It's summer reading craft time! Join us at Le Booked Cafe to make punchards, bookmarks, bingo cards, and whatever the heckity heck you want to get ready for summer reading: and yeah, we mean YOU! This activity is for readers of all ages--just because you're not earning a personal pan pizza doesn't mean you can't set goals for the ways you want to read all summer long!
Get glam at a moms-only night out at the bookstore!
It's time to get glam the way we always want to: after hours at an indie bookstore! We're transforming Booked into a party zone for moms only! What's included for everyone:
- Glitter gel and lip gloss packs
- Dirty sodas from Pop Shop Sodas + more drinks
- Tasty treats!
- DJ Norah from Modern Love DJs spinning a sweet playlist
- A night out where no one is gonna be creepy or annoying!
- Some other surpsies from the Hot Moms gang
- No dudes, no kids!
You can add on
- A glamour shot style portrait of YOU from Angela Renee Photography
The world is a flaming dumpster! Are you unsure what to do about all that hot garbage and societal/environmental/political destruction? Well, a good first step is joining us at the bi-monthly Dumpster Fire Book Club to read dystopian YA! We promise you'll feel better about the horrors persisting around us! (At the very least, there will be snacks!)
This month, we're reading Andrew Joseph White's Hell Followed With Us. The book is recommended for ages 14 and up; adults are welcome, too!
Join us every Wednesday at 10:30am for Storytime with the Storytime Dads! Stories, songs, and a good time for 0- to 5-year-olds and their caregivers!
Get smutty with us! All are welcome (18+), email alicia@bookedevanston.com with any questions!
Join us every Wednesday at 10:30am for Storytime with the Storytime Dads! Stories, songs, and a good time for 0- to 5-year-olds and their caregivers!
Jacob Grant, author of UMAMI, NO PANTS!, and NO FAIR! is back with a sweet and beautiful picture book about a turtle who needed a little extra time in her shell before sprinting across the sand to the sea--TURTLE SLEPT IN!
With Bird to help her, Turtle (spoiler alert) traverses the busy beach and heads into the big sea. We cannot wait for you and your family to fall in love with Turtle and her search for her family!
Jacob will join us at Booked for a pajama storytime and draw-along, a turtle egg hunt, and book signing! This event is free, but please RSVP here.
We love a party, we love indie bookstores, and we REALLY love an indie bookstore party!! So we'll see you on Saturday 4/25 for ALL THE FUN!!
We've got extended hours (9am-6pm)! We'll have exclusive Booked, Bookish, and Evanston-themed prints from author/illustrator Lucy Knisley! Tons of IBD and Booked merch! Giveaways! Tattoos (temporary), balloons, and Betsy's favorite: THE BUBBLE MACHINE!!!
LET'S PARTY!!!
Join us every Wednesday at 10:30am for Storytime with the Storytime Dads! Stories, songs, and a good time for 0- to 5-year-olds and their caregivers!
Hear ye, hear ye: readers betwixt the ages of 8 and 12 years old are invited to join the Adventurers Guild: our book club for readers of middle grade fantasy & adventure!
Advance registration is required, as this is a drop-off program that includes the book, bookish swag, and a themed discussion and project at each book club meeting.
Join us, if ye dare!
We're hitting the road (as in road trip novel) for our May meeting of Booked Club for Grown-Ups! Join us to discuss The Road to Tender Hearts.
Poetry is back at Booked Club--just in time for Poetry Month! Join us to read a new collection of poetry from Diamond Forde.
Join us every Wednesday at 10:30am for Storytime with the Storytime Dads! Stories, songs, and a good time for 0- to 5-year-olds and their caregivers!
Cloud Puppy is part-cloud, part-puppy, and absolutely adorable! Celebrate the newest Cloud Puppy adventure at Booked with author and illustrator Kelly Leigh Miller!
Cloud Puppy is one of our favorite graphic novel series for kids ages 6 and up! The books are about friendship, being a (cool) geek, and we promise Cloud Puppy will charm your socks off!
The event will include a Q&A session with Kelly (moderated by kids), Kelly will teach us how to draw Cloud Puppy, and you can complete a Cloud Puppy-themed scavenger hunt for a prize!
FREE but please RSVP on Eventbrite.
Cloud Puppy is part-cloud, part-puppy, and absolutely adorable! Celebrate the newest Cloud Puppy adventure at Booked with author and illustrator Kelly Leigh Miller!
Cloud Puppy is one of our favorite graphic novel series for kids ages 6 and up! The books are about friendship, being a (cool) geek, and we promise Cloud Puppy will charm your socks off!
The event will include a Q&A session with Kelly (moderated by kids), Kelly will teach us how to draw Cloud Puppy, and you can complete a Cloud Puppy-themed scavenger hunt for a prize!
FREE but please RSVP on Eventbrite.
