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3 of 3 -The Storybook Sculpture Project
searching in The Adamson-Spaulding Sculpture Garden
for more storybook characters
1008 N 6th Street, Abilene, TX
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The two RV Gypsies
had to drive to this area because it was not near the other sculptures.
Once inside The Adamson-Spaulding Sculpture Garden, Karen Duquette looked
through the beautiful row of iron fences and photographed her car. Then
she stopped to read the monuments shown below. |
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The garden is
located on the southeast lawn of the Abilene Convention Center and contains
several sets of storybook sculptures commissioned by the Abilene Cultural
Affairs Council. The garden was created in 2017 with the addition of
sculptures inspired by the picture book art of Garth Williams, including
“Charlotte’s Web,” “Stuart Little” and the Little Golden Book “Three
Bedtime Stories.”
New sculptures are added each year during the Children's Art &
Literacy Festival based on characters illustrated by the summer artist
on exhibit at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature
in Abilene.
The garden is free to visit and open day and night with special nighttime
lighting. To request to use the garden for a special event, please contact
the council at 325-677-1161 or email info@abilenecac.org |
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Below:
Storybook Item # 18 - Good Night Dinosaur |
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Dinosaur does
not throw his teddy bear about when it is time to turn the lights out.
He tucks in his tail and whispers, "Good night". |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 19 - The Three Little Kittens - Mama cat is not happy
when her three little kittens lose their mittens. Unless they find their
mittens, they shall have no pie. |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 20 - Stuart Little - Adventure follows this mouse wherever
he goes, from sailing in a boat to saving a friend from Snowball
the Car. |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 21 - The Three Little Pigs with three different houses
all encounter one Big Bad Wolf. |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 22 - Charlotte and Wilbur - Charlotte weaves astonishing
words into her spider's web to save her best friend, a pig named Wilbur. |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 23 - The Three Bears returned home to find someone sat in their
chairs, tasted their porridge and laid in their beds and that someone
is Goldilocks. |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 24 - Marcel and Wilfred - Marcel has trouble following
Wilfred's rules, such as going where the boy wants to go. Perhaps Wilfred's
pet does not quite realize that he belongs to anyone. |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 25 - Mr. Tiger gets bored with being proper all the
time and decides to loosen up. When his friends are not supportive,
he runs away to be wild. |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 26 - "Otis, the Tractor and Calf" - When a
big new tractor arrives and Otis is away behind the barn, who will save
Calf when he gets stuck in the mud? |
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Below: Storybook
Item # 27 - "Winnie" - Before she was Winnie
The Pooh, Winnie was a REAL black bear adopted by a World War I
veterinarian. At the London Zoo, she met Christopher Robin. |
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Below: Lots of
reading stones were around with wonderful sayings. Karen Duquette only
photographed a few of them. |
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