You can even make a date out of it and dine at one of the three Broders’ restaurants at this intersection or have coffee and a pastry next door at Sparrow Cafe. Wild Rumpus is a small, but unique, child-geared book shop in the Linden Hills district of Minneapolis, only a couple blocks from Lake Harriet. The next time you’re walking around Lake Harriet, I recommend taking a detour by walking or riding a couple blocks south on Penn Avenue to visit this bookstore. When you bring in your books, you can receive trade credit on new and used books. Walking into the store, you’re immediately greeted with the wonderful smell of books. I love that they often have books on display outside. ![]() Paperback Exchange has been selling books in Southwest Minneapolis since 1975. Anyone with information should contact the store at 61, or after hours, email. I also documented other things that may be of interest to streets.mn readers like construction sites! Stop 1: Paperback Exchangeīook purchased: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. I tried to capture what I love most about bookstores in my photo diary of my day. Many have engaging storefronts with fantastic window displays, murals, and notices of community events. I truly value all that independent bookstores offer even outside of their operating hours. I recommend walking along the western shore of Lake Harriet between those two stops). (Note that I took a detour between Paperback Exchange and Wild Rumpus. Link to Google Map of this 20 mile route. Route for my 2017 Independent Bookstore Day walk Thanks to the passport program sponsored by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association, I was able to focus on ten participating bookstores in Minneapolis to form a route I’d be able to complete in a day. St. This year, I finally made this walk a reality. ![]() In his journey beyond the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon, OR-7 made headlines for crossing state borders, lines that mean. Since then, I’ve studied the map several times in hopes that a route would emerge but I’d always get overwhelmed by the number of stores (a great problem to have!). In Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear, debut author Erica Berry traverses vast and varied terrain, just as the famed wolf OR-7 did. ![]() In 2015, I saved the Independent Bookstore Day map by Moon Palace Books for walk route inspiration. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. Independent bookstores are not just stores, they’re community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. The organizers of the annual event have a great description of indie book stores on their website: Baby and Toddler Picture Books Beginning Readers Intermediate Young Adult Adult Quirky & Gifty Wild Happenings. Held on the last Saturday in April, Independent Bookstore Day is a national party celebrating the unique role booksellers play in communities across the country.
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