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"We wanted it to be like a study that happens to be full of kids' books," Devin McDonald, co-owner (with his wife, Jenny Stevenson) of Mr. Mopps' Children's Books, told the San Francisco Chronicle, which profiled the bookstore that opened in October. "We didn't want to make it feel kiddy; we wanted to make it feel like an immersive literary environment for kids. I think one of the awesome results of that is that parents love being here as well."
Mr. Mopps' "is an offshoot of the popular Mr. Mopps' toy shop, which began life as a bookstore in 1962, a few doors down Martin Luther King Jr. Way," the Chronicle noted, adding that the new space "went through a major redesign before opening. Beautiful bamboo flooring was added and the ceiling and walls were painted in pleasing shades of lime green and pale yellow. A globe, dinosaur skeleton and telescope complement the books."