Mr. Otto's Bookstore

Mr. Otto's Bookstore New & used books for all ages. Weekly storytimes, monthly local author signings, open mic nights, book clubs and more.

🍁 Autumn is finally here! Here’s a peek at some of the fun planned for October. Save the dates and we will see you soon!...
10/01/2026

🍁 Autumn is finally here! Here’s a peek at some of the fun planned for October. Save the dates and we will see you soon!

🎥 Poeticas Film Screening - Saturday, October 3rd at 11am

Join us for an intimate viewing of local and international micro films where filmmakers transform original poetry into 5 minute films. Admission is free and all are welcome! Made possible in part by Mr Otto’s bookstore, Poeticas Institute, and the Stockton Arts Commission. All attendees will receive a special code to submit their own film for the 2027 Poeticas Film Festival. Poeticas Film Fest

📣Free the books! Tuesday, October 6th at 6 - 7:30pm

During Banned Books Week, we’re teaming up with Libro.fm Audiobooks and to host a Banned Books Read-In to protest book censorship. Join us next Tuesday as we read and take action to fight book bans! Attendees will also receive a free audio copy of either Banned Together or How to Defend Books and Why 🎧

🎙️ Open Mic Night at 6pm, Thursday the 8th

Our monthly open mic night is back with our host from Lodi Poets ✨🥔✒️! Featuring Stockton Poet Mintea Ben Sanchez.

All are welcome to join us, whether you want to perform or enjoy the local talent!

🐈‍⬛ Adoption & Storytime

Our monthly adoption event is back Saturday, October 10 from 12 - 4pm. We will have some special guest kitties joining us (stay tuned for their story!) along with pups ready for their furever home.

If you are a foster or interested in becoming one, please join us!

We will have an all ages storytime at 1pm. Come snuggle up with a pup and listen to local author and co-founder of Hard Luck Animal Welfare Advocates Carolyn Wooddall read her book!

🛻 Car show today & we’re open until 5pm. For those with pups we have a water bowl set up outside. We can’t wait to see t...
09/26/2026

🛻 Car show today & we’re open until 5pm. For those with pups we have a water bowl set up outside. We can’t wait to see the adoptable dogs strutting the mile today! 🐶

Stockton Animal Shelter
Hard Luck Animal Welfare Advocates
Stockton Miracle Mile

09/11/2026

Hip-Hop makes reading and books more exciting, the rhythm of the beats helps with creative writing, instrumentals with fundamentals for sons and daughters, we have a lot to offer so support your local authors. 📖🎨❤️



🎥 BonesInTheBooth

🎙️Tomorrow night! Join us for our monthly Open Mic Night at 6pm. 💕 Every second Thursday of the month we get together to...
09/09/2026

🎙️Tomorrow night! Join us for our monthly Open Mic Night at 6pm. 💕 Every second Thursday of the month we get together to highlight local talent and provide an opportunity for our community to jump on the mic.

We are thrilled to welcome CJ Martin back as our host, an all around great guy full of talent! Our feature is musical duo from Stockton, Cool Minutes. coolminutesmusic is comprised of JT Smith and Billy Gonzo, joined together by their love of music. Their group blends rock, blues, and some of that Stockton grit, bringing you a set you won’t forget.

📝Signups open at 6pm, see you tomorrow night!

When your regulars move but they send you post cards from bookstores you recommend in their new city ❤️ Green Apple Book...
09/04/2026

When your regulars move but they send you post cards from bookstores you recommend in their new city ❤️

Green Apple Books

Join us this Saturday for a Zine workshop! Micah Maté returns to lead this open workshop beginning at 10am. ✂️ Supplies ...
09/02/2026

Join us this Saturday for a Zine workshop! Micah Maté returns to lead this open workshop beginning at 10am.

✂️ Supplies are provided and you’re welcome to bring a current project to work on! Peep some of the goodies we made last time. 👀 No experience necessary!

🗓️ Saturday, September 5

🕰️ 10am - 12pm

👽 Teens and adults

📍2310 Pacific Ave, Stockton

See you there!

🎉 Swing by for late night of shopping and fun tomorrow night - we are open till 9! Join us as we celebrate community wit...
08/20/2026

🎉 Swing by for late night of shopping and fun tomorrow night - we are open till 9! Join us as we celebrate community with our annual Tiger’s Prowl the Mile event.

🛍️ Don’t forget, all year long UOP students and faculty get 15% off when you show us your school ID! 👍 Pacific Student Life

🐕 Saturday we open early at 9am for an adoption event with the Stockton Animal Shelter Stockton Animal Shelter and Hard Luck Animal Welfare Advocates. Hard Luck Animal Welfare Advocates

Our guest author Carolyn Wooddall will read her children’s book at 11am. Come enjoy a day out of the shelter with these furbabies. We can strut the mile with them! If you’re interested in fostering come by and talk to us. Carolyn Wooddall

💕 To celebrate Bookstore Romance Day, Libro.fm is running a sale on romance audiobooks from August 12-19, with tons avai...
08/12/2026

💕 To celebrate Bookstore Romance Day, Libro.fm is running a sale on romance audiobooks from August 12-19, with tons available for $5 USD or less! And the best part? Every purchase supports our bookshop. 😍 check out our shop list for a few of our favorites.

You don’t need to be a member to shop the sale, but members do get an additional 30% off.

🖤 Head to our link in bio to shop!

https://libro.fm/mrottos

✨ Join us for a night of expression, community, and celebration this Thursday! Our open mic nights have been growing str...
08/10/2026

✨ Join us for a night of expression, community, and celebration this Thursday! Our open mic nights have been growing strong for one year and we bring it full circle by welcoming back our first host, ℳ𝑖𝑛𝑡𝒆𝓪ട𝓅𝒸⸏

😊 Doors open at 5:30pm

🎤 Open Mic begins at 6pm

🖤 Soft close at 8:30

We are delighted to welcome Dylan Collins as our featured poet. Dylan is a special education teacher at Grant High School and published author of two full length poetry books, “Love Poems We Write Ourselves” and “In Our Hearts Slowly Built a Thunder”. He has toured nationally, ran writing workshops for youth and adults, coached Poetry Out Loud and a youth poetry slam team from Garner High School in North Carolina that won the state finals. Dylan founded the non-profit Word Humboldt poetry community and hosted the weekly spoken word open mic for six years in Arcata, California. He also helped host and produce Rhythm & Rhymes music/poetry event since 2023. He is excited to connect and inspire others to keep going through words.

Our host, Ben Sanchez, is a half-blind, self-taught artist that writes and sketches at the edges of blank space. His poetry was selected as a 2024 winner of the Inaugural ChapLip Library Series through Tuleburg Press. His writing has appeared in The Fire Within: Labor, Art & The Human Spirit and Center of Attention: Poems on Stockton and San Joaquin. Featured work was selected in 2024 and 2025 through Instagram poetry accounts. Ben is inspired by several individuals who continue to support his journey.

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2310 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, CA
95204

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