This year we are celebrating ALL things LOCAL during Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. We urge you to shop LOCAL and with this we mean LOCAL authors! All of our local author books will be 15% off! Come find a new favorite or support a favorite you already know by gifting their books to someone on your list. Shop small, shop local, support local.

Swing through for activity and books and games to keep the kiddos busy during the visit to grandmas. Lots of games and puzzles and tiny kits to keep them out of trouble.

Grab the perfect little something to thank your host on your way to Thanksgiving. These adorable tiny hedgehogs are planters - small and cute - but something that will also make your host smile as they grow tiny plants long after the holiday is over.

We’ve got all of the gifts of course, but we also have all of the Holiday gift wrap and cards you’ll need to have on hand. Mail seems to already be moving slowly, so don’t forget to get the cards in the mail soon.

If you’re looking for the perfect tear-jerker to curl up with, here’s the one. A young mother and a special ops soldier build a relationship through letters and the rest I just can’t tell you. Heart wrenching and beautiful, definitely read with tissues in hand, it’s going to devastate you but you won’t be able to put it down.

If you love a good murder-mystery with plot twists and psychologically twisted characters full of deceit, this one’s for you. Grab your copy and settle in to a dinner that’s meant to capture all the drama.

Love this sweet rhyming tale of the Bear and the Hare at the Fair. Touches on courage and friendship, but mostly it’s FUN. Come grab a copy and rhyme yourself right through the next snuggly story time with your best little readers.

Join us for an author visit with Susan Breen and her new book “Merry” December 7 at 2pm.

“A mother’s valiant efforts to bring her family the joy of Christmas go haywire when she finds herself haunted by the angry ghost of Charles Dickens.

We have some signed books on hand from the Westchester Book Festival! Grab a special signed copy from your favorite author for the Holidays to gift. Support local, find a new read or a new favorite author.

We are collecting BOOKS for the children of incarcerated mothers. Come grab your favorite titles and get them in the hands of children in need. Show them a love of books and reading.

Time to grab your classic Holiday cards. In stock now as boxed sets and singles.

Join us for a discussion & book signing on November 22nd from 3-4:30pm, with Danny Goldbery and Sam Hollander about Danny’s newest title “Liberals with Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles.” The dramatic and captivating story of an unlikely coalition that formed in the wake of the Rodney King beating to challenge the destructive reign of Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates

Katonah Wines has paired the perfect wines with our Westchester Book Festival authors! Stop by Katonah Wine on Saturday and chat with the experts for the “inside story” on their choices for pairings.

Join us for a seasonal sale in our redesigned upstairs overflow (previously our kitchen) space. Lionel trains galore plus some antiques and kitchen ware items. Come have a browse.

RESCHEDULED to December 9th, 1pm with Penny. National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home is a 2023 book by Anya von Bremzen that explores the connection between food, national identity, and history. The author travels to six food capitals—Paris, Seville, Naples, Oaxaca, Istanbul, and Tokyo—to investigate the myths and realities behind iconic national dishes, examining how cuisine is tied to place and identity.

Discussion December 5, 1:30pm with Sara, “The Last Witch” book club. The Last Witch is a historical horror novel by Carolyn Jess-Cooke (writing as C.J. Cooke). The story is based on the true events of Helena Scheuberin in Innsbruck, 1485, who was accused of witchcraft and murder. Imprisoned with other women, Helena must confront a ruthless witchfinder and a malevolent spirit unleashed by a cursed totem, blending historical fiction, thriller, and occult genres.

Ink & Wildflower will be on hand during the Book Festival Saturday selling their bookish goods: key chains, book marks and more full of fantasy and sparkly good cheer.

The perfect introduction for teens and up to Haruki Murakami with a collection of Manga Stories. Recommended for ages 16+. Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. Now for the first time, many of Murakami's best-loved short stories are available in graphic novel form in English. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories is one of three short story compilations, which present a total of 9 short stories from Murakami's bestselling collections.

Love these clever books. They come with a pre-written story, but encourage the imagination with blank pages to illustrate on your own! Get those creative juices flowing.

November 19 at 6:30pm. “Trip” by Amie Barrodale with Gretchen. Please sign up below!

A woman embarks on an odyssey through the afterlife to help her son, who is literally and figuratively lost at sea: a hilarious and deeply moving voyage of the body and the mind.