The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

“Somehow during their aimless but oh-so-significant conversation with its delici…”

“Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.”

“She liked numbers and sums. She devised a game in which each number was a famil…”

“Was that a bad lady, Papa?" she asked eagerly.No."But she looked bad."There are…”