{"id":12057,"date":"2014-01-10T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=12057"},"modified":"2014-01-10T06:30:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T11:30:33","slug":"mother-son-date-at-the-bookstore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=12057","title":{"rendered":"Mother-Son Date at the Bookstore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/beautiful_mother_embracing_and_hugging_her_child_a_son_0071-0904-3008-0326_SMU-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12402\" alt=\"beautiful_mother_embracing_and_hugging_her_child_a_son_0071-0904-3008-0326_SMU\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/beautiful_mother_embracing_and_hugging_her_child_a_son_0071-0904-3008-0326_SMU-2.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>We love it when the bookstore is a destination for a special occasion. We&#8217;ve held private birthday parties here, and even were honored to host a wedding after hours. Even the smallest and simplest celebrations make our day.<br \/>\nRecently, a mom came in with her six-year-old son. &#8220;We&#8217;re having a date today,&#8221; she said, her arm around his shoulder, &#8220;and you should know that the bookstore is a special part of our date.&#8221;\u00a0Awwwwww, I love that!<br \/>\nWhile the young man browsed among the chapter books, his mom mentioned quietly to us that he had done his hair specially for the occasion &#8212; normally a regular cut, today it poked up in a cute ridge from front to back like a stylish mohawk without the shaved sides. Soon, he found a Geronimo Stilton book he wanted, and several other books and toys he was hoping for. Since they were only buying one book that day, we set up a wish list for him (ahh, the wish list, that wonderful tool for defusing disappointment) and as they were leaving, the mom said, &#8220;We&#8217;ll see you on our next date!&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many joys of being a neighborhood bookstore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}