Red Balloon Bookshop
@RedBalloonBooks
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Locally-owned, independent children's bookstore since 1984! https://t.co/mpFC07jBZT
St. Paul, MN
Joined August 2009
What happens when two booksellers go on a (six day) road trip. (Not including the ~20 books we packed, just the ones we acquired along the way.) Featuring: @MoonPalaceBooks, @RedBalloonBooks, @SecondStarBooks, @TridentBooks, & @boulderbooks.
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Ready for an unforgettable day at #Wordplay2023 THIS SATURDAY? 🎉📚 Our schedule has something for every literary lover. Let's explore the day together, one time slot at a time! ☕️🌞 P.S. Full schedule with deets at https://t.co/nmEoo7Qhni P.P.S. Tix at https://t.co/mMO6cEFXAu
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Oooh and @StrivePub just opened in Downtown MPLS, this is a brand new Black woman-owned bookstore that you should absolutely check out!
Also, go shop at @blkgarnetbooks & @MindsEyeComicMN today (and every day). Two amazing Black-owned businesses here in MN. #Juneteenth2023
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Also, go shop at @blkgarnetbooks & @MindsEyeComicMN today (and every day). Two amazing Black-owned businesses here in MN. #Juneteenth2023
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You can catch several of our fave local authors at @MoonPalaceBooks tonight for their Juneteenth event!
Soul of the Southside Juneteenth Festival is coming up quick! Authors will be reading Monday @MoonPalaceBooks books including @GibneyShannon at 2:15pm. https://t.co/lby4TV5ZCF
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A BANNED BOOKSTORE?!?! This is so neat. Go follow @byleahjohnson on her journey to opening @loudmouthindy ⭐️
This has been one of the worst years in history for book banning, but they can’t ban us or our stories. Which is why I’m so excited to announce that IM OPENING A FREAKING BOOKSTORE!!!! @loudmouthindy will Indy’s only banned bookstore and I’m so excited to bring it to life 😭😭😭
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this book my sound familiar if you’re a certain trugun fan…
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Join us May 17 in welcoming Caldecott medalist and New York Times Best-selling author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick back to campus to celebrate his latest novel, Big Tree! @UST_Engineering @RedBalloonBooks
stthomas.campuslabs.com
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I’m currently in Minnesota for the Twin Cities Teen Lit Con! Stopped by @wildrumpusbooks w/ @jcaffoe and @RedBalloonBooks yesterday to sign stock and say hello! #teenlitcon
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Our annual #IndependentBookstoreDay guide is here! Check out what your favorite local shop has planned for Saturday. #IndieBookstoreDay #IBD2023 #IndiesFirst #BookstoreRoadmap
https://t.co/m1FpXm7L5S
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Almost here (4/25/23)! I'm part of an awesome group (here are a few) of #kidlit authors/illus celebrating new nature #picturebooks w a virtual event and book #giveaways! Details and reg at https://t.co/4FWBL9VAj7
@RedBalloonBooks @KidsBloomsbury @LernerBooks @GreenPb2023
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If you find yourself in the Saint Paul, MN area, you must drop in at @RedBalloonBooks, one of my absolute favorite independent bookstores!!
ROAD TRIP!! 🚗We're celebrating the lead up to #IndieBookstoreDay on 4/29 by visiting our favorite bookshops across the country all week. Today @payaldwrites is at @RedBalloonBooks in Saint Paul, MN -- an un-bear-ably awesome shop! 🐻
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Congratulations to this year's Division II Maud Hart Lovelace Award Winner: White Bird by @rjpalacio R.J. Palacio. Honors go to Fighting Words by @kimbbbradley Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and City of Spies by @JamesPonti James Ponti
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New Midwest Indie Bookstore Roadmaps are available starting Monday! There we are, in between @blkgarnetbooks and @RedBalloonBooks, just like real life. Illustrated by local artist @beardhero, this map is free at any indie bookstore -- grab one on #IndieBookstoreDay this Saturday!
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Happening today at 2:00pm!!
Awards Announcement Party on Facebook, April 22 at 2pm! Be the First to learn this year's winners, discover next year's nominees, and hear from special mystery guests! https://t.co/5rmemHiP4o
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Thanks to a generous donation by Carol Erdahl — one of the former & founding owners of @RedBalloonBooks — @ChildrensLitUMN contains one of Brian Selznick’s original pencil sketch illustrations for the book, “The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins.”
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Always enjoy my @RedBalloonBooks #bookshopinabox Last month's Looking For Jane by @HMarshallAuthor was thought provoking, timely, emotional. So far, @csittenfeld latest looks much lighter. Really appreciate the diversity that I get with my book subscription from Red Balloon. 🧡
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