“Around the Bookstores Tour” Barnes & Noble Waterbury CT

“I love books with layers of diversity and this book certainly captures a wide range of people, place and cultures, making space for more conversation as the reader ages, fostering a worldly view and hopefully, inspiring a desire to travel.”  Odds & Hens “This clever read-aloud shows the world and its cultures through a snapshot…

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“Around the Bookstores Tour” Barnes & Noble Enfield CT

“I love books with layers of diversity and this book certainly captures a wide range of people, place and cultures, making space for more conversation as the reader ages, fostering a worldly view and hopefully, inspiring a desire to travel.”  Odds & Hens “This clever read-aloud shows the world and its cultures through a snapshot…

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“Around the Bookstores Tour” Odyssey Books South Hadley MA

Our Odyssey The Odyssey Bookshop was established in 1963 by Romeo Grenier, a French-Canadian immigrant who arrived in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1923 at the age of thirteen. Despite a limited high school education, he became a passionate reader, buying a book a week. In 1935 he became a pharmacist, and in 1957 he bought Glesmann’s…

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“Around the Bookstores Tour” Bear Pond Books Stowe

The second largest independent book store in the state, we are a second-generation family-owned business located in the historic Depot Building in Stowe, Vermont. Staffed by knowledgeable associates we offer a wide-ranging selection of fiction, non-fiction, children’s literature, New England authors, and an extensive selection of gift wrapping and cards.    Roger S. WilliamsWhen we were still in…

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“Around the Bookstores Tour” Bridgeside Books Waterbury

Welcome to Bridgeside Books! Bridgeside Books is the quintessential local bookstore in the heart of Waterbury, Vermont. Our store is that place for you to begin your next adventure, a place of learning and a place to let your imagination wander. We select our books carefully, cultivating our collection of titles thoughtfully to appeal to…

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“Around the Bookstores Tour” Bear Pond Books

About Bear Pond Books On August 3, 1973, a bookstore first opened its doors in downtown Montpelier.  In the four decades since, Bear Pond Books has weathered two major floods, countless winter storms and a move to our stately historic brick building at 77 Main St. We would not still be here without the support…

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“Around the Bookstores Tour” Norwich Bookstore

What better subject for a story than a bookstore? The Norwich Bookstore is full of stories: for adults and for children; some true, many fictional; tales of joy and sorrow, intrigue and inspiration. The bookstore has its our own tale of connections and personalities, of visions and hard work.  Liza Bernard (left) and Penny McConnel…

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“Around the Bookstores Tour” Yankee Bookshop Woodstock VT

 Vermont’s oldest continuously operated independent bookshop first opened in November 1935 and has been serving Woodstock and the surrounding towns ever since. We hope that visitors to the shop will be pleasantly surprised by our lovingly curated collection of books, as well as our unique assortment of greeting cards, stationery, bookish gifts, and more. Over…

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