The booksellers traveled to Chicago May 9 to accept the Women’s National Book Association award for best children’s bookstore. Collette Morgan and Tom Braun, founders of Wild Rumpus Books.
“Just to feel those good vibrations and hear the happiness,” he said. (He lives upstairs.) Braun chats with customers and hands out his business card, each of which includes a 10 percent discount. Whenever Braun is feeling dark about the challenges, he said he heads down to the shop. He’s learning to live with symptoms he watched his father endure. It’s likely no surprise to locals that Wild Rumpus has received a national award for best children’s bookstore, with its child-size doorway, wandering chickens, bathroom aquarium and friendly cats.īut staff put extra work into the nomination this year, and co-founder Collette Morgan said the award couldn’t come at a better time.Ĭo-founder Tom Braun was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years ago.
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