Holiday Book Selections

Click to view our spectacular Holiday insert to find that treasure for the someone on your list. We are excited about the special titles we have all chosen. 
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Nov. 12 Star Wars Storm Troopers in our store !

Real Live Star Wars Storm Troopers!
In The Book Stall!
Saturday, November 12, from 2 to 4 p.m.! 

Yes I know these are a lot of exclamation points, but it’s not often that we get to host “Star Wars in Your Stocking” and give kids the chance to meet and be photographed with the dudes in white plastic armor! Stop by, win prizes, meet Storm Troopers, and stock up on the many, many Star Wars titles we’ll be featuring. 

May the Force be with you.

Our holiday helper for children's gifts

As the holidays are approaching, here's a reminder of how our Children's Book Club works. 

Members of the Children’s Department staff can meet with you in person, by phone, (847-446-8880) or via email, at childrens@thebookstall.com.

We’ll talk over a child's interests, reading habits, and enthusiasms, and after we've talked, every month or every other month, depending on your wishes, we'll send out a gift-wrapped book, a title tailored to that child's individual tastes and reading history, and include a personal note from you. 

It works to keep you in touch with a far-off grandchild, maintain a friendship with a family friend, or give your own children a steady supply of reading material, hand-selected by our professional and knowledgeable staff. We send Children’s Book Club packages out across the entire country and also carefully choose books for children right here in the northern suburbs of Chicago. 

Signing up for The Children’s Book Club is a great gift for a newborn, but also serves as a wonderful means of conveying love, attention, and literature to kids on into their teen years. Stop in our give us a call at 847-446-8880 and see how easy it is to start a gift tradition children will remember forever.

Amazing author events coming up in November

We have such a great line-up of speakers now in October and coming up in November. Don't miss your chance to hear celebritities and national power figures, as well as get signed copies of their books for your holiday gift list.

Our full monthly calendar is here   and our home page at thebookstall.com is always updated with late-breaking news, change of venue, etc. Take a look at all the treats we have lined up for you:

Nov.  7 Tom Brokaw

Nov.  8 Harry Belafonte

Nov. 10 Martha Stewart

Nov. 10 Simon Winchester

Nov. 15 Condoleezza Rice

In-store event with Alton Brown = Great fun!

Alton Brown, author of Good Eats 3, and The Book Stall staff

Fans line up outside The Book Stall

Autograph fun

Women Writers Series continues

Up next on the Women Writer Series:

Acclaimed author Alice Hoffman will join The Book Stall's Women Writers Series for a luncheon,

and an evening event in the store. 

Hoffman will present her newest novel, The Dovekeepers, which tells the story of four women whose lives intersect in the desperate days of the siege of Masada. The book is being described as Hoffman's "masterpiece... a tour de force of imagination and research."

For reservations to the lunch event, please call 847-446-8880.

Thursday, October 13th
Noon at Mirani's
 
and at 7:00 pm in the store - all are welcome.  Can't attend? Click here to order the book for in-store pickup or for delivery.

Don't miss "The Vertical Garden" -- and a French scientist with a green thumb...

PATRICK BLANC

Wednesday, September 7th - 2:00 pm

at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Patrick Blanc, a French scientist and artist with a green thumb, will present his book The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City. Blanc has created dozens of botanical tapestries in public and private spaces around the world, including a boutique in Manhattan, museums in Paris and Kanazawa, Japan; an aquarium in Genoa; and a mall in Bangkok In his new oversize, all-color book, he explains how to create plant walls using more than one thousand plants.
Register for this event on the Chicago Botanic Garden's website, under "Symposia & Highlighted Events."