Wild Rumpus Books for Young Readers

Story time tomorrow!!! And with our friend !! Join us at 10:30 as we read ‘James Finds the Beat’, and hear a thoughtful story on how to navigate the anxious bees that sometimes fill your tummy! 🐝

Happy Halloween & a very good night from the rumpians 💜

Thanks for coming in and trick or treating with us. We loved seeing your costumes! 😻

TRICK OR TREAT!!! 🎃

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 31st we will be celebrating one of our favorite holidays: HALLOWEEN! 👻

Come on in anytime from 10AM - 7PM while wearing your costume and get some treats from us! 🍬✨We can’t wait to see your costumes! 💜

As Halloween approaches, we wanted to make sure we let you in on some more of our favorite spooky reads from our Spooky Buyers Guide! 👻

This one is for all of our adult readers or as we like to call them, our tall readers!

‘What Feasts at Night’ by T. Kingfisher is Anastasia’s pick. Here’s what she has to say about it:

“The second installment of Alex Easton’s story follows their return to their childhood home in Gallacia, where Alex discovers it in disrepair and the caretaker months dead from a mysterious lung infection. Suspicious activity ensues involving a dry well, an all-encompassing silence that lingers in the woods, and strange, unsettling dreams that take over in the night. Lines between reality and superstition blur in this creepy new novella by T. Kingfisher.” 🦴

If you’re looking for more scary reads be sure to check out our Spooky Buyers Guide!

https://wildrumpusbooks.com/catalog/spooky-buyers-guide-2024

COZY SEASON IS ALMOST UPON US! And we are excited that one of the last author events of the year at Wild Rumpus is a story time with a beautiful book from ELIZA WHEELER, ‘A Cozy Winter Day’! This is basically our dream winter day in book form, so you’re not going to want to miss this one! ❄️

Join us at 10:30 AM on Saturday, November 23rd as we ring in a season of merriment and simple delights! ☕️ 📚 🔥

Today we had our annual Trick R’ Trolley event at the Minnesota Streetcar Museum, and boy was it a goofy and spoOky time!!

Thank you to our staff and storytellers, Heather 🌭 and Bo 🩲 for keeping the spooky and silly stories rolling along all afternoon!

And thank you to the folks at the streetcar museum for keeping this historic gem open, accessible, and so charming! We love working with you!

See you next year for more trolley rides with Wild Rumpus!

In the meantime, check out the robust calendar of events the MN Streetcar Museum puts out every year! There’s so much going on!

Wild Rumpus had the honor of hosting for his ‘Where to Hide A Star’ tour, twenty years after his beloved title ‘How To Catch A Star’ first appeared! ⭐️

We had a lovely time upstairs in this beautiful event space, the former home of Tom Braun, co-founder of Wild Rumpus. What a treat!

Thank you to everyone who came and sold out this event months in advance, bought books to support our little Indie store, to for giving us this opportunity, and of course to Oliver, for your contribution to picture books and the artistic world of storytelling. We treasure you all!

Starry-eyed, and delightfully haunted by the ghost in our bookstore 👻,

-The Rumpians 🤩

Here’s a fun from 2005 when author Andy Runton came to visit for his beloved graphic novel series, Owly! 🦉💛✨

Temps (will eventually!) begin to really drop, and you know what that means here in Minnesota—IMPENDING WINTER FUN! Woohoo! ❄️ By the time this event rolls around, we’ll definitely be hardcore shifting into soup mode, so get ready!!

If you need some kid-friendly ideas for how to celebrate all the facets of this season, look no further than ‘So Cold!’ from JOHN COY & CHRIS PARK!

They’re coming for a special story time on Saturday, November 16th at 10:30 AM to talk all things winter fun!

Upcoming story time!! Our friend TY CHAPMAN is bringing another lovely and tender picture book to Wild Rumpus, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! ‘James Finds the Beat’ is a thoughtful and helpful story of a boy learning to manage the buzzing swarm of bees and fills him up when he feels anxious —something a lot of us can relate to, no matter the age! Join us on Saturday, November 2nd at 10:30 AM for some stories with Ty!

We’re SO excited that it’s finally spooky season! 👻

Come check out our YA display full of horror to read throughout the entire month! 🖤😱

If you can’t make it in then don’t fret because we have a list of all our favorite Halloween books in our bio.✨

https://wildrumpusbooks.com/catalog/celebrating-halloween

Today’s review comes from bookseller Heather!:

“‘UM, YES HELLO, it’s Spooky Lake Month!’ 👻

Do you, or a young reader you know, love SPOOOKY nonfiction? These were some of my favorite stories growing up, and I still love learning about how life here on Earth can be SO WEIRD. (Like, remember when you first learned about the Bermuda Triangle in 3rd grade and it haunted your whole class for a week??)

Well, we’ve got a perfect new book for some science-y thrills and chills!—-

‘Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet’ is a brand new title by talented artist & limnologist Geo Rutherford. She has hand picked and hand painted a whole book about some of the weirdest and scariest water features on our wacky planet, and it’s hard to look away!

BONUS: If you haven’t checked out her informative spooky lake videos on social media, you are also in for a treat! Spooky Lake Month is my favorite time of the year! Find her at !”

Even though snow stays (hopefully!) a little farther in the future, we are getting ourselves prepped for the upcoming cozy season with this gorgeous new picture book, ‘Snow Steps’! A young girl moves to Minneapolis from warm, sunny Guyana, and works to find her footing in this new, snowy world. A gorgeous debut from local creator, Karen Latchana Kenney!

Join us on Saturday, November 9th at 10:30 AM for a cozy story time (and maybe some special treats!!!) ❄️ 🥾 ❤️

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day 🌿

We acknowledge that we are on Dakota land and honor & celebrate Indigenous stories today and everyday! 🤎✨

Boo! 👻 Come check out this hauntingly cute new display -just in time for spooky season- featuring one of our favorite frightening friends: ghosts! 🤍✨

Whether it’s an adorable Halloween bedtime story, or a spine-tingler sure to give you nightmares, there’s something here for all you phantom fans! And who knows... you may find some more spooky spirits floating around the store, too! 👀

This week’s is the perfect read for this summer turning stick season weather! It’s Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden by Christy Mandin. Read what bookseller Tori had to say about it below. ☠️🪴

“Millie Fleur moves to Garden Glen, a town where the windows are spotless, hedges are perfectly pruned, and all the houses (and gardens) are identical, except hers. To make her new house feels more like home, she decides to plant a garden. Millie Fleur has an affinity for peculiar and prickly plants. The Garden Glen Rosebud Club calls her garden poisonous, however, Millie Fluer does eventually find people that admire her unique plants, teaching the town that just because things are different, doesn’t mean they are scary. This book invites us all to celebrate the wonderfully weird.”

Check out the link in our bio for more Spooky Buyers Guide picks! 🌱

https://wildrumpusbooks.com/catalog/spooky-buyers-guide-2024

Next time you’re in don’t forget to LOOK UP and you just might see our friend, Glenn.✨

Glenn comes out at night to tend to his garden and take care of our animal friends while the store is closed. 🌱🪴🐱💚

There’s something new to see every time you come in. So stop on by today - we’re open until 7PM!

We’re thrilled to welcome back our friend TY CHAPMAN back to Wild Rumpus for another picture book release! ‘James Finds the Beat’ is a tender story of a young boy whose buzzing nerves feel like a swarm of bumblebees, and he’s not sure how to make them go away. That is, until the beats begin. 🥁 🐝

Join us on Saturday, November 2nd at 10:30 AM for some books and beats, right here in Wild Rumpus!

It’s a bird! 🦅 It’s a plane! ✈️ It’s a... book?!? 📚😱

Today is National Hero Day and we’ve got quite the super-powered selection for you! 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️🦸 Whether you’re a DC or Marvel fan, there’s bound to be something in our SUPER section that you will love. Fly in this week (no cape required)! 💥💛🤩

Have you checked out our fun magnets yet? We have quite the selection so come on in and dress up your fridge! We’re open today at 12PM until 5PM. See you soon! 🍂

This week’s comes from our Spooky Buyers Guide. It’s our new favorite YA horror book, Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner! Check out what bookseller Bo has to say about it.✨

“Erin and Max have fought plenty of demons. They survived a breakup (and it’s totally not awkward at all now), came out to their parents, and endured high school in a state where transgender teens like them are killed every year. But when they embark on a road trip together to escape Max’s transphobic family, they get stranded in a town that wants to trap them there and sacrifice them to an ancient beast who eats girls (and, in Max and Erin’s case, this is bad news for more reason than one). When the darkness surrounds them, these kids bite back. A frightening and radical read.” - Bo

Head to the link in our bio for more Spooky Buyers Guide picks 👻🖤

https://wildrumpusbooks.com/catalog/spooky-buyers-guide-2024/spooky-buyers-guide-2024-young-adult-books

TOMORROW!

It’s spooky-ooky novel time! 👻

Join us as we welcome author with her new middle grade novel ‘Exit Nowhere’, in conversation with , creator of ‘The Accursed Vampire’ graphic novels!

Saturday, October 5th, 10:30 AM!

🥁**Drumroll please!** 🥁

We bring you 2024’s Spooky Buyers Guide! 🖤✨

Halloween is one of our favorite times of the year so we created a collection of spooky reads just for you. 👻🎃 From old classics to new picks there’s bound to be a book that’s perfect for you! 📚

Art by: rumpian, Anna 🤩

Click the link in our bio to see the full collection 💫
https://wildrumpusbooks.com/catalog/spooky-buyers-guide-2024

The baby of the Wild Rumpus menagerie is turning 1 year old today! 🥳🎂🎈

Stinky Cheese Man (or as we like to call him, Stinky) has stolen our hearts with his first year here. We love seeing what our little guy will get into next. Stop on in to wish him a happy birthday or leave him some love down below!🦎💚✨

WHOA, EVERYONE!

Trick ‘r Trolley tickets sold out before 9 AM today, before we even announced it here! 🤯

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