Ella Minnow Children's Bookstore

Ella Minnow is the Beaches kids' bookshop at 991 Kingston Road — picture books, middle grade, YA, Canadian fiction for young readers, and a gift-and-toy rack that exists to keep a kid in the room. Official ellaminnow.ca lists Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m., phone (416) 698-2665, Hello@ellaminnow.ca. It is a library supplier as well as a retail floor, which is why the staff can talk curriculum without sounding like a catalogue. First-timers: this is not a general indie with a kids' corner; the whole shop is the kids' corner. Come weekday late morning if you want space to sit with a pile. Kingston Road, east of Woodbine; pair it with Book City on Queen if you are already in the Beach. Do not confuse it with Ella Minnow Pea, a toy shop in Chatham.