Books About Town was a public art event in London during summer 2014 to promote literacy.
There were 50 BookBenches scattered around central London.
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Fever Pitch
- Nick Hornby - Sophie Green -
Festival Gardens / St Pauls Churchyard / New Change
(17-Jul-2014)
22
The Librarian - Discworld
- Terry Pratchett - Paul Kidby -
More London / The Queens Walk / HMS Belfast
(17-Jul-2014)
OOK! Big Brother,
our own orangutan with librarian tendences, also visited this bench
and he read one of The Librarian's favourite books "
Where's My Cow"
which got the "
OOK! Children's Winner of the Ankh-Morpork Librarian's Award".
Another book bench which attracted rubbish:
23
How to Train Your Dragon
- Cressida Cowell -
Cressida Cowell (original illustrations) created by Gerard Strong -
More London / The Scoop
(17-Jul-2014)
Another book bench which attracted rubbish:
24
Clarice Bean: reading and thinking
- Lauren Child -
Lauren Child (original illustrations) created by Jane Headford -
More London / The Scoop
(17-Jul-2014)
Mooch is very good at "staring boredly into space, thinking utterly of nothing"!
25
War Horse
- Michael Morpurgo - Rae Smith (original illustration) created by Gerard Strong -
More London Place / Tooley St
(17-Jul-2014)
Another book bench which attracted rubbish:
