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Be Kind to Books Club -- Poster Series

Artist: Lucy Jakub, 2015 Library of Congress Junior Fellow, Conservation Division

Inspired by the original Be Kind to Books Club series created by WPA artist Arlington Gregg.

Read the Library's classic copies of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Robin Hood, Dracula, and Jungle Tales of Tarzan at Read.gov. Read stories of Cerberus, the three-headed dog guarding the mouth of the underworld, in the Library's copies of The Labours of Hercules, The Aeneid, and The Iliad on the Internet Archive.

thumbnail of wet books poster

Water is Bad for Witches...
and Books!

For DIY Printing
[PDF: 1 MB / 11 x 17"]
For Professional Printing
(with marks and bleeds)
[PDF: 1 MB / 11 x 17"]

thumbnail of broken book spine poster

Books Don't Bend Backward!
For DIY Printing
[PDF: 703 KB / 11 x 17"]
For Professional Printing
(with marks and bleeds)
[PDF: 700 KB / 11 x 17"]

thumbnail of dogear poster

Don't Dog-Ear
Use a Bookmark!

For DIY Printing
[PDF: 862 KB / 11 x 17"]
For Professional Printing
(with marks and bleeds)
[PDF: 700 KB / 11 x 17"]

thumbnail of yellowed book poster

Sun Burns Vampires
Turns Books Yellow

For DIY Printing
[PDF: 628 KB / 11 x 17"]
For Professional Printing
(with marks and bleeds)
[PDF: 628 KB / 11 x 17"]

thumbnail of dirty hands poster

Don't Make a Mess of a
Good Book

For DIY Printing
[PDF: 1.1 MB / 11 x 17"]
For Professional Printing
(with marks and bleeds)
[PDF: 1.1 MB / 11 x 17"]

thumbnail of Be Kind to Books Club poster

Be Kind to Books
Are You a Member?

For Professional Printing
(with marks and bleeds)
[PDF: 3.1 MB / 22 x 34"]


Related Materials

Be Kind to Books Club bookmark series.

"Be Kind to Books Club," Library of Congress blog post by Lucy Jakub.

Also by the same artist: Pass it on poster.

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