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Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm

Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

 Masks are optional but preferred at events

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Ultimate Ocean Rumble (Who Would Win?) By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
Ultimate Ocean Rumble (Who Would...
By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator)
$4.99
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Weird But True Sharks By National Geographic Kids Cover Image
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Hello, World! Ocean Life By Jill McDonald Cover Image
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By Jill McDonald
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Ultimate Shark Rumble (Who Would Win?) By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
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National Geographic Readers: Weird Sea Creatures By Laura Marsh Cover Image
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By Laura Marsh
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Glow: The Wild Wonders of Bioluminescence By Jennifer N R. Smith Cover Image
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By Jennifer N R. Smith
$24.95
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Walrus vs. Elephant Seal (Who Would Win?) By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Who Would Win?: Ultimate Small Shark Rumble By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator)
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Great White Shark By Claire Saxby, Cindy Lane (Illustrator) Cover Image
Great White Shark (Hardcover)
By Claire Saxby, Cindy Lane (Illustrator)
$18.99
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Science Comics: Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean By Maris Wicks Cover Image
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By Maris Wicks
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Science Comics: Whales: Diving into the Unknown By Casey Zakroff, Pat Lewis (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Honoring Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month

  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle By Isabel Quintero, Zeke Peña (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Barely Floating By Lilliam Rivera Cover Image
  • Efrén Divided By Ernesto Cisneros Cover Image
  • ¡Vamos! Let's Go Read (World of ¡Vamos!) By III Raúl the Third, III Raúl the Third (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) By Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Invisible: A Graphic Novel By Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Merci Suárez Changes Gears By Meg Medina Cover Image
  • ChupaCarter By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Frizzy By Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Rafa Counts on Papá By Joe Cepeda Cover Image
  • Cajas de cartón: The Circuit (Spanish Edition) (Cajas de carton #1) By Francisco Jiménez Cover Image
  • Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) By Pam Muñoz Ryan Cover Image
  • Spanish Is the Language of My Family By Michael Genhart, John Parra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Witchlings By Claribel A. Ortega Cover Image
  • How to Speak in Spanglish By Mónica Mancillas, Olivia de Castro (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image

Eerie and exciting reads!

  • Hopefully the Scarecrow By Michelle Houts, Sara Palacios (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • Celebrate the Day of the Dead! By Diane de Anda, Gloria Félix (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror By Erica Waters, Chloe Gong, Tori Bovalino, Hannah Whitten, Allison Saft, Olivia Chadha, Courtney Gould, Aden Polydoros, Shakira Toussaint, Alex Brown Cover Image
  • Not a Pumpkin! (A Lift-the-Flap Book) By Susie Lee Jin, Susie Lee Jin (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Herbert's First Halloween: (Halloween Children's Books, Early Elementary Story Books, Picture Books about Bravery) By Cynthia Rylant, Steven Henry (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Dem Bones By Bob Barner Cover Image
  • Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight By Shelly Page (Editor), Alex Brown (Editor), Kalynn Bayron, Alex Brown, Vanessa Montalban, Rebecca Kim Wells, Kosoko Jackson, Trang Thanh Tran, Maya Gittelman, Em X. Liu, Shelly Page, Tara Sim, Ayida Shonibar, Ryan Douglass, Sara Farizan Cover Image
  • The Light Inside By Dan Misdea, Dan Misdea (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boo! Baa, La La La! By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Otherwoods By Justine Pucella Winans, Justine Pucella Winans Cover Image
  • Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hidden Pictures My First Lift-the-Flap Halloween Jokes (Highlights Joke Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • The Wheels on the Costume By Cindy Jin, Lauren Lowen (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Spooky Pookie (Little Pookie) By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Halloween Fun (Holiday Fun Activity Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Hellaween By Moss Lawton Cover Image
  • Boris and Bella By Carolyn Crimi, Gris Grimly (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Happy Halloweenie By Katie Vernon, Katie Vernon (Illustrator) Cover Image

Staff Picks

The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking By Astrid Lindgren, Michael Chesworth (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (Hardcover)

By Astrid Lindgren, Michael Chesworth (Illustrator)
$32.00

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