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The Napping House (Hardcover) By Audrey Wood, Don Wood (Illustrator) $18.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Hardcover) By Eric Carle $21.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	James and the Giant Peach (Paperback) By Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) $8.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
The Very Busy Spider (Board book) By Eric Carle $11.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	I Spy Fly Guy! (Fly Guy #7) (Hardcover) By Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator) $6.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Very Quiet Cricket (Hardcover) By Eric Carle $23.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Fly Guy vs. the Flyswatter! (Fly Guy #10) (Hardcover) By Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator) $6.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	How Many Bugs in a Box?: A Pop-up Counting Book (David Carter's Bugs) (Novelty book) By David A. Carter, David A. Carter (Illustrator) $11.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids (Hardcover) By Shirley Climo, Jane Manning (Illustrator) $17.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Beach Bugs: A Sunny Pop-up Book by David A. Carter (David Carter's Bugs) (Novelty book) By David A. Carter, David A. Carter (Illustrator) $12.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Finger Puppet Book (The World of Eric Carle) (Board book) By Eric Carle $12.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Ant and Bee (Hardcover) By Angela Banner $9.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now

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We cannot guarantee any orders for books placed after December 13th will reach you before Christmas.

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Welcome to the Book House

We are located in historic downtown Maplewood in the St. Louis metro area:

The Book House
7352 Manchester Rd.
Maplewood, MO 63143

Phone: 314-968-4491
Email: info@bookhousestl.com

Monday through Thursday: 11 AM–8 PM
Friday & Saturday: 11 AM–9 PM
Sunday: 1-6 PM

Holiday hours:
Thanksgiving Day (November 23): Closed
December 24: Regular Sunday hours (1-6 PM)
December 25: Closed
December 31: Regular Sunday hours (1-6 PM)
January 1: Closed

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Science Friday Book Club

Listeners to NPR's Science Friday may know that the program also has a monthly book club, with recommendations each month.

If you'd like to join the discussion of the books, you can visit their website here, and all books featured can also be directly ordered from the Book House!

November: The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez

December: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 edited by Carl Zimmer and Jaime Green

January: An Immense World by Ed Yong