The Riverside Library in Oak Park IL will host a series of events celebrating the children’s book “Bats at the Library”, which includes a storyline and illustrations based on the that exact library.
Batoberfest culminates with a book signing event, featuring the BATSmobile (a Toyota Prius with a huge bat replica affixed on top) and author/illustrator Brian Lies-who enjoyed visiting the Riverside library as a child. As Lies was finishing up the illustrations for his best-selling book “Bats at the Beach”, a librarian in his hometown Massachusetts library told him that they actually had found a bat in that library. Lies set the sequel in the Riverside Library, considered “perfect for bats”… high ceilings, limestone and wood furniture-the classic bat library.
“I’d had a lot of fun in the bats’ world, and was starting to feel wistful about leaving for good,” Lies said. “And I thought, ‘Maybe I don’t have to leave their world after all.'” More battiness here.
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