We have the most amazing children's bookstore here in town:
Reading Reptile, Books and Tapes For Young Mammals.
It's a magical place, where all your child's favorite characters come to life!
Every inch, every nook and cranny, is filled with the wonder of picture books.
Even the ceiling is covered!
"Caps For Sale" is a classic.
Chairs in cozy reading areas invite you to sit and peruse books with your child.
The store hosts a storytime, book club, movie night, authors visits,
wonderful birthday parties and many other special events.
Do you recognize all these fun story critters?
My children loved "My Father's Dragon".
When the kids were little, we followed the dinosaur tracks to the store in Westport.
The Reading Reptile relocated a few years ago
to a wonderful new space in Brookside, and my children have grown up,
but I still stop by to purchase books for the other little people in my life.
I hope you will visit soon too!
Celebrate with books! Read to your children!
What a great store full of wonder and creativity Gayle.........as an adult it looks like a place I would love to visit as I love looking at the latest childrens books.
ReplyDeleteI wish this sort of shop was around when No. 1 was a littlie........... I think we would've visited regularly.
He was never a fan of reading when he was at school, but as a 20 y.o. he's starting to enjoy reading and purchasing books for himself, so it's never too late.
Claire :}
As a former librarian, I couldn't agree more. What a lovely bookstore!
ReplyDeleteWow, thats one great bookstore!!! My kids would have loved this place when they were little. I love all the paper sculptures!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Chris :o)
Gayle I haven't ever heard of it as we are a Rainey Day family. My husband has an office in Brookside and this will be on our next stop. I cannot wait. Thanks for always sharing the great stops in our city...smiles...Renee
ReplyDeleteI love childrens books and would enjoy this shop! Look at all the color and fun characters...what's not to love! Great post! ♥
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! I LOVED reading to my kids! I still have all their books and hope to someday read to my grandchildren. I wish so much I could still read these to my teenagers. I bet they would like it too. shhhhhh Anyway Caps for Sale was an all time favorite. I could spend all day in that bookstore!
ReplyDeleteHow brilliant! My favourite would have to be the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher I recognized many of those titles! I loved the inviting look... how could a child resist?
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful store! Wish we had had one like it where my children grew up I'm sure they would have wanted to go there often. Better that than sitting in front of the TV!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a wonderful week.
Maura :)
I love this store even as an adult!
ReplyDeleteGreat fun for young and young at heart!
Melinda
Wow! How cool is that! What wondrous things they have for kids these days. I feel so jealous sometimes...LOL! Seriously, this is a great store to entice children to enjoy reading!
ReplyDeleteThat is the coolest looking children's bookstore that I've ever seen! I wish I had little ones to read to again...I miss that. I read to my boys all the time. Guess I'll have to wait until I have a grandchild!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun...I love children's books...happy week to you.
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDeleteThe gift of a love of reading is one of the best gifts we can give a child. A bookstore such as this one is a wonderful way to nurture that love.
This is my idea of heaven and I am so happy you shared those pictures of your local bookstore with us.
ReplyDeleteWe are all bookworms in our family and have dreamed of opening a bookshop/tearoom one day when we have the revenue for it.
I am amazed by this particular bookshop and it has made me feel very chirpy this morning. Your local children must be so very happy to go there.
Have a fantastic week.
What an incredible bookstore - I wish I could take my boys there!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic bookstore! I think if I went in, I might never leave...
ReplyDeletehow magical for children to start their reading adventure....
ReplyDeleteThose great children's books are one of the things I am missing most as my kidz grow up :(
ReplyDeleteI spy Paddington Bear who is always a hit. - My grand kids would love that place and so would this grandma!
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative and fun looking book store. I see they have the hungry caterpillar, I use to love that story as a child. I recently bought it for my niece as well.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great place to visit.
I would love that store! When I was a child (I'm 61), my favorite book was Caps for Sale. Would you mind if I copied the Caps for Sale pic. I'd love to do a post on my blog about that book.
ReplyDeleteTHAT is appealing for kids! how to drag them out of there... that might be an issue. I am sure the owners are used to the wails by now!
ReplyDeletexx Lorraine xx
Wouldn't that be a perfect place to work? My oldest daughter would fall in love with it. Thanks for the tour!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place! I want to open a bookstore like that right now!
ReplyDeleteI wish there was such a store in our area, Gayle. How exciting!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place to introduce children to books and encourage them to discover the joy of reading.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of THe Shop Around the Corner in You've Got Mail. I wish it many successful years!
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant shop - I'd love to be able to browse! Straight away I noticed 'Go Dog Go' (first picture, bottom left). I loved that book as a child in the 60's and it was one of my son's favourites when he was (much) younger. (He's now 13).
ReplyDeleteI'm in my 50s and I still love children's fiction and children's literature :) Great store to encourage reading~
ReplyDeleteWoW...what a wonderfully creative place for kiddos to go find a great read.
ReplyDeleteI wanna go!!!
God bless and have yourself a terrific Tuesday sweetie!!! :o)
I am glad you enjoyed the large teapot over on my site. This is a great bookstore! Maybe some day I will have one of my PB manuscripts published and it will be on their shelves.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Caps for Sale is one of my favorite books of all time! Wish I'd thought of that one when we were picking literary costumes for our Halloween party!
ReplyDeleteI have loved books since I can remember..one of my favorite childhood memories is my mom reading to me...How lucky for the kids to have a place like this!!!
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