{"id":8379,"date":"2018-03-16T20:04:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T00:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/libtest\/?page_id=8379"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:14:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:14:42","slug":"adults","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/adults\/reading-adults\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2018\/06\/Adult_Reading_Icon.jpg\" alt=\"Adult Reading\" class=\"wp-image-11688\" 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