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Tag: children's literature statues

January 21, 2026 by Betsy Bird

Winnie-the-Pooh Celebration Week: Day 3 – Statues and Lesser Known Histories

Today I pull two entirely different Pooh-related posts from my archives. One the one hand, a statue you can visit. On the other, a book you may have forgotten.

May 14, 2025 by Betsy Bird

A Complete Listing of Children’s Literature Statues: 2025 Edition

I've updated my listing of children's literary statues available in the United States. Take a deep dive into characters old and new.

October 5, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Complete Listing of All Public Children’s Literature Statues in the United States – A Call for New Submissions

it's time to update the list of statues of children's book characters in America. Do you know of any new ones that I can include on my list?

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The Complete Listing of All Public Children’s Literature Statues in the United States (2019 Edition)

July 9, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Having started this list in 2013, and subsequently updated it in 2017, today I give you the full monty. Readers have been very good about suggesting titles, so here is what I've been able to add.

Children’s Literature Statues of the U.S.: A Call for Entries

July 3, 2019 by Betsy Bird

The time has come, dear readers, to update the Complete Listing of All Public Children's Literature Statues in the United States once again. If you happen to know of an obscure one that I could be missing, lay it on me and I'll add it to the upcoming updated post.

The Mystery of the Missing Tink and the Girl Who Would Be President

May 1, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Part of what I like about this blog so much is its ability to crowdsource information.  Take my updated version of The Complete Listing of All Public Children’s Literature Statues in the United States.  The post got a nice response and an even nicer series of statues I’d never even heard of.  A new How […]

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Updated: The Complete Listing of All Public Children’s Literature Statues in the United States

March 28, 2017 by Betsy Bird

In 2013 I had a crazy notion to list every single children’s literature statue I could think of in a single blog post.  I did.  It was fun. And now almost four years have gone by and I’ve thought often of the piece.  Honestly, I never finished incorporating some of the suggested statues from my […]

Fusenews: In my next life I’m coming back as a “Rotraut”

April 12, 2016 by Betsy Bird

A lot to say and so little time to say it.  Let’s get started!   Today, if you are at all feeling blue, I suggest you read The Toast piece Jaya Catches Up: A Little Princess which is a killer breakdown of what is inarguably a problematic book.  The Marie Antoinette portions are particularly choice. […]

Fusenews: Starring the World’s Creepiest Cat in the Hat!

February 23, 2015 by Betsy Bird

Here in New York we’re getting very excited.  The 90-Second Film Festival is coming!!  And soon too!  Here’s a PW interview with James Kennedy about the festival and for those of you in the NYC area you can see it at NYPL on Saturday, March 7th at 3:00 p.m. In fact, now that I think […]

The Complete Listing of All Public Children’s Literature Statues in the United States

August 14, 2013 by Betsy Bird

Write a title to your blog post like that you are just SETTING YOURSELF UP for trouble.  But I like trouble.  I eat it for breakfast.  Or, at the very least, gnaw on it idly at lunch. In the past I’ve noted each appearance of a statue pertaining to children’s literature when it crops up, […]

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