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		823 4th Avenue, In Downtown Grinnell, Iowa 641-236-1696 bookshop@grinnell.edu Regular Hours: Monday-Friday 10 am - 6 pm Thursday 10 am - 8 pm Saturday 10 am - 4 pm

Pioneer Bookshop

Meet the staff and see what they are reading.

The Pioneer Bookshop located downtown Grinnell in "Merchants Row" specializes in books and gifts with Iowa, Midwest and Prairie themes in addition to bestsellers, fiction and children's books. We also offer music by Iowa artists and framed prints of Grinnell College and Grinnell area scenes. You'll also find educational games, puzzles, toys and science kits as well as Grinnell College and Grinnell High School apparel.

Free Gift Wrapping

Come visit our store - if you don't see what you are looking for - ask us about special orders.

Special order books
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Book Reading and Discussion
Dean Bakopoulos

Please don't come back from the Moon

Please join Dean on Thursday, February 2nd at 7:00pm.

Dean is a member of the English/Humanities Department at Grinnell College.

This event is free and open to the public.

Pioneer Bookshop Bookclub:

Interested in seeing what the
bookclub is reading?

The link provided will direct you to their blog and the monthly book selection.

http://www.pioneerbookshopbookclub.
blogspot.com/

Meetings are scheduled for the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

New Section

2011 Pulitzer Prize Book Winner

Would you like the opportunity to look through the Pioneer Bookshop 2011 Catalog? If so,click on the catalog below or stop in at one of the following locations for your copy; Drake Library, Chamber Office or the Pioneer Bookshop.

If you find something that you would like you may call the store at 641-236-1696 to place your order. The store has many of the titles in stock so stop in and get a first hand look at them. There are great titles for everyone in the family. If the book you are looking for is not in the store ask them to order it for you.

Directions to the Pioneer Bookshop:

Take exit 182 off of Interstate 80 and go North on Hwy. 146 for 3 miles. You will pass through two stop lights and at the third stop light you will be at 4th Avenue. Go right (East) on 4th Avenue to the end of the second block. The Pioneer Bookshop is located on the North side of the street, in Merchants Row (the old pharmacy building).

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