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Patagonia. It is well worth
the trip to Brookline Village
for the Children’s Book
Shop, which has an excellent
selection of books for infants
to young adults, and to
Jamaica Plain for the bubbly
Boing! JP’s Toy Shop. Kids
will also enjoy the shops, stalls,
and street vendors at Quincy
Market (see p66).

Eating Out with Children
Though children never seem
to tire of fast food, adults
generally long for something
Marionettes on stage at the Puppet Showplace Theater more substantial and memo­
rable. Both needs can be
Children’s Shopping
Store carries one of the catered for in many of Boston’s
While keeping children country’s most complete restaurants. Children will enjoy
entertained can often be a stocks of children’s books, sampling Chinese delicacies
challenge, in Boston you while Stellabella Toys has a at China Pearl in Chinatown.
will find that even shopping menagerie of cuddly stuffed For pizza in an authentic Italian
can hold their interest, with animals and fun educational atmosphere, try the North End’s
enticing window displays, and items. Newbury Comics Pizzeria Regina. In Cambridge,
stores overflowing with desir­ features the best The Cheesecake Factory
able products. Do not, however, selection of comic has an incredibly vast menu
expect to survive such an books in Boston. of casual fare as well as its
outing without spending any Games People Play eponymous sweets and
money. In Cambridge, Susi’s stocks a huge is sure to please every
Gallery for Children has bright assortment of toys family member. In the
and innovative goods with a and games. The latest Huron Avenue shopping
sense of whimsy, and Henry in cool clothing can district in Cambridge,
Bear’s Park across town is be found at Baby the friendly restaurant
especially well­stocked with Gap, and there’s a Full Moon has a play
toys graded by age. In Harvard wide selection of Popcorn, a area as well as a
Square, The Curious George outdoor gear at favorite snack varied kid’s menu.
DIRECTORY
Children’s Theater Children’s Henry Bear’s Park Eating Out
Shopping 17 White St., Cambridge. with Children
Boston Children’s Tel (617) 547­8424.
Theatre Baby Gap The Cheesecake
316 Columbus Ave. Copley Place, 100 Newbury Comics Factory
Huntington Ave.
Map 3 C3. Map 3 C3. 332 Newbury St. 100 Cambridgeside
Tel (617) 424­6634. Tel (617) 247­1754. Map 3 A3. Place, Cambridge.
∑ bostonchildrens Boing! JP’s Toy Shop Tel (617) 236­4930. Tel (617) 252­3810.
theatre.org 667 Centre St., Patagonia
Puppet Showplace Jamaica Plain. 346 Newbury St. China Pearl
Theater Tel (617) 522­7800. Map 3 A3. 9 Tyler St.
32–33 Station St., Children’s Book Shop Tel (617) 424­1776. Map 4 F2.
Brookline. 237 Washington St., Tel (617) 426­4338.
Tel (617) 731­6400. Brookline. Stellabella Toys Full Moon
Tel (617) 734­7323.
∑ puppetshow 1360 Cambridge St., 344 Huron Ave.,
place.org The Curious George Cambridge.
Store Tel (617) 491­6290. Cambridge.
Wheelock 1 JFK St., Cambridge. Tel (617) 354­6699.
Family Theatre Tel (617) 498­0062. Susi’s Gallery
200 The Riverway, Games People Play for Children Pizzeria Regina
Brookline. 1100 Massachusetts Ave., 348 Huron Ave., 11½ Thatcher St.
Tel (617) 879­2300. Cambridge. Cambridge. Map 2 D2.
∑ wheelock.edu/wft Tel (617) 492­0711. Tel (617) 876­7874. Tel (617) 227­0765.

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