Ordering online is fine for specific titles (you can also use your favorite bookstores to order), but nothing replaces the face to face contact with staff who also love to read! Support your local and independent bookstores whenever possible. They had a special display of Richard Scarry books to go with the opening of Busy Town, the Musical, playing at The Children Theatre. If you visit, go to the bathroom and turn off the light. The Wild Rumpus is an exciting bookstore with kind and helpful staff. The boys haven’t gotten into Gaiman, yet. I’ll probably be the first to read that one. I also bought Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman. She walked me around and filled my arms with some good suggestions from The Three Musketeers (We saw the play together last spring at The Guthrie.) to The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I asked her what I could pick up for my boys who have read most of the best series, and some of the classics. It is coming out in a movie soon, so it has new popularity. ![]() ![]() They had some right on the counter where Heather happened to be working. My boys have read all of James Dashner’s books in that series, so I recommended it to Krista for her boys. Heather was very helpful in finding books for teenage boys. She’ll be wandering around the store pretty soon. Her name is Iggy Peck and Heather let the girls pet her. Heather took them one of them out for a few minutes to introduce us. They’re still getting used to the place, so they usually stay in their pen. We saw two or three cats, a ferret, a guinea pig, a tarantula, and a couple of Japanese Silky Chicks who are fairly new to the store. The Wild Rumpus has animals in cages, and roaming free, throughout the store. ![]() The cat was trying to escape, so a boy picked her up while the girls entered through the little door, and we grown-ups used the big one. The moment you enter Wild Rumpus, you understand just how wild it is! We were greeted by a dog and cat. Leah, a young patron of Wild Rumpus Bookstore in Minneapolis. Quote of the Day: I think this place has real book worms.
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