{"id":8837,"date":"2026-02-12T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=8837"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:44:18","slug":"how-forest-park-was-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/how-forest-park-was-made\/","title":{"rendered":"How Forest Park Was Made"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ST. LOUIS, MO<\/strong>\u2014Reedy Press is pleased to announce the release of our newest local interest book,\u00a0How Forest Park Was Made<\/em><\/strong>, by Ian Sullivan. <\/p>\n\n\n

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A JOURNEY THROUGH FOREST PARK\u2019S HISTORY AND DESTINATIONS IN\u00a0HOW FOREST PARK WAS MADE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dynamic picture book that explores Forest Park\u2019s history through illustrations and photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forest Park has grown to be the crown jewel of St. Louis. Can you imagine Forest Park without the Saint Louis Zoo? What about the Art Museum or The Muny or the Jewel Box? Journey through time to see how all your favorite Forest Park destinations first came to be. From the World\u2019s Fair to local wonderland, discover how Forest Park has transformed over two centuries into a dazzling destination of art, history, and science all packed in a single park in St. Louis.

Upcoming Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation & Book Signing
Saturday, Feb. 21st<\/sup>, form 12 pm \u2013 1 pm
Left Bank Books
399 N Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108
Free and open to the public<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation & Book Signing
Saturday, Feb. 21st<\/sup>, from 2 pm \u2013 3 pm
Serendipity Ice Cream 
4400 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
Free and open to the public<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation & Book Signing
Saturday, May 2nd<\/sup>, from 9 am \u2013 10 am
Neighborhood Reads
401 Lafayette St, Washington, MO 63090
Free and open to the public<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Forest Park Was Made <\/em>is available wherever books are sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Sullivan grew up in the countryside just outside of St. Louis. Early on, Forest Park became a frequent destination to hunt down adventure, refuel imagination, and stumble into learning a thing or two. Still a St. Louis native, Ian regularly sees and reports on illustrated characters emerging from the world around him\u2014particularly when he\u2019s surrounded by his wife and three kids roaming the city\u2019s most magical destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ST. LOUIS, MO\u2014Reedy Press is pleased to announce the release of our newest local interest book,\u00a0How Forest Park Was Made, by Ian Sullivan. A JOURNEY THROUGH FOREST PARK\u2019S HISTORY AND DESTINATIONS IN\u00a0HOW FOREST PARK WAS MADE A dynamic picture book that explores Forest Park\u2019s history through illustrations and photos. Forest Park has grown to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1,465,1152,276,7],"tags":[17,12,204,955,58,147,472,19,1163,146],"class_list":["post-8837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-town","category-blog","category-childrens-books","category-events","category-family","category-inside","tag-around-town-2","tag-blog-2","tag-books","tag-childrens-books","tag-events","tag-family","tag-forest-park","tag-inside-fun","tag-reading","tag-st-louis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image004-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JMKA-2ix","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8839,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8837\/revisions\/8839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}