We do need to support our local bookshops because the thought of not being able to browse new books before buying or ordering scares me. I love bookshops, even if I usually only look in the children's section. There are so many adult novels set in bookshops. Think 84 Charing Cross Road; The Little Paris Bookshop; The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. That made me wonder about how many children's books were set in a bookshop.
Well there are some:
• Maisie Goes to the Bookshop by Lucy Cousins
• The Bookshop Cat by Cindy Wume
• Franklin's Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell and Katie Harnett
• The Little Bookshop and Origami Army by Michael Foreman
• Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates
• Good Night Little Bookstore by Amy Cherrix and E. B Goodale
• The Magic Bookshop by Natalie Jane Prior and Cheryl Orsini
• Jasper and Scruff: Hunt for the Golden Bone by Nicola Colten
• The Missing Bookshop by Katie Clapham and Kirsti Beautyman
• The Magical Bookshop by Katja Frixe
• The Travelling Bookshop by Katrina Nannestad and Cheryl Orsini
This is a series of three, soon to be four books about Mim Cohen who roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad, brother and a horse called Flossy.
• The Bookshop Girl by Sylvia Bishop and Ashley King
This story is about a little girl named Property Jones, so-called because she was left in the lost property cupboard of a bookshop when she was five years old.
• Pages and Co by Anna James
This too, is a series of books about eleven year old Tilly who lives with her grandparents above their bookshop.Tilly loves escaping into the pages of her favourite stories.
• Sylvia's Bookshop by Robert Burleigh and Katy Wu
Told by the bookstore itself, Sylvia's Bookshop tells the story of the legendary Shakespeare and Company, its owner Sylvia Beach, and the many great writers who gathered there to meet, read, and remind us that books are more than the words on the page.
and coming soon
• The Bookshop Mice by Robert Starling.
I am going to share this post with my local bookshop. You are so right about browsing - it can be a great way to find new books and also gives you a chance to look inside the covers of books that you may have seen online. I also think bookshops can be one of the best places to select suitable non fiction - you do need to see text size, illustration formats, and check for features such as contents index etc. Long live local book shops. I do wish we had the special day they have in Seattle where you visit as many shops as you can in one day and if you reach all of them you win a discount voucher for a whole year!
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