Mabel's Fables Bookstore

04/27/2026

Calling all detectives 🕵️ 🐑

If you love a good mystery, you wool love this!

We’re teaming up to give away passes to an advance screening of THE SHEEP DETECTIVES in Toronto.

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES is an upcoming book-to-film adaptation based on one of our current staff favourites: Three Bags Full. The film is a family-friendly “whodunnit” story starring Hugh Jackman, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston & and more!

The screening is Saturday, May 2nd at Cineplex Cinemas Yorkdale at 10 AM. Be one of the first to experience this new breed of mystery!

To enter the contest, LIKE & FOLLOW and leave a COMMENT with a 🐑 emoji by April 29th. Winners will be contacted through social media.

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES is in theatres May 8th. Baaaa-st of luck!

How winners will redeem their Pass:

1) Visit the link provided click on “Get My Passes”
2) Create or login to your account to finalize the redemption process. This account will allow organizers to contact you regarding any screening updates and unforeseen changes. 
3) Download your passes. The link allows for the redemption of one double pass, which is valid for the entry of up to two people.

Full details will be sent directly to the winners.

04/25/2026

📚 Today is the day! 📚

We will be celebrating Indie Bookstore Day all day long with giveaways (while supplies last), and all customers who make
purchases online or in store will be automatically
entered to win a 6-month Mabel’s Fables book
subscription.

Don’t forget to keep your receipt to enter CIBAs contest for book lovers (details on next slide) for your chance to win $1000 to your favourite local bookstore.

See you soon!

04/22/2026

We can’t think of a better way to celebrate Earth Day than with the arrival of The Book of Birds, the highly anticipated new release by Jackie Morris and Robert MacFarlane.

We also have a limited number of signed copies in store now. This extraordinary book is not to be missed!

04/20/2026

Toronto area friends & fellow story hunters! You are invited to PICTURING STORIES, the Annual Albert and Clara Lahmer Memorial Lecture at Lillian Smith Library, Thursday, April 30 6:30pm. I'll be sharing stories from my career and my new book THE STORY HUNTER. The event is free, book sales by Mabel's Fables Bookstore & signing before the talk at 5:00pm. Everyone welcome! ❤️📚🦣Info at tpl.ca/osborne

04/16/2026

🚨MARK YOUR CALENDARS🚨

Saturday April 25th is Indie Bookstore Day! We will be celebrating all day long with giveaways (while supplies last), and all customers who make purchases online or in store will be automatically entered to win a 6-month Mabel’s Fables book subscription. And don’t forget to keep your receipt to enter CIBAs contest for book lovers (details on next slide).

See you soon!

04/06/2026

Mabel is learning all about the moon ahead of Artemis II ‘s lunar orbit later today! Wishing everyone on board a safe and successful mission 🚀🌑🌙

And don’t forget some of our favourite moon themed books (fiction and non-fiction)!

04/02/2026

Mabel’s Fables will be closed Friday April 3rd and Sunday April 5th. We will be open on Saturday and Monday for our usual hours.

Wishing everyone a very happy Easter and Passover!

03/31/2026

We can’t wait!

You're invited! Excited about this triple book launch at Mabel's Fables Bookstore with Lorna Schultz Nicholson and Owlkids Scholastic Canada on April 21st!

03/26/2026

Spring has sprung at Mabel’s Fables 🌸🌷🌺

Come check out our display of Easter, Passover, and Spring themed books, puzzles and adorable plush toys. There is something for everyone!

03/17/2026

Happy St Patrick’s Day! We are celebrating today by reading some of our favourite green books! 🍀

03/10/2026

🔥The new Wings of Fire: The Hybrid Prince is in store now 🔥

And don’t forget the Wings of Fire activity books from Klutz!