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blue manatee children’s bookstore and decafè

3054 Madison Road
Oakley Square
Cincinnati, OH 45209
513.731.2665
Fax: 513.731.2667
contact@bluemanateebooks.com

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Got that in-person feeling? Here's a handy little map to the store and people within.
here’s who to ask for
owners John Hutton & Sandra Gross
sales reps, intriguing ideas for events and whatnot, non-profit collaboration, general melange, musings on climate change, deforestation, glass casting, what is art…
bookstore manager Sheri Hill
accounts, school orders, bookstore employment, jazz
assistant manager Gail Bloom
Any of the above, book questions, singer of silly songs
decafé manager Julie Miller
decafé employment, smoothie theory, tea time queries, coffee, java, espresso, roasted black beans from mountainous lands, kaffee klatsches, caffeine
story time lady Gail Bloom
story time themes, songs galore, and puppet fun!
party planner Kelli Gleiner
music minding and musing, art storytime, esoterica.
events maestra Merrilee Luke-Ebbeler
Calling all...art creators, book illustrators, master crafters, stage actors, music makers, body shakers, book writers, ankle biters, story timers, word rhymers, avid readers, school leaders, nursing mothers, and all others, or call, we'll have a ball.
and... any of our exemplary, unparalleled, meritorious, laudable, transcendent, uber-competent, brilliant, wise, empathic, and kind (yet part-time), blue manatee family!
as for our extended family... Check out our Link Lagoon and get to know some excellent groups and people we have worked with, and/or admire from afar.