INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
APRIL 27th 2024
This national one-day party held the last Saturday in April celebrates independent bookstores across the country online and in-store. Through exclusive books and literary items, contests, cupcakes, and everything in between, it’s a party you don’t want to miss!
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TWIN CITIES BOOKSTORE PASSPORT STAMPING
WEDNESDAY APRIL 24 - 28 (WED - SUN)
ADDITONAL DETAILS ON THE EVENT PAGE
Limited Edition Exclusives FOR PURCHASE ON 4/27/24 ONLY
Signed Exclusive 5-Year Anniversary Edition of The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North
America
This exclusive signed edition also includes a dumb birds sticker
sheet and a letter from the author, Matt Kracht, to the readers that made this book a
bestseller for the past five years.
Available Qty: 6 ; Price $15.95
A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed
short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett, the award-winning and bestselling author of the
phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove — featuring charming
woodcut illustrations and a new cover — is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages and
includes a foreword by Neil Gaiman.
Available Qty: 4 ; Price $18.99
Inspired by the popular IndieBound posters, readers can show their support for
independent bookstores in their community on their refrigerator or other magnetic surfaces
Available Qty: 8 ; Price $3.99
Sip from this “The Future is Indie” mug as a reminder of championing individuality
and celebrating the boundless possibilities of independent creativity with every brew. This
glossy colored exterior mug with glossy white interior, black rim, and speckles is microwave
safe.
Available Qty: 5 ; Price $15.99
Take a stance against censorship with this gorgeous zippered pouch designed by
Ash + Chess for Out of Print.
Available Qty: 5 ; Price : $16
The 2024 Independent Bookstore Day tote bag has a gusseted bottom. The tote
bags are made available to Independent Bookstore Day stores and sold individually.
Available Qty: 10; Price $14.99
Blackwing & Independent Bookstore Day have teamed up for the fourth
consecutive year to create a new set of pencils exclusively for independent bookstores. Each
year the interest and popularity of these limited edition pencils continues to grow. The pencils
feature a design inspired by independent bookstores and the printed word.
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Each specially-designed box contains 12 incense-cedar pencils with Blackwing’s iconic
firm graphite.
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Available Qty: 6 Boxes ; Price $30/box
LIMITED EDITON Exclusives FREE with PURCHASE ON 4/27/24 ONLY
Exclusively for Independent Bookstore Day 2024, an 8-page, full-color comic by
award winning creators Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris, based on their massively popular,
action-packed and hysterical graphic novel series, The First Cat in Space!
Available Qty: 10
2024 marks 25 years of Usborne's globally bestselling touchy-feely series, THAT'S
NOT MY®.
To celebrate the occasion, they have released a limited edition 8 page THAT'S
NOT MY® coloring book, made up of popular characters from the series. With bold illustrations
and fun extracts from the books, this item is sure to be popular amongst adults and
toddlers who enjoy reading the series together.
Available Qty : 4
We asked our favorite Quarto authors and artists to submit coloring pages of their
favorite local, independent bookstores, and they delivered! Includes a short quote from the
author on what they LOVE best about their favorite Indie bookstore and a coloring page inspired
by each store.
Available Qty : 5
An exclusive sticker sheet with over 15 stickers, featuring fun illustrations and
empowering sayings in the signature Rebel Girls style.
Available Qty: 3
Dozens of fun activities to celebrate books and Independent Bookstore Day. A
collection of word games, mazes, scavenger hunts, and coloring pages inspired by a love for
bookstores and books, including some of Quarto's best-selling titles like Little People, BIG
DREAMS; Young, Gifted and Black; and ABC What Can She Be.
Available Qty : 5
A set of three greeting cards with envelopes, designed to be an inspiring messageto new graduates! Using art and messaging from the picture book Be You! by Peter H.Reynolds. One pack is 3 cards with envelopes, belly banded together.
Available Qty: 20
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the publication of the New York Times
bestselling milk and honey by Rupi Kaur: an exclusive signed print of a poem from the book,
packaged in a protective envelope.
Available Qty: 5