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The Grandest Bookshop in the World
The Grandest Bookshop in the World | Amelia Mellor
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Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole?s Book Arcade in Melbourne is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the siblings: voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, a new story written just for them by their eccentric father. When Pearl and Vally learn that Pa has risked the Arcade ? and himself ? in a shocking deal with the mysterious Obscurosmith, the siblings hatch a plan. Soon they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes: defeat seven challenges by the stroke of midnight and both the Arcade and their father will be restored. But if they fail Pearl and Vally won?t just lose Pa ? they?ll forget that he and the Arcade ever existed.
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The Grandest Bookshop in the World | Amelia Mellor
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September book haul

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Cathy_J
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This book 💕 I never knew this place existed and that I have walked past the building so many times! I want to go to the Melbourne museum asap 🙂 The puzzles were excellent and I loved the slight Jumanji feel. What a wonderful surprise 🌈🌟🌟🌟🌟.5

ShelleyBooksie Gorgeous pup in the background! 4y
CarolynM There's a set of floor to ceiling posters about Coles Book Emporium on one of the empty shops in 234 Collins at the moment. I couldn't get a good enough photo to do a post about it, unfortunately☹️ 4y
Cathy_J Oh @CarolynM thanks for letting me know! I will try to get there to have a look soon! 😊 4y
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Cathy_J
Cathy_J
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Book haul! On a family holiday at the moment and we picked up these gorgeous titles in the local bookshop 📚💕😊

robinb #coverlove ❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts Lovely! I have the tagged book , it‘s a beauty! They all look good 4y
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Cathythoughts
Cathythoughts
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Calling ... Cork to New Zealand !!! Hello Paula ! Thankyou so much my lovely friend! I‘m currently munching on chocolate raspberry balls...
Admiring the endpapers of my beautiful hardback book that I will be dying to share with my granddaughter.. ( better keep some of the chocolate for her too ... ) Thankyou so much , I‘m delighted 😀 Yay 🎉everything arrived XXX thanks Paula ! And the hands need attention from all the washing ,nice one 👍🏻❤️

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TheKidUpstairs Oh my lordy, that cover is STUNNING!!! 4y
Cathythoughts @TheKidUpstairs It surely is 😁💫 🌈 (edited) 4y
Centique I am SO glad! That took nearly 4 months though. The latest Christmas gift ever. 😂😂 4y
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batsy How lovely! 💕 4y
Cathythoughts Thanks so much Paula ! 4 months! That‘s covid time, and it‘s a credit to your country ... setting an example to the world on how to deal with this virus. I only wish my own country would be as strong about it. I have granddaughter today , so I‘m excited to tell her about our new book from my friend Paula in New Zealand 💕💕💕😘 4y
LeahBergen Aww, lovely. And what a pretty cover! 4y
Cathythoughts @batsy Isn‘t it just 👍🏻❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen It is lovely 😊 Im delighted 4y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I‘m slightly obsessed with books set in the 1890s and this cover is gorgeous... is the logic I‘m assuming I applied in the bookshop when I bought this...

and the whole shop local, shop small thing - yup yup yup!

megnews Sounds amazing! Stacked. 4y
Rehesina That cover is just everything! 4y
BiblioLitten The cover is beautiful! 4y
CarolynM I assume you know Coles Book Arcade was real - there's stuff about it in the Melbourne Museum. 4y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, maybe vaguely?! I‘m still not over the time someone told me about the Valhalla movie palace with its 24 hour movie marathons. I would have loved that place. 4y
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