CBS Connecticut highlighted "just five of the top children's bookstores in Connecticut":
Linda's Story Time, Monroe, "a full-service, independent bookstore with lots to attract readers of all ages, but it also specializes in books for children, including books for babies and toddlers right up through young adult titles."
Byrd's Books, Bethel, which has a quarter of the store dedicated to children, with "a huge selection of books for young readers and for those reading to the young. Byrd's stocks the classics and the best-sellers, the 'indies' and the big name authors."
Bank Street Book Nook, New Milford, which is continuing in business after a new owner of the store's building affirmed a commitment to the store. Owner Vanessa Gronbach is expanding "those parts of the store devoted to local writers and Connecticut, [and] is also inviting authors to read at the store."
Diane's Books, Greenwich, which "has four times as many family and children's books as the average book 'superstore,' and both [owner Diane Garrett] and her staff pride themselves on knowing what is not only appropriate for children, but what they will like."
Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depot, "a fixture for six decades" that "offers books suitable for all ages, [and] also is one of those rare bookstores that invites children's authors to come in for a reading and a book signing."
