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Quality fare: Hy Sarick, who co-owns The Children's Book Store Audio and Video store, has no fear that videos will drive kids away from books.
Quality fare: Hy Sarick, who co-owns The Children's Book Store Audio and Video store, has no fear that videos will drive kids away from books.

Quality fare: Hy Sarick, who co-owns The Children's Book Store Audio and Video store, has no fear that videos will drive kids away from books.

Date11/30/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0133324F
Children's books are their business but the Sarick family has to take time out from running their shop to enjoy a good story themselves. Judy Sarick, (...)
Children's books are their business but the Sarick family has to take time out from running their shop to enjoy a good story themselves. Judy Sarick, (...)
9/30/1974
Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
1/29/1989
Your Life: Art Collins, former president of Foster Advertising, watches the personalized video that was custom made for his retirement party. This video and others like it are the creation of Bob Pomerantz, who has formed a company called Your Life Productions. The videos are commissioned by either a company or family.
Your Life: Art Collins, former president of Foster Advertising, watches the personalized video that was custom made for his retirement party. This video and others like it are the creation of Bob Pomerantz, who has formed a company called Your Life Productions. The videos are commissioned by either a company or family.
10/7/1988
X-rated video crackdown. Peel police have warned seven stores selling sexually explicit videos, including pleasure Palace Video on Lakeshore Rd. E. in(...)
X-rated video crackdown. Peel police have warned seven stores selling sexually explicit videos, including pleasure Palace Video on Lakeshore Rd. E. in(...)
9/18/1991
Paterson: Owns adult video store in Ajax.
Paterson: Owns adult video store in Ajax.
8/27/1992
Brian Meizack's Bestsellers stores deal exclusively in the top selections in books, music and video, changing the stock on a weekly basis.
Brian Meizack's Bestsellers stores deal exclusively in the top selections in books, music and video, changing the stock on a weekly basis.
2/17/1992
Mistreatment of women is standard fare for rock videos by such stars as Alice Cooper, below, but movies like The War Of The Roses, left, starring Kath(...)
Mistreatment of women is standard fare for rock videos by such stars as Alice Cooper, below, but movies like The War Of The Roses, left, starring Kath(...)
2/12/1988
Every corner drug store these days has books on child-rearing availabel to everybody. So how do today's parents bring up their young children - traditionally or permissively? Star staff writer Wendy Dey, left, and child development expert Michael Grapko, discuss these questions with parents who practise both methods. Dr. Grapko is head of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto.
Every corner drug store these days has books on child-rearing availabel to everybody. So how do today's parents bring up their young children - traditionally or permissively? Star staff writer Wendy Dey, left, and child development expert Michael Grapko, discuss these questions with parents who practise both methods. Dr. Grapko is head of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto.
3/6/1970
Two-and-a-half-year-old Jessica Berns has the top position at Berns Baby Production, a family company making instructional maternity videos, and on th(...)
Two-and-a-half-year-old Jessica Berns has the top position at Berns Baby Production, a family company making instructional maternity videos, and on th(...)
4/20/1989
Martin Faiers, 24, plays his guitar weekly at folk mass. Bachelor from England owns book store specializing in British publications
Martin Faiers, 24, plays his guitar weekly at folk mass. Bachelor from England owns book store specializing in British publications
3/17/1978
Best books: Owner Richard Bachmann stands in his Burlington book store, Different Drummer Books, which has a reputation as one of the best book stores in Canada.
Best books: Owner Richard Bachmann stands in his Burlington book store, Different Drummer Books, which has a reputation as one of the best book stores in Canada.
11/12/1987
On the move: Martin Cutler, general manager of Fleet Books, is looking forward to hooking more non-readers. Now comprising five stores, the small book-store chain is gearing up for a major expansion drive that will elevant it to a national chain in the league of Classics, W. H. Smith and Coles.
On the move: Martin Cutler, general manager of Fleet Books, is looking forward to hooking more non-readers. Now comprising five stores, the small book-store chain is gearing up for a major expansion drive that will elevant it to a national chain in the league of Classics, W. H. Smith and Coles.
8/14/1979