Fun Fact Friday

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Across
  1. 7. Two statues of this animal located at entry way of New York Public Library's main branch, and is also our 'mascot'.
  2. 8. Originally named "A Week with Willi the Worm" by Author, _________,soon changed the name to A Very Hungry Caterpillar at his Editor's request.
  3. 10. The First book written on a Typewriter is "The Adventures of ____ _______"
  4. 11. This former President, releases his annual end of year list of his favorite reads.
  5. 13. _________ Public Library, founded in 1848, was the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States.
  6. 15. Written by Dr. Seuss on a bet that he couldn't write a book using only 50 different words.
Down
  1. 1. Small insects that consume paper and bindings, sometimes used metaphorically to describe avid readers.
  2. 2. Developed in 1876, this classification system is the most widely used in Libraries across the world.
  3. 3. Some libraries, including ours have this service to help you travel the world!
  4. 4. This Ancient Egyptian repository of knowledge, destroyed in antiquity, renowned for its vast collection of scrolls and manuscripts.
  5. 5. The first of these was launched in 1857 to spread world literature via horse drawn carriage.
  6. 6. "When in doubt, go to the ______" - Hermoine Granger
  7. 9. Between 1883 and 1929, Philanthropist Andrew ________ created 2,509 libraries in the United States.
  8. 12. Library of ________ is World's Largest library in terms of catalog depth
  9. 14. U.S. State the Largest Book was Published
  10. 16. In 1971, the Declaration of Independance was digitized, becoming the first ______.