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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

I've been! My wife is a librarian and she used to work for the L.A. library system. Very beautiful. The main branch of the NYPL is wonderful too. As a bonus, in the children's department, they have all of Christopher Robin Milne's original childhood toys that inspired his father to write the Winnie the Pooh stories:

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Is that an otter behind Kanga?

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I guess the otter didn't make it into the books? I don't remember that from when I was there.

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