Once Upon a Time . . .

Once upon a time there was a girl who loved books. She loved storybooks, mysteries, nonfiction, classics . . . . Was there anything she didn't like? And, really, it made sense--everyone in her family loved books.

Well, the little girl grew up and became an English major in college, and she soon realized she would never be able to read all of the good books there were to read! Oh, this made her sad! Something else she realized during this transformative time was that, although she loved almost everything she read--19th century plays, Shakespearean sonnets, and especially post-modern literature--what she loved the most were those stories from her childhood. She was very fortunate to take a class in children's literature--"Kiddie Lit" others called it. How exciting to read these stories as an adult and to study academic analyses of these stories. These were works that people took seriously! She would like to do that too.

Soon the girl grew up and got married to her Price Charming, truly the most charming man in all the land. It took awhile, but she finally had four wonderful, talented children of her own. Her favorite part of the day was storytime, when she would read all of the old stories (and some new ones too) to her enchanting children. They loved the stories just as much as she did. And she realized her purpose--sharing literature with children. She was so fortunate to be able to do that for many years, developing literature-based lesson plans for them and others, working in educational publishing, and writing curriculum so that others would learn to love the stories as much as

Her greatest dream was sharing her favorite stories in the setting of a boutique children's bookstore.

And, you, dear reader, will see the girl develop and realize this dream before your very eyes. You will get to see her live happily ever after in her darling pink, white, and brown book boutique. Join her, won't you? Pin It