Link Du Jour: April 27, 2008
You ever look around the library and think, “This is nice and all, but can’t we get some trees in here?” All the time, you say? Well you’re more ahead of the outdoors as indoors movement than I. You’re also a lot like the folks at the Public Library in Canton, Michigan – take a look:
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Very cool. If you click the image it will take you to the CPL Flickr page where there are more photos of the installation. I say installation because this flora is not living and breathing. The tree, similar to 75% of my high school math homework, it is an elaborate approximation of the real thing. Gotta go – I’m going to get to work installing a small creek in my living room.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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