[Collection of Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., broadsides promoting books, reading, and support for public libraries].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr., artist, printmaker.

Contributor:

Kennedy Prints! (Firm), printer.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Libraries.

Reading.

Books.

African American printmakers--21st century.

Prints--21st century--Specimens.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

[15] sheets ([15] pages) ; 21 x 15 cm

Place of Publication:

[Detroit, Michigan] : [Kennedy Prints], [approximately 2010]

Language Note:

Thirteen sheets in English; two in Spanish.

Summary:

Set of 15 light brown chipboard cards (each approximately 21 x 15 cm) on which, against a background of colored decorative elements, a quotation or exhortation regarding reading, books, or libraries is printed in black.

Contents:

Book lovers never go to bed alone

Abre libros abre fronteras

Los libros son mi mundo

Public libraries build community

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life / Henry Ward Beecher

Libraries are not made; they grow / Augustine Birrell

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free / Frederick Douglas

Your library is your paradise / Desiderius Erasmus

Read in order to live / Gustave Flaubert

Books may well be the only true magic / Alice Hoffman

One of the most subersive institutions in the United States is the public library / bell hooks

The love of libraries, like all loves, must be learned / Alberto Manguel

When in doubt, go to the library / J.K. Rowling

The world was hers for the reading / Betty Smith

My alma mater was books, a good library / Malcolm X.

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger. Imprint information supplied from bookseller's description.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Walnut Street Paper.

Kislak Center copy has bookseller's printed description of this copy laid in.

OCLC:

1474741161