The National Book Festival is sponsored by the Library of Congress, and is a book lover’s paradise.
A modern version of the Rosetta Stone, hidden away in the lobby of the Washington Convention Center.
Update: while jokingly calling this a “modern Rosetta Stone,” it turns out the artist is none other than Jim Sanborn, who created the famed (and insufferably cryptic) Kryptos sculpture in the courtyard of the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters. Sanborn also created the Wave Pool in front of NOAA’s Science Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Let’s Read America! At the National Book Festival 2014Visitors got to throw hula hoops over stuffed horses at the National Book Festival for no obvious reason.Wells Fargo brought a miniature stagecoach to the National Book Festival for no obvious reason.Harry Peep and the Chamber of Horrors at the National Book Festival.
The Amazing Spider Peep 2 at the National Book Festival.
Sleeping Peep at the National Book FestivalChocolate river (from Willy Peep and the Chocolate Factory) at the National Book FestivalDisplay by the New Mexico State Library at the National Book FestivalVery authentic New Mexican librarian at the New Mexico State Library displayBooks at the National Book Festival. Imagine. What’s the chance?More books at the National Book Festival.People reading science books at the National Book Festival.Waiting in line for book signings, reading — books.Did anyone know the Washington Post had a mascot?Two heavily armed characters at the Library of Congress Pavilion at the National Book FestivalDr. Michio Kaku, famed physicist, talks to CSPAN at the National Book Festival. Kaku’s latest book is “The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance and Empower the Mind.”Dr. Kaku talks to CSPAN at the top while two more floors of book lovers fill the Washington Convention CenterThe Washington Convention Center seems to have a Ballroom Prefunction, which may or may not be related to a wardrobe malfunction.The Carnegie Library in Washington, DC, across the street from the National Book Festival
