Chicken & Frog Bookstore
Chicken and Frog Bookstore is a specialist children's bookshop, selling new books.
The shop is open Friday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm, Thursdays during school holidays, and Public Holiday Mondays.
The shop is beside the Joy Cowley Playground, with ample parking, and a toilet.
The rooms are themed (Te ao Maori; Nature and the Environment; Science and Technology; Fiction) and there are interesting reading spots (a row boat; a castle; a spaceship) for children to enjoy. There's a dress up box and a drawing table. I'm aiming to make the shop a destination so children see book buying as an enjoyable, memorable event.
The store is owned and run by Joanna Ludbrook, who as a retired school librarian has a strong knowledge of books and reading.