Gayle Harris & Maddie
Books and Crannies is owned by Ron & Gayle Harris. Gayle manages the store and is there Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday and Saturday. She also manages Silhouette Resale Boutique, a ladies upscale consignment shop which is located inside the Iris Theatre Building along with Books and Crannies. Gayle is a proud native Texan who grew up in Montague, Texas and attended Nocona High School and Dallas Baptist College. Her favorite authors include Linda Castillo, James Patterson, Jan Karon, Lee Child and Ace Atkins & Robert B. Parker (to name a few!). To contact Gayle, either call the store during her days there, or email her at books209@yahoo.com. She is always interested in hearing from customers.
Ron is a retired Dallas Firefighter, and owns his own Aerobic Septic System Inspection business. He is a very eclectic reader who always has a book in his hands, and although his favorite authors change occasionally, he does enjoy especially Taylor Anderson, Robert Heinlein, Dean Koontz, Dean Ing, Pat Frank, Larry McMurtry, Gary Paulsen, John Dunning and many others too numerous to list!
Ron is a retired Dallas Firefighter, and owns his own Aerobic Septic System Inspection business. He is a very eclectic reader who always has a book in his hands, and although his favorite authors change occasionally, he does enjoy especially Taylor Anderson, Robert Heinlein, Dean Koontz, Dean Ing, Pat Frank, Larry McMurtry, Gary Paulsen, John Dunning and many others too numerous to list!
Mollie is one of our bookstore kitties. She came to us from the Mesquite Animal Shelter in July 2017 when she was a little over a year old. She quickly learned that when she hears the door bell 'ding' someone is about to come in to pet her! She is very playful and loves to play hide and seek with me in the bookshelves. She is starting to go find customers to 'help' them make their selections.
Did you know that the custom of having cats in bookstores dates back to ancient Egypt when cats were used to keep rats and mice from eating away at the precious papyrus rolls that contained text.
And in 1745, a special decree was issued by Empress Elizabeth of Russia. She was looking for “the best and biggest cats, capable of catching mice” to be sent to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg to protect the treasures contained within from rats. Incidentally this tradition still lives on today.
Of course today, the kitties are there more for company. But Mollie will be happy to meet you, so stop by and see her soon!
Did you know that the custom of having cats in bookstores dates back to ancient Egypt when cats were used to keep rats and mice from eating away at the precious papyrus rolls that contained text.
And in 1745, a special decree was issued by Empress Elizabeth of Russia. She was looking for “the best and biggest cats, capable of catching mice” to be sent to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg to protect the treasures contained within from rats. Incidentally this tradition still lives on today.
Of course today, the kitties are there more for company. But Mollie will be happy to meet you, so stop by and see her soon!
Our other bookstore kitty is Stormy who came to live with us from the Terrell Animal Adoption
Center when she was a tiny kitten. We got talked into "fostering" her while we hoped for a forever
home - we always had an inkling that would turn out to be us! After a couple of weeks we knew we
could not let her go! She was born the first part of October 2017. She is a little ball of fire who loves
people and attention. She LOVES to be petted!!
When you come in to visit - please be sure to ask about picking up our "collectable" store kitty
bookmarks! They are free and feature pictures of our kitties with captions.
Center when she was a tiny kitten. We got talked into "fostering" her while we hoped for a forever
home - we always had an inkling that would turn out to be us! After a couple of weeks we knew we
could not let her go! She was born the first part of October 2017. She is a little ball of fire who loves
people and attention. She LOVES to be petted!!
When you come in to visit - please be sure to ask about picking up our "collectable" store kitty
bookmarks! They are free and feature pictures of our kitties with captions.
In Memoriam:
Maddie was our resident kitty - having moved to Texas following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. We adopted her from Operation Kindness in Carrollton. She was an amazing cat, and had a very happy life as official greeter at Books and Crannies. She loved helping our customers make selections or keep them company as they shopped. She had a very big fan club and a lot of friends, and it broke our heart to lose her.