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Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day – Tomorrow, December 1st!

“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

I spent the year after I graduated college blissfully working at a small independent bookstore outside of Milwaukee called Books & Company. I enjoyed almost every aspect of working there — interacting with the regular customers, hand-selling my personal favorites, smelling the coffee wafting in from the coffee shop next store — but by far my favorite experience was the children’s story time that I was in charge of each week.

Every Thursday at 10am,  I would perch upon my stool in front of twenty or thirty kids and read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, The Lorax, or Giraffes Can’t Dance. And while my performance skills left much to be desired, I’m sure, the children loved it. A bookstore is truly a magical place to them.

So this Saturday, I’m going to take any and every child I know to the third annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day.

Started by author Jenny Milchman, the day is her way of encouraging people to share the joy of being in a bookstore with children. “Bookstores hold a place in the hearts and times of our community. They are places to discover an author, a story, a life. Nothing affords the conversation and interaction among books and book lovers that a bookstore does. In the future, whether you download your story or pluck a volume off a shelf, a bookstore will be able to accommodate. But in order for bookstores to flourish and thrive, we must expose future generations to the unique pleasures they offer,” writes Milchman on the TYCBD Web site.

There are over 400 bookstores participating this year, check out this interactive map to find a store near you: http://www.takeyourchildtoabookstore.org/bookstores. Many are doing special story times.

If you’re in the Austin area (like us), there are several stores participating. Get out there and show your support!

BookPeople
603 N. Lamar
Austin, TX 78703
512-472-5050

BookWoman
5501 N. Lamar Blvd. Ste. A-105
Austin, Texas 78751
512-472-2785

Half Price Books
2500 W. Parmer
Austin, Texas 78727
512-454-3664

The Book Spot
1205 Round Rock Ave #119
Round Rock, TX 78681
(512) 351-3284