We welcome Agatha award nominee L.A. Chandlar, Agatha Award winner Dianne Freeman and New York Times Best-selling author C.M. Gleason to discuss the sinister schemes, scandal and murder that take place in their Historical Mystery novels. Won't you join us for tea?

L.A. Chandlar, The Pearl Dagger

As the Great Depression loosens its grip on New York City, Mayor La Guardia and his team meet their greatest foe in the fight against organized crime...

The first ever Bookstore Romance Day arrives Saturday, August 17 and we'll be celebrating with a panel and book signing of five Michigan authors. Bookstore Romance Day is a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books, readers, and writers—and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the Romance community.

Join us for an afternoon with the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning Master of the Genre, Robert Crais, as he shares his brilliant new crime novel and Joe Pike’s most perilous case to date, A Dangerous Man. This is Robert’s only stop in Michigan!

Waldo, the iconic children’s book character, is coming to Ann Arbor this July to spread the “Buy Local” message! This July, our bookstore will be hosting an exciting month-long scavenger hunt to find Waldo in participating local businesses. Stop into any of the participating businesses listed below starting July 1 to pick-up your passport, visit all five and turn in your full passport at the book store. The first 125 participants win an $1 Off coupon and all participants will be entered in a drawing for a summer reading gift pack and other prizes!

Join us for a Night Time Story Time to meet author-illustrator Emmy Kastner as she shares Nerdy Babies: Space. Cookies and milk will be served to all—and don’t forget to wear your pajamas!

About the Book

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Blast on over to help us celebrate the 50^th Anniversary of the Moon Landing! We will have a themed story, craft and be showing a clip from the moon landing in 1969.

Theme: Explore Art!

One of our super readers will read great books for great kids and guide your preschooler in a small art project or related make-and-take activity.

Theme: Explore another Culture!

One of our super readers will read great books for great kids and guide your preschooler in a small art project or related make-and-take activity.

David Zinn has been creating original artwork in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1987. For more than twenty years, he freelanced for a wide variety of commercial clients while simultaneously sneaking “pointless” art into the world at large. He is joining us in the courtyard for the afternoon for some community fun! We will have chalk for you to create your own masterpiece.

About the Artist