Adamson-Spalding Storybook Garden — Attraction in Abilene

Loved the park, enjoyed the festivities, loved all the artwork, the stories, being my first time visiting the park it was a spectacular experience. There wasn't any trash on the ground, there was alot of good literature and quotes along the path I enjoyed reading quite a few of them, the choices of quotes used were quite enjoyable as well as reassuring I should add. After doing a full walk through of the park reading all the stories near the end I noticed the giant dinosaur, I had no idea there was such a fun book to read right at the front of the park, I simply love both the creative park idea and the execution of the layout, it was a wonderful experience and I had a blast...

Very nice, mostly shaded garden with sculptures from children's books. Honestly, I didn't recognize most of them. But they did have Winnie the Pooh; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; The Three Little Pigs & The Big, Bad Wolf; Charlotte's Web; and The Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens, which I think anyone should recognize. There were also a lot of benches with quotes from famous books on them, of which anyone should at least know most of the titles -- Anne of Green Gables, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Magician's Nephew (from The Chronicles of Narnia), etc. Kids are permitted to climb on the sculptures. All in all, a great...

Wonderful setup of storybook statues all over downtown and at the Convention Center. Clean, manicured lawns and parks. Was helpful to get the kid booklet at the Depot (Visitor's Center) downtown. Even my teenagers loved it. Was fun to find the characters and books that seem to have inspired the animated movie "Rise of the Guardians" which is a family favorite. Was trying to find something to do during this Covid time, and this was a surprising, fun stop. The park is full of benches with quotes from books or children's...