There is a visitors' center with a little bookstore, and an exhibition area nearby.

"There's a little bookstore on Marine Drive," she said.

"Everybody dreams about having a little bookstore," said Ms. Slavin, 53.

Having divorced her philandering husband and moved back to the seaside town she grew up in, Helen now runs a little bookstore.

It was a little bookstore I liked to visit about once a week, just to see what new titles had come in.

Gabrielle, a local weather woman, is in her twenties and lives with her mother, who works in a little bookstore.

She could also see a little bookstore, three clothing stores, and some antique shops.

This snug little bookstore and cafe is a relaxing and civilized place to end the day.

"It seems implausible that a city of over one million people would have only two little bookstores," he said.

She had a crying fit at Woodsworth's, the little bookstore down the street from Dave's store.