Wild rumpus books12/3/2023 Reading books in the giant lawn chair? Free. They also offer a Monday morning story time for kids (I’d say ages five and under) at 10:30am. I take my three-year old here often for a simple, free morning adventure because the entertainment of reading is a beautiful thing, but she really loves petting those kitties. From board books to teen drama, it runs the gamut as far as book selection goes. While they do have some books for adults, a majority of the store is geared towards children. Wild Rumpus is for the young and the young at heart. The rows and rows of books are sectioned well by age and interest and you can’t help but curl into one of the comfy couches for a read-aloud with your kiddos. Chickens and cats roam freely, while kids can admire birds, chinchillas, mice, and their famous hairy tarantula who answers to the name Thomas Jefferson from the safe distance of a cage. The store ceiling opens up into a sky through muralesque paintings and cracks on the walls, giving the shop a feeling of inside/outside interchangeability. And what better way to represent the outside than the use of live animals? Yup, they have those. Wild Rumpus is a small, unique book shop for kids in the Linden Hills district of Minneapolis, whose theme is based from the book The Salamander Room by Ann Mazer, where the outside world connects with the inside. My kids go crazy in this store because their imaginations soar through the (beautifully-decorated) ceiling. And their oversized, painted wooden reading chairs. It’s also because of their free-roaming chickens. But it’s not only because of their rows and rows of children’s books. There is a little book store in the Linden Hills district of Minneapolis that guarantees the opportunity to see that glee and excitement in the eyes of my children. That’s why I’m such a huge fan of libraries. The amazement in their eyes as they turn each colorful page and follow the story with the anticipation of what will happen next? I could watch that for hours. Since my son started kindergarten this year, he can now actually read them too, which brings my pride to a whole new level. I don’t know about you, but there’s not a lot of moments that make me prouder as a mother than when I watch my kids thumb through the pages of book.
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