistan Statue of famous Turkmen poet Kemine (c.1770 – c.1840)

22. Alp Arslan Türkmen (r. 1063-1072) and Mälik Şa Türkmen (1072-1092)

23. Ashgabat Turkmenistan The Independence Monument Han Türkmen (1498-1561)

24. Ashgabat Turkmenistan The Independence Monument

25. Ashgabat Turkmenistan The House of Free Creativity (The National Press Building)

27. Mony Slachmuylders Wouters – Reading woman, 1989 Kamensk-Uralsky in southern Russia

28. Atlanta Monument Climb with Care and Confidence

29. Atlanta Monument also called 'Scholarship Sculpture‘ Inscription: No Goal is Too High if We Climb with Care and Confidence Sculpture, an arch fashioned of students and books. Bronze statue, dedicated during the city's beautification project just prior to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games

30. Atlanta Monument Climb with Care and Confidence Art and Sculpture students of Georgia State University were commissioned to design the sculpture

31. Atlanta Monument Climb with Care and Confidence

33. Atlanta Sculpture Garden in front of the national headquarters for the Boys & Girls Club of America

34. Atlanta Sculpture Garden in front of the national headquarters for the Boys & Girls Club of America

35. The monument to Ostap Bender, Saint Petersburg, Russia Ostap Bender is a fictional con man who appeared in the novels  Twelve Chairs (1928)  and The Little Golden Calf written by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov Sculptor - Albert Charkin

36. Monument The message through the centuries in Sankt Petersburg, Russia

37. Monument "Open book" - a memorial plaque installed in St. Petersburg, State University Embankment Another name - "Message through the centuries”

38. The grand opening of the monument took place on Oct. 25, 2002, the year of the 300th anniversary of the city

39. Monument to Dmitriy Mendeleev on Moskovskiy Prospekt Sankt Petersburg, Russia. On the wall behind the monument a mosaic depicts his most famous contribution to science, the periodic table of the elements

40. Monument to Dmitriy Mendeleev (1834-1907) The sculptor, Ilya Ginzburg, originally modeled his portrait of Mendeleev in bronze during the last years of the scientist's life and presented a version to the Academy of Science in 1930

41. Monument to Dmitriy Mendeleev (1834-1907) by Ilya Ginzburg

42. Sankt Petersburg Monument to K.K.Grot Blind reading girl by Mark Antokolski (1843-1902)

43. Monument to K.K.Grot Blind reading girl by Mark Antokolski (1843-1902)

44. Monument to K.K.Grot Blind reading girl by Mark Antokolski (1843-1902)

45. Petersburg's 300th Anniversary Celebration park of modern sculpture was opened in the yard of philological faculty of Saint-Petersburg State University. Sculpture “Thinking of The Little Prince“ was the first work to be placed there

46. Sculpture “Thinking of The Little Prince“ by Arsen Avetisyan (1971–2004), – a member of Artists’ Union of Russia, Armenia and UNESCO

49. “Thinking of The Little Prince“ by Arsen Avetisyan (1971–2004)

50. Reading girl Sankt Petersburg, Russia