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Friday morning came too soon, but when my alarm went off, I was up like a shot. I had so much to do to prepare the store for the Harvest Festival. The Main Street Fair, which kicked off the festival, began at four p.m., and I wanted to be sure we had plenty of goodies – including some of our infamous “Book Grab Bags” for the kids. Each grab bag was going to include a coloring book, a chapter book, and a coupon for ten percent off their next purchase in the store. I’d ordered a whole bunch of fun but inexpensive titles a few weeks back, and my morning’s work was to fill the pumpkin-shaped bags and have them ready for the Fair.
Plus, I wanted to beef up the pumpkin window display, change out the other window to focus on Autumn-themed fiction, including several copies of Isabelle Allende’
