Jane Addams Bookshop is the perfect place to curl up with a good book and escape reality for a while.  Don’t believe me?  Then just stop in, you’ll see what I mean the second you walk through the door.

This quaint little bookshop in the heart of downtown Champaign has an eclectic assortment of used, rare and out-of-print books along with other fun tokens like postcards, journals and other knick-knacks.  It’s literally a treasure chest full of masterpieces that will make every bookworm’s heart skip a beat.  With three floors booked solid, you’ll probably end up like me, totally engrossed in exploring every bookshelf, just to realize, an hour and a half later, that you’ve collected a dozen titles you haven’t seen in years.  I have to confess, I let out a yelp of excitement when I discovered an original copy of my favorite children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.  It’s something I know I’ll cherish for ages and one day read to my children and grandchildren.  It’s this discovery that instantly made me a lifelong shopper, and I want to tell everyone about my findings here.