Island Books is everything you want in an independent bookstore and nothing you don’t. In addition to the selection offered (and free shipping if it’s not in stock), Island Books is one of the few bookstores that features local storytelling programs (oral tales, not read from books) for children ages 3 and up, on Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. and Thursday evenings at 7 pm. Programs are free (call or check website for schedule details), the storytellers are imaginative, and the staff is knowledgeable and helpful. The bookstore is located in a strip-mall, but because it’s on Mercer Island, it’s a nice-strip mall.
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