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A new day calls for a new book right? Looking for a local author suggestion? Sherman Alexie is a fantastic local author. His young adult book is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and is inspired by his own experiences growing up. He chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one unlucky boy trying to rise above the life everyone expects him to live.

Junior is a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Born with a variety of medical problems, he is picked on everyone but his best friend. Determined to receive a good education, Junior leaves the rez to attend an all-white school in the neighboring farm town where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Despite being condemned as a traitor to his people and enduring great tragedies, Junior attacks life with wit and humor and discovers a strength inside of himself that he never knew existed.

Hi Folks,

Today we got a shipment of The Wizard of Oz books and we love The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 100^th Anniversary Edition. It is one of the true classics of American Literature. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imaginations of young and old alike for over four generations. Originally published in 1900, it was the first truly American Fairy Tale, as L. Frank Baum crafted a wonderland out of such familiar items as a cornfield scarecrow, a mechanical woodman, and a humbug wizard who used an old-fashioned hokum to express that universal theme, “There’s no place like home.”

Follow the adventures of young Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, as their Kansas house is swept away by a cyclone and they find themselves in a strange land called Oz. Here she meets the Munchkins and joins the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City, where lives the all-powerful Wizard of Oz.  

         The lavishly produced first edition contains all 24 of W.W. Denslow’s original color plates, the colorful pictorial binding, and the 130 two-color illustrations that help make The Wonderful Wizard of Oz so special and enduring.

Hi there!

Do you need any book recommendations for some young adult readers? How about The Hobbit? The Hobbit is a great modern classic and is the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings but was originally written as book for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any further than his pantry or his cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo is reluctant to take part in this quest, but he surprised himself by his resourcefulness and his skill as a burglar.

We are so excited about the movie adaptation, which will be released on December 14th in case you didn't know. We have hardback, 75th Anniversary editions which would make for an awesome gift, and paperback editions in stock.

Hi there! We are updating our hours for this holiday season!
Wednesday- Friday: 11-8
Saturday: 10-8
Sunday: 12-6
Don't forget we still want your books!
October Trading Hours
Saturday, Oct. 13th 10-3
Saturday, Oct. 27th 10-3

September Store Updates

Hi there! We want your books... Still! We have started a new policy for store credit. Customers can use store credit for 30% of the price of any new book.

September trading hours:
Saturday, Sept. 22 10-1
Saturday, Sept. 29 10-1

Also we are changing our store hours for this fall. Starting next week we will have new hours.

Thursday: 11-8

Friday: 11-8

Saturday: 10-8

Sunday 12-6

July & August Trades for Store Credit

We want your books! Bring in your trades for store credit -- you will receive 50% of the value of what we will sell the book for, and you may use your credit for any used book in the store! 

Here is our trade schedule for July & August -- most Saturdays are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

It's also best to call first to confirm -- 206-547-4555 

July 14th -- today there will be NO trades 

July 21st -- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

July 28th -- 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. 

August 4th -- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

August 11th -- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

August 18th -- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

August 25th -- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

Happy Bastille Day! 

Bastille Day or Le Quatorze Juillet  (the 14^th of July) , as it is commonly referred to in France, celebrates the 1790  Fête de la Fédération,  held on the first anniversary of the  storming of the Bastille.  On July 14, 1789, the oppressed citizens of France stormed the King’s prison, The Bastille, and began the French Revolution. Although the prison held only seven prisoners at the time, the taking of the prison by the common citizens symbolized liberty and the fight against oppression . On July 14, 1790, the first “Bastille Day” was celebrated with delegates from all regions of France coming together and proclaiming allegiance to one national community. Bastille Day is much like the Fourth of July in the U.S. in that it celebrates the beginning of a Revolution.