Suzanne Harouff, owner of Books Unlimited in Franklin, N.C., is planning a July 1 opening for Unlimited Books for Kids, her new children's store. Bookselling This Week reported that the 300-square-foot space is in the neighboring commercial building located at 70 East Main Street, where Harouff will move "all of the children's books for ages zero to 12 from Books Unlimited's 250-square-foot children's area, which resembles a castle." Although the castle will remain, "the space within Books Unlimited's 3,000 square feet will become a bargain room, and much of the store's new books will be rearranged."
"Probably the main reason I wanted to open a separate children's store is because I absolutely love the children's area that I have now," said Harouff. "The more I thought about the idea of opening my own children's store, the more excited I got.... I'd been trying to figure out how to fix the issues I have with our current children's section. I have a good amount of space [the equivalent of two storefronts] but I have a very hard time monitoring the entire kids' area at all times. Even with a couple of cameras back there, there are still quite a few blind spots. The section is also very full, so there really is no room for story times or any of the extra activities you'd like to be able to do for kids."