In the News: Milwaukee Public Library

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Link to June 19, JS Online article, "10 years later, Betty Brinn Children’s Room still sparks imaginations of young readers".

Excerpt:

Artist Lois Ehlert remembers the day, more than a decade ago, when Milwaukee designer Susie Fondrie came downtown to visit her and discuss an unusual commission.

The author-illustrator of many books had just returned from a long trip to Peru and was surprised to learn that the architect of a new public library room wanted her animal artwork to roam the floor.

Related sites:

Reading is Fundamental: Introducing Illustrators.

Lois Ehlert on Library Thing.

An international, more comprehensive (i.e., non-library) overview of kids' spaces.