Barefoot Books, the children’s book publisher, opened its retail store in Concord this past spring.
In addition to selling books, the shop offers storytelling and pottery every day and numerous other activities, like music, dance, and yoga for children. There is a puppet theater play area, a kitchen for food events, and toys. Note the list of August activities in the photo.
The neighbors, by and large, loved the way the company decorated this long-empty building. And they especially loved the new landscaping.
Suzanne's Mom's Blog 
I think you must have told me about these guys before, but I was poking around their website more today and thinking that the actual blow-by-blow story of their building their business would be very interesting. It’s **very** hard to make a go in publishing, and they seem to be doing a good job of it.
The founder spoke at Concord’s 375th anniversary, along with other Concordians. I heard about it later. Apparently, she had a very scary experience on an airplane and that made her decide to do what she always wanted to do, which was to start a company like this.