Een Library

The Een library is located inside an enormous barrel, in the town of Faun’s End. At the top of the great casket is a magnificent crystal dome, built of sparkling glass and arched branches that twist and snake to meet at a sharp point high above the ground.

Inside the library are hundreds of book trees that stretch up to the domed roof. Staircases spiral up many of the trees so that the taller branches can be reached, and there are many balconies and galleries suspended high above the main floor. The space is warm and inviting, for sunshine filters through the dome and the fragrance from the trees is delightful.

The head of the library is Professor Bumblebean, one of the most learned scholars in the Land of Een. The library was founded by one Professor Bumblebean’s ancestors, Byron Bumblebean. As the legend goes, Byron once traveled to a distance land of giants, where he won a game of cards against one of the great creatures. The giant paid his debt with a gargantuan barrel of pickles. Byron brought the pickles back to Een and once he had eaten all of its contents, he used the empty barrel to build the library.