The toys for sale in the shop are mostly here (though you should check back by the Chess and Games section in Will's room for chess boards), and you'll notice that we carry 150 species of puppets. You're welcome to try them.

We have an assortment of coloring books and activity books, card games and board games, baby toys and action figures, and science-related toys (none of these are just for kids). We're also keen on alphabet blocks and toy trains and other wooden, handmade things.

Among the books of Leiden's room are:

Young Adult Fiction with emphasis on award winners and banned books
Series (like Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys)
Early Readers for the 4-8 set
Picture Books or children's fiction
Alphabet and Reference
Pop-Up
Board Books
Bedtime Books
Spanish Language and some German, French, Russian, Japanese, etc.
Youth Nonfiction - now with more science, art, and history

Education
Parenting
Crafts
Home Repair and Decor

Food including sections of:
General Cookbooks
Gastrologues (food writing)
Vegetarian and Vegan
Diet and Nutrition
Food by Type
Beverages
Desserts
Regional Cookery

Music separated into:
Opera
Sheet Music
Reference
History and Criticism
Jazz, Folk, and Blues
Rock and Pop
Classical

One of our favourite regulars is Leiden, who, at the age of ten, visited the shop and began explaining why she figured Marxism couldn't work. Since then, she and the Haunted crew have talked about everything from Victor Hugo, to graphic novels, invented languages, and mathematics, and, unable to resist the wonderfulness of her voracious bibliophilia and her 'aha, now you see what I mean' grin, we consider her part of the family. It just made sense to name our books-for-young-people room after her, even if she's all grown up now.