Christmas Holiday Closings

All Rock Island Library locations, including Library2Go bookmobile routes, are closed for the Christmas holiday on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 25. Libraries are open normal hours  Monday and Thursday of Christmas week, but there will be no Goodwill computer assistance program on Dec. 26. 

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Fairyland

Framed information about the Fairyland Story Mountain exhibit
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Fairyland collection donated by George & Catherine McDonald. Originally made for the McDonald children, Susanne and George Jr, by cabinet maker Henry Broendel. Donated to the library in 1939, displayed in cabinets inside Children's Room until its recreation as Story Mountain in 1986.

Additional Items

Magic Mountain

Mountain display

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Black Beauty

Black Beauty figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Cinderella

Cinderella figurine as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Curly Locks

Curly Locks figurine as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Fairyland

Fairyland castle and figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Gnomes

Gnome figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Grist Mill

Grist mill scene as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Jack and the Bean Stalk

Jack figurine on beanstalk as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Little Bo Peep

Bo Peep and sheep figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue figurine as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Mary and Her Lamb

Mary and lamb figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Mary Contrary

Mary Contrary and flower figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Maypole Dance

Figurines in Maypole Dance scene as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Mother Goose

Mother Goose figurine as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Queen of Hearts

Queen of Hearts figurine as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Rapunzel

Rapunzel figurine in tower scene as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Rock-a-bye Baby

Rock-a-bye baby in treetop scene as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Sambo

Sambo and lion figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

See Saw Margery Daw

Margery Daw figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Snow White and Rose Red

Snow White figurine as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

The Bear House

Bear figurines in house scene as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

The Fisherman and His Wife

Fisherman and wife figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

The Frog Prince

Frog and princess figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

The Mill Scene

Mill scene as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

The Three Pigs

Wolf and three pigs figurines in brick house scene as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Three Little Kittens

Three kitten figurines as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

To Banbury Cross

"Fine lady upon a white horse" figurine as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display

Tom Tom the Piper's Son

Tom the Piper's Son figurine as part of historic RIPL children's library Fairyland display