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A photograph of Ray Bradbury, age three. Bradbury spent most of his childhood in Waukegan, Illinois, a small community on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Waukegan became the model for the “Green Town” that was the setting for many of his stories. As a boy Bradbury enjoyed fairy tales, horror movies, traveling carnivals, and visiting the local public library, and aspects of each of these interests would influence his later books and characters. Alfred A. Knopf collection.

A photograph of Ray Bradbury, age three. Bradbury spent most of his childhood in Waukegan, Illinois, a small community on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Waukegan became the model for the "Green Town" that was the setting for many of his stories. As a boy Bradbury enjoyed fairy tales, horror movies, traveling carnivals, and visiting the local public library, and aspects of each of these interests would influence his later books and characters. Alfred A. Knopf collection.