The Frugal Frigate children's bookstore, Redlands, Calif., will be closed this week--today through Friday, May 2---for remodeling and will reopen on Saturday, California Bookstore Day, when it will hold an open house and host a surprise guest at 10:30 a.m. On Friday, participants in the local Vintage Redlands wine tour will get a sneak peek at the changes, according to Redlands Daily Facts.
Scott Winn, a project manager, told the paper: "We are refreshing the look of the store, we're not changing it. It's still going to have that charm to it." Improvements include a new carpet.
Winn added that the store recently had its "highest quarter in five years.... It's been amazing. I think public awareness and the advantage of physical books creates an interaction between child and the reader instead of the child and the device. So that's catching on."