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Friday, January 2, 2009
Ayat

Readers Book Shop

Guess what! My mother owns an amazing book shop called Readers; I am going to tell you all about it.

My eldest brother came up with the name Readers. It opened around one year ago in a shopping center. Readers is big! There are different sections like adult, teenagers, and kids. Photo: Ayat and friends at the Readers bookstore



My favorite is the kids' section. It is always decorated in cool ways with crazy colors and great designs. In the bookshop, there are many books in English and in Arabic.


All the books come in different shapes and sizes some big, small, medium or tiny. I love going there to look at the amazing and fun books!



The book shop is usually busy with customers coming in and out of the shop looking for books, I am usually the one that loves shopping there.

Photo: Ayat with books

Photo: Ayat working the cash register
Many times when I am off school, or on the weekend I go into work with my mother and she lets me work there too.

My favorite thing to do at Readers is to help around the shop. I love organizing the books, wrapping presents, and I like helping the customers that come to the kids section! I have learned how to use the till and I can ring up the customers books, change cash, and use the credit card machine!

Readers is a fantastic bookshop, so I hope you get to come one day to Jordan and to Readers, the great bookshop!!

Photo: Ayat shelving booksPhoto: Ayat and Zain

5 Comments

I love books too, Ayat! It's so fun to see what your life is like in Jordan. OH, and luuuuuuve your pink UGG boots. :)

Good day Ayat
My name is Lujayn. I 'm 14 years old and I live in Jordan too, I love reading and I hope I can come to your mother's book shop and buy some books.
Yours,
Lujayn

Wow thats so cool, Ayat. It must be awesome living in Jordan. I always wanted to live another courtry. I have been to Italy for two weeks, but I was a total tourist.
Books are awesome. What is your favorite book. Mine is Huckleberry Finn. It's great! If you haven't already read the book I highly recommend that you do.

Huck finn is one of my fav books as well i also like tom sawyer

Hi Ayat - I found you blog when I was looking for my own site as my bookshop is also called Readers although it is in Ireland where the weather and culture are very different. Who knows, some day I might be in Jordan or you might visit Dublin. Best wishes, Jonathan

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