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Get ready to come visit us in Grimes! We are ONE MONTH AWAY from opening the doors of our permanent home as Wandering Raccoon Books! From now until opening day, we'll be making lots of cosmetic changes and tweaks to our social pages and website, and we can't wait to greet you!
Rachel Piper
11 months ago
Wandering Raccoon Books is a fun shop with a nice variety of different genres. I found a lot of my favorite books in the store, which means I bought a few more books than expected. We got a nice range of puzzle books, banned books, and manga for the kids, and random books that sounded good to me (for me). I loved the layout of the store and how the books were organized. There was a lot of natural light in the store, which I think makes the books look even better. The staff were very friendly.
Megan Deemer
5 months ago
How can one small book store have every book from every genre that I have in my TBR?! I swear I must be on the same wavelength as the owner or she’s just that amazing! I love how everything is laid out and even spent an hour talking with the owners mum about all our favorite reads! They have a great section of banned/challenged books and some fantastic stickers and bookmarks. I will definitely be back…. A lot!
Kenzie Crawford
6 months ago
Beautiful store, amazing selection, easy to find. The owner was great to talk to and was very patient with my child while he purchased a book by himself. I would definitely recommend.
Tammy Wageman
6 months ago
Ordered an indie bookstore exclusive of a book and they had it ready for pickup quickly. I browsed the store when I went to pick it up and was impressed by the selection. They had everything organized really well and several books from local authors. The staff and owner were all super nice and helpful, even offering suggestions based on what I liked to read. I will definitely be back when I’m back in town.
Rachel Weber
5 months ago
Such a nice, clean little book store. We need more independent bookstores so I was really excited that they came to Grimes! I ended up leaving with a couple of books and a character stuffed animal for my home book shelf.
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