Edwin Owl has to switch from sleeping all day to sleeping at night when he goes to work for a big department store, but the sudden change in his sleeping habits puts his new job in jeopardy.
After generations of existing in the human-sized world, a group of four-inch-high nomes discover their true nature and origin, with the help of a black square called the Thing.
how the American department store fashioned the middle class
Whitaker, Jan
2006
Traces the history of America's downtown department stores, discussing how they stores reflected the economic and cultural atmosphere of the era and how they shaped many Americans' views on society and status.
Concerned that the immigrant employees of New York City's Macy's department store are homesick at Christmas, a young girl inspires the store's head to hold the first Macy's Parade. Based on a true story; includes historical note.