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Take a tour of the Children's Library
Funded through the generous support of The Stranahan Foundation, the Children’s Library features large murals and interactive displays based on popular children’s books and works by local authors and illustrators.
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Abuela
by Arthur Dorros and illustrated by Elisa Kleven
Located in the picture book room, this hanging soft sculpture features Rosalba and Abuela flying through the air. |
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Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman and illustrated by Caroline Binch
A mural of Grace as Peter Pan surrounded by vignettes of her as different characters from the book. |
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The BFG
by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake
A nine-foot tall Big Friendly Giant can be found at the end of one of the fiction aisles. |
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The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
This sculpture welcomes children into the picture book room. |
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The Gold Cadillac
by Mildred D. Taylor and illustrated by Michael Hays
The author has used her hometown, Toledo, as the setting of this story. Children may sit in a 1950 Cadillac to read or play. |
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The Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynne Reid Banks
A cupboard, which opens to reveal the Indian and cowboy sculptures, is located in the fiction section. |
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Nancy Drew-The Secret of the Old Clock
by Carolyn Keene (pseudonym of Mildred Wirt Benson) and illustrated by Russell Tandy
Mildred Wirt Benson, the author of 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books, was a columnist for the Toledo Blade. |
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The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister
A book shaped enclosure featuring a 265-gallon saltwater aquarium. |
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Sheep in a Jeep
by Nancy Shaw and illustrated by Margot Apple
Children may sit in this wooden Jeep to read or play. |
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The Tailypo
by Jan Wahl and illustrated by Wil Clay
Children may step onto the porch of this cabin complete with doghouse. The author and illustrator are both residents of Toledo, Ohio. |
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Train
An historic favorite with children and adults, this restored scale-model locomotive was built by late Toledoan Herman Ziemann (1888-1970), a carpenter for the Pullman Company and a cabinetmaker for 32 years at Nickle Plate Railway. The mahogany wood locomotive is complete with trainmen and passengers and is wired for interior lighting. |
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The Turnip: an Old Russian Folktale
Illustrated by Pierr Morgan
A fiber optic display shows the family trying to pull a turnip from the garden. |
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Information Station
22 computers with access to the Library catalog and databases, the Internet, and some pre-loaded software for elementary aged children. |
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Big Book Entrance
Step through the big book (featuring first and last lines from children's books) into the fiction collection. |
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New Books
A UFO and an imaginary solar system decorate the new books area. Readers will enjoy sitting on the flying saucer couch. |
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Bob and Posy Huebner Program Room
State of the art technology, a built-in puppet stage and rainbow carpeting make this a fun space for library programs. Card catalog drawer fronts are used as coathooks along the wall. |
Non-Fiction End Panels were selected to lead children into the book collection by the subject depicted.
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Neptune (200’s)
Neptune was the god of the sea and of horse racing in Roman mythology. Sailors prayed to Neptune for a safe voyage, sometimes drowning horses as a sacrifice. When pleased, he created new islands and calm seas. But when offended or ignored, he struck the ground with his trident and caused earthquakes, drownings and shipwrecks. He was also known as Poseidon in Greek mythology.
Books in the 200’s include religion and mythology. |
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My Fellow Americans by Alice Provensen. (300’s)
A fiber optic fireworks display representing government and people. |
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Dinosaur (500’s)
Dinosaurs first appeared approximately 230 million years ago. About 65 million years ago, a catastrophic extinction event ended dinosaurs' dominance on land. But at least one significant group of dinosaurs has survived until the present day; scientists consider modern birds to be the direct descendants of dinosaurs. The dinosaur depicted here is the Tyrannosaurus rex. Tyrannosaurus means 'tyrant lizard and is one of the dinosaurs most often featured in popular culture around the world. It hails from what is now western North America.
Books in the 500’s are on science subjects including land and minerals, biology, chemistry, and physics. |
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Pet Shop (600’s)
Information about all kinds of pets and pet care can be found in the 600’s. This photo shows an iguana waiting to be adopted by someone. |
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Sports (700’s)
Tennis, soccer, basketball, baseball, plus other sports and games can be found in the 700 area of non-fiction books. The 700’s also contain books on art, crafts, and games. |
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Theater masks (800’s)
The comedy and tragedy masks have their origin in the theatre of ancient Greece. The masks were used to show the emotions of the characters in a play, and also to allow actors to switch between roles and play characters of a different gender. The actors that had tragic roles wore a boot called a buskin that elevated them above the other actors. The actors with comedic roles only wore a thin soled shoe called a sock. The images of these masks were taken from a photograph of masks on the outside of the Main Library.
In addition to plays, the 800’s are the place to find poetry. |
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Mummy (900’s)
A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or airlessness. Most people associate mummies with ancient Egypt but mummies can be found in other countries. This image represents Tutankhamun, also known as the boy king, whose tomb was found nearly intact in 1923.
Geography and history are both found in the 900’s. |
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