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Planet Esme
Posted on February 17, 2010
Fiction, non-fiction, cookies—get it all at Planet Esme, where children’s eyes are opened to the world of literature.

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Wow Esme!!! What a great job!! I am so happy for everything that you are and is still becoming. This really captures what your bookroom is about and shows your passion for what you love. BOOKS!!!! I have to give credit where it is due. You are the reason I love to read to this very day. You showed me that reading could be fun and exciting. And thats something that I am teaching my daughter everyday. You were the best teacher I ever had the pleasure of knowing. I am so lucky to still have you in my life after so many years. I wish you many, many, many more years of success and happiness!!! Keep up the good work. So proud of you!!

My children and I would love to see a Planet Esme show every week on WCIU!

As I have been lucky enough to have visited PlanetEsme, it is my dream home. Shelves upon shelves of children's books, a small cozy place that brings together book lovers of all ages, and cookies! It is a place to speak about books without bias, enjoy books in the simplest way - by reading them, and a place to celebrate books. I hope that Esme's message about children’s literature being “in a position of equalizing education, because a great children’s book is the same book in the hands of a rich child as it is in the hands of a poor child”, reaches far and wide.

Would love to see more films of about this fascinating resource

Planet Esme, as I've said on my own blog, is a mixture of Camelot, Disney World and Graceland. It is absolute Heaven for booklovers, and is a perfect outer reflection of the inner Esme herself. This TV portrait just touches the tip of the iceberg.

Liz said it right. Planet Esme is a treasure. We are so lucky that Esme Raji Codel decided to wave her magic wand with the creation of this space right here in Chicago. Everyone should visit.

As a recent visitor to Planet Esme, I can tell you that as AWESOME as this video was (and it was), it STILL didn't capture the wonder that is this space. To visit Planet Esme with Madame Esme herself as your tour guide is an experience that enchants and entertains. Esme has taken advantage of every nook and cranny of the physical space at Planet Esme and created a place that will make you fall in love with children's literature if you aren't already there. It's literally a readers' wonderland. If every child had a chance to spend time with Esme (at Planet Esme or not), I believe that we'd end up with a nation of booklovers - and wouldn't that be grand?
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