Big City Library

The **Big City Library** is a public library in Big City. It is known for being run by rather strict librarians.

## Overview

It is a typical library; however, it is run by very strict librarians who are very sensitive to even the littlest of sounds. The library has a kids' corner for children's books.

As of "Quiet Please", Bill Green is banned from the library, as well as every single library across the globe.

## History

It is seen in "Quiet Please", when Bill takes the family there to teach Cricket about the importance of reading. However, he warns them that the employees are rather strict, and require all visitors to be quiet and not emit even the slightest of sound -- even talking and whispering is not allowed. Unfortunately, Cricket has brought a bunch of noisy toys, which alerts one of the librarians, and gives them only one warning; if one more outburst is heard, she will ban them for good.

To ensure they stay quiet, Tilly sees inspiration from two deaf visitors using ASL, and decides to use such while the others pantomime. At first it goes well, but Cricket gets bored and unknowingly drops a BLEGO block on the stairs; when he steps on that, he screams loudly in pain, which alerts the librarian from before and initiates a chase. Upon meeting the rest of the family in the bathroom, he admits his problem and they understand, but he steps on the same BLEGO brick while heading upstairs, screaming loudly which alerts an assembly of librarians.

A mad chase is then set into action, with the Greens rushing to avoid being caught. Cricket then spots a graphic novel, which he finds interesting, and begins to read aloud nonstop and laugh, alerting the lead librarian as she advances toward him which he is unaware of. Bill tries to warn him but to no avail; as a last resort, he lets out a very loud scream, causing the librarians to attack him allowing Cricket, Tilly and Gramma escape and check out the book. Bill is then kicked out, having been banned from not just the Big City Library, but every library worldwide, but the good news is Cricket finally checked out a book he likes and is given the gift of reading.

The library makes a brief cameo appearance during the *Thinking Is Hard* sequence in "Okay Karaoke" when Cricket mentions about reading a book which isn't the right answer to him.

### Known books

* *Bear Cowboy* comics
* *Feasts of Evermore* series
* *Henry Cauldron* series
* *Lil' Abe* collection
* *Murder She Did*

### Known movies

* *America Rat*
* *Kiss of Death*

## Trivia

* It is unknown if there are computers and wi-fi in the library, like what libraries have in real life.
* In real life, the librarians would be arrested or fired for the way they treated the patrons.
* It's implied this isn't the only library in Big City, as Tilly called Sunnyville Library in "Tilly Calls a Library", which had a much kinder librarian.
* It's technically okay to talk in a library in real-life, just at a low enough volume so the patrons don't disturb anyone working.
* The walls of the library are predominantly greyscale and some areas are shadowed, which signify it's not the best place to make noise. This could be a holdover from *A Quiet Place* (the movie the episode is based on), which is set on a desaturated post-apocalyptic Earth.
* Originally, the statues adorning the front steps were going to be lions (like the New York Public Library), but were changed to ancestral readers to keep on theme.

## Gallery

The lobbyOne of the various book aislesStudy areasA movie rackThe Kids KornerThe restroom
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Lowtwait/status/1309196499943792640