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Green Days of Summer Des Plaines Public Library with image of a green Earth with green leaves underneath like a flower

Mural on the Second Floor

	The Youth Services Department on the second floor is designed to introduce very young children to the joys of stories, the magic of poetry, and the creative process involving words. Artist Robert Jessup used acrylic paint to create this colorful, textural 80-foot mural, which invites children of all ages to touch and explore.
The mural incorporates the double-sided aquarium, which may be viewed from both the story/crafts room and the main area.
	The characters depicted are inspired by storybooks and fairytales from around the world, each transformed by the artist's unique interpretation
Jessup says, "We humans are storytellers. We tell our stories by word of mouth, or with the written word, but we also tell our stories through the pictures we make."

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