there is finally a bookstore nearby! modern times bookstore has relocated from valencia street to the old china books building on 24th near harrison. i love the children's section full of books about different kinds of families, child memoirs about being a refugee from the congo, stories about martin luther king, the underground railroad, native american indians. there is a mysterious little gallery in the back which i hear might have art classes soon.
we bought a copy of freak the mighty, which i have in bed with me right now but will have to hide from miles until he gets older. somehow i remember books like this as mostly happy, but this one has a kid whose dad is a murderer and whose best friend dies, oops. luckily he is happy with little house on the prairie.
1 comment:
How about Charlotte's Web?
Gram jo
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