This is a tragedy.

These chairs for sale? Anything not nailed down.

Ten dollars, it's yours.

What are you going to do now?

I think I'll take some time.

I'm almost looking forward to it.

Good luck to you. I came here every Saturday when I was little.

I remember when your mother gave me Anne of Green Gables.

Read it with a box of Kleenex, she told me.

Could someone help me? - She's looking down on you now.

I'm sure she is. Why don't we bomb Fox Books?

Do you have the "shoe" books?

Who's the author? I don't know.

My friend said my daughter has to read the "shoe" books, so here I am.

Noel Streatfeild.

Noel Streatfeild wrote Ballet Shoes and Skating Shoes and Theatre Shoes and Dancing Shoes and .

I'd start with Ballet Shoes.

It's my favorite.

Although Skating Shoesis completely wonderful.

But it's out of print.

Streatfeild.How do you spell that?

S-T-R-E-A-T-F-E-l-L-D. Thank you.

Kathleen Kelly. I swear it was like her name was in the air.

Just like that? Everyone was talking about her today.

Kathleen Kelly and her "situation. "

And I was thinking that she'd make a great children's book editor.

What makes you think that?

Well she knows everything. She has flawless taste.

She's famous for it. Salesmen swear by her.

If she likes the book, it sells.

Period! You're going to offer her a job?

What else has she got to do?

Now that she's destitute.

Thanks to you. I don't see her working for you.

Why not? She lacks the killer instinct.

She's never fired anybody.

Look at that little shop.

Those people have been there forever.

Till recently, when they all lost their jobs.

Thanks to you. Hold the elevator! Hello, Charlie.