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about little shop of stories. hello and welcome to the website of the best independent bookstore for children and their adults in Decatur! Or maybe Atlanta! No, that's not right. We're the best children's bookstore in Georgia! All right, in the the entire Southeast! In this big 'ol United States! In all of North America! In the entire western hemisphere! Okay, we're the best one on the planet Earth! In our solar system! Would you believe in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy?! No, no, no. Little Shop of Stories is the best independent bookstore for kids & the grownups they become in the observable universe!!! ( which, according to Wikipedia, "consists of the galaxies and other matter that we can in principle observe from Earth in the present day, because light ( or other signals ) from those objects has had time to reach us since the beginning of the cosmological expansion." ) We're in the same building as Starbucks feel free to bring your highly-cafeinated beverages into our shop so that you can bouce off the walls with us on the corner of West Ponce de Leon Avenue and East Court Square. A variety of parking options are available in downtown Decatur, and detailed information can be found here. Typically, the best option is at the parking structure next to the new courthouse. The entrance is on West Trinity Place between North McDonough Street and Commerce Drive. There is a $6 fee, payable upon leaving. While that is rather expensive ( i.e. totally outrageous ), there is no charge if you leave the lot after 5: 45 p.m. or so, Monday through Friday, and is free all weekend long. We are also a very short walk from the Decatur MARTA station, on the system's Blue Line ( formerly known as the east-west rail line ). A Marta map and additional information can be found here. Little Shop of Stories is proud to be a Partner in Education with City Schools of Decatur and to work with Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy, Room to Read, Literacy Volunteers of Atlanta, Synchronicity Theater, and the DeKalb History Center. We are also an ecstatic supporter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival presented by DeKalb Medical. http: //www.decaturbookfestival.com/ She loves kids and she loves books. So it kinda makes sense that Diane Capriola would love kids' books too. Co-owning and running Little Shop of Stories is her dream come true! But please don't ever refer to her as that girl from You've Got Mail.' She'd much prefer feisty little bookstore babe. Diane originates from Long Island, but don't hold that against her. When not reading books for free in local bookstores, she spent her childhood summers stealing magazines from the local library. Don't tell her mom. Fave book as a kid: Little House series cause in another life she was definitely a little girl on the prairie. Yes, we know that's hard to believe since she's such a diva now. Fave kid's book as a big kid: Skippyjon Jones or Kitten's First Full Moon or Bark, George or Julius, Baby of the World The second king of Israel, Dave posed for Michelangelo before entering the radio business in Atlanta and getting into this bookstore thing. He is a fan of musicians David Byrne and Dave Grohl, columnists David Broder ( Washinton Post ) and David Brooks ( NY Times ), and writers David Mamet and David Sedaris. He enjoys the work of Hermine Lionette Cartan David as well as Larry David. Once upon a time, he attended high school with David Hasselhoff. Krista Gilliam is our wonderful manager and Little Shop's superb Tuesday storytime person. She gets excited by just about everything ( though perhaps nothing more than Christmas lights ), and her mood is contageous. So look out! She never leaves home without a book, water bottle and sweater and she's currently trying ( somewhat unsuccessfully ) not to become a crazy obsessed dog person. Her puppy, Bear, is making that difficult. Favorite children's books as a kid: Chester's Way, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Nancy Drew, A Little Pri