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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. Once inside The Adamson-Spaulding Sculpture
Garden, Karen Duquette looked through the beautiful row of iron fences
at 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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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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Item # 21 - The Three Little Pigs with three different houses all encounter
one Big Bad Wolf. |
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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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Item # 23 - The Three Bears return home to find someone sat in their
chairs, tasted their porridge and laid in their beds and someone is
Goldilocks. |
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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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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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Item # 26 - "Otis, the Tractor and Calf" - When a big new
tractor arrives and Otis is case away behind the barn, who will save
Calf when he gets stuck in the mud? |
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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 meets Christopher Robin. |
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Below: Lots of
reading stones were around with wonderful sayings/ The two RV Gypsies
only photographed a few of them. |
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