The Little Book

06/06/2026

It's a beautiful day to be a reader 📚🩷🍄

You can find The Little Book in TWO places today!!

Our home base in Highland Park, as always, from 11AM - 5PM

AND -

We will be slinging books, merch, & other goodies today at the Central Library from 12 - 4PM at the GROWN UP BOOK FAIR!

10% of sales will be donated to our friends at the

See you there!!!

06/03/2026

🌈 June Book Club Picks are here! 🌈

The G**s & Faes Book Club is a fantasy, sci-fi, and horror book club focusing on q***r characters, stories, & voices. Our June selection is "Make Me Better" by Sarah Gailey. 🌈 *Signed copies available!!

The Hopeless Romantics Book Club is a romance book club with an emphasis on diverse characters and stories, as well as romance sub-genres. This month's pick is "Pucking Around" by Emily Rath. 💋

The Bewitched Book Club explores the spiritual, the supernatural, and everything in between. This month's selection is "Camp Damascus" by Chuck Tingle.🖤

The Series Book Club is ON BREAK this month - see you next month with July's selection! 📚

Book Club attendees are welcome to bring food and non-alcoholic drinks along for the meetings, and snacks and beverages will be available for purchase as well.

***No registration is required - and please, even if you don't quite finish (or even start!) the books, PLEASE feel free to come along anyway and meet some like-minded bookish people! 📚

Please take advantage of our 15% off special for book club selection purchases!

(Note: ALL book clubs - even those not affiliated with our store - can get a 10% discount on 10+ books ordered with The Little Book.)

Hope to see you at our June Clubs! More information in the "Staff, Programs, & Info - Book Clubs" and/or "Events" tabs on our website. 🖤

BONUS BOOK CLUB: Our first Hunger Games Book Club will be hosted on Tuesday, June 30th to discuss the first book in the original trilogy, "The Hunger Games"!!

06/02/2026

See you there! 🌈🩷📚

06/01/2026

What's the perfect way to celebrate the beginning of PRIDE Month? 🌈

Get your b***y to your county election office and vote with our q***r community pinned on your heart and mind. 🫡

Today is the last day of early voting, polls close at 4:30PM.

Polk County Election Office
2309 Euclid Avenue

VOTE!

- xoxoxo, Bee 🐝

#2026

05/30/2026

Drizzly days don't stop us!!

We're open here in Highland Park til 5PM. ☔🌤️

Come chat books, cozy up, browse the shelves, and more!

05/29/2026

Welcome to The Hunger Games Book Club! Whether you're re-reading for the millionth time or just trying the series out for the first time, we are excited to dive into this brilliant series that became a world-wide sensation!

We'll be meeting ~every 2 weeks to discuss each installment of the series, and reading them in their publication date order.

In the lead up to the release of "Sunrise on the Reaping" on the big screen, we'll be diving in DEEP to the genius of Suzanne COLLINS' creation - her literary references throughout the novels, the relevance of dehumanization through media and entertainment, and how the underlying message of Panem's story is more important now than ever before.

As always for our book clubs, registration is not required, but RSVPs are always appreciated. Visit our website to learn more, order your books, and RSVP!

May the odds be ever in our favor.

05/23/2026

TODAY (and every 4th Saturday of the month) at 11:30AM you can join us here at The Little Book for Musical Storytime with local performer Craig Petersen!

Sing, dance, read, and have some family-friendly fun!! 📚🎸🎶

Proudly q***r owned, locally owned, & locally loved bookstore. Our mission is to create meaningful connection in the Des Moines Community through the creation of a space welcoming of all ages, focusing on literacy, community wellness, and inclusion.

05/18/2026

All proceeds will benefit Spock’s Sanctuary, a local organization that offers hands-on educational zoo experience, as well as rescues, rehabilitates, and rehomes animals to loving families.

Spock’s recently had a fire that displaced many animals and has led to temporary business closure.

Come get a poorly drawn pet portrait, help us auction off some fine art and photography, and buy a snack to benefit animals & a small business in our community!

Hosted by: Mallory Leonetti of Injoy Creations

Refresments available to purchase by: Chacha's Hiland Bakery

05/17/2026

Beat the Sunday Scaries with our newly restocked sales cart!

Summer releases are starting to come in, which means we needed to make some room on the shelves.

There's awesome deals from every genre on our ugly old library cart - in front of the shop if it's clear, or tucked back by the used books if it's rainy. 🌧️

Up to 50% off, price as marked.

Open 11AM - 5PM 📚🌈🍄