Charlie's Corner

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For Castro kids, the biggest neighborhood attraction is over the hill at Charlie's Corner, a storybook world where kids are invited to read, draw and sing along. This bookstore is a magical forest, where kids gather around a tree and sit on toadstools for story hours four times daily in English, Spanish and French – sometimes with live music and art projects.


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