Young kids who love the store and are very possessive of it make me happy. It thrills me to see a child stride in, head up, marching toward the register to give one of us a hug.\u00a0 When kids show off the store their friends it just kills me. The tour they give is priceless: “Here is where they have the book I have at home.”
\nYesterday I was working alone. I was deep in the heart of a multi-step mail order sale when one of my favorite kids came in the store. She didn’t come in the store as much she swept in, practically dropping her coat to run toward the register. Celine didn’t care that I was on the phone as she shouted, “Hi, Josie!”
\nI was charmed to bits. This curly-headed moppet adores the store and loves coming in. Celine made herself very comfortable behind the register, sitting on one our spinning office chairs. Chad, her babysitter, had never been to the bookstore with Celine before and was somewhat horrified to see her making herself so at home while I was on the phone. As I was hanging up I heard Celine explain why she could sit in the back. “I have a wish list here.” As if that explained it all. And yesterday, it did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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