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Cristin Stickles

Cristin Stickles has been nothing but a children's bookseller for the past 25 years. She has a lot of opinions about The Giving Tree.

6 of the Best Children’s Books About Hero Pets

They're more than our furry friends; they're heroes! Read about the heroics of the animals in these children's books about hero pets.

A Bookseller’s Awkward Run-in With Lou Reed

How one bookseller found herself idiotsplaining a certain bookstore bathroom predicament to the legendary musician Lou Reed.

Halloween Costumes for Booksellers

Or you could just wear whatever you want and say you're foreshadowing.

There, I Fixed It: Author Kate Milford Solves Fictional Problems With Actual Books

Author and bookseller Kate Milford solves fictional problems with actual books.

15 Equestrians Pick the Best Books for Young Horse Lovers

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

No, I Don’t Carry Elf on the Shelf

I forget Something Big each Christmas, only to remember after nothing can be done to amend the oversight. This is ...

15 Equestrians Pick the Best Books for Young Horse Lovers

When I was 12 I cared of little else but horses. Need proof? Does this look at all like a ...

5 Books to Watch for in May

On May 1st, 1996 I was at a James Taylor concert, because that is just the kind of badass I ...

11 Other Items To Locate Now That We “Found” That “Lost” Dr. Seuss Book

Congratulations to Random House on finding that lost Dr. Seuss book! Assuming that the task force of forensic editorial anthropologists ...

5 Kids’ Books That Make Great Valentines

The emails sent by my bookstore coworkers are the stuff of legend- we recently went eight days strong on a ...