Grand Opening Set for Next Page Book Store, Morris, Ill.

Next Page Book Store will host a grand opening celebration with a pretzel party on March 6 inside True North 2 at 1338 Clay St., Morris, Ill. Owner Stacey Olson told Shaw Local that a bookstore is one of the most requested things whenever True North, an emporium that sells antiques, vintage clothing, crafts, and more, asks residents what Morris needs on Facebook.

"We are going to be ourselves, the True North style," Olson said. "We're going to categorize our books different. Instead of just vintage, we'll go by decade. You can look for books from the 1940s, '70s, '80s."

The store will carry a mix of new and used books, operating out of the front 1,000 square feet of the space. "Instead of having a women's studies section, we'll have one that says 'girls rule,' and it's all women's inspirational books," Olson noted. "Our new fiction will be 'what the cool kids are reading.' "

There will also be a book club, a kids reading hour, and author book signings, as well as a bookstore cat, though Olson said there's a chance it might be made of cardboard.

"We're gonna have big, comfy couches so you can sit and read a book, and hang out," she added. "Instead of just staff doing what books they like, we're going to ask the community to leave book reviews and put little cards in books they've read and write reviews to the next reader."

Next Page Book Store's opening night "is already slated to be a busy one," Shaw Local noted. In addition to the pretzel party, children's book author Colleen McGarr will be signing books and there will also be a craft club meeting.

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