Big Blue Marble Bookstore

Big Blue Marble News
Friday, April 11 - Sunday, April 13: The Second Annual Mt. Airy Kids' Literary Festival! Readings! Activities! Bedtime stories! Music! Come meet our featured authors: Alix Berenzy, Charlene Crawford, Muriel Feelings, Dar Hosta, Jan Jugran, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Miriam Peskowitz, Eloise Prescott, and Adam Rex. The festival begins Friday night with a literary concert by Two of A Kind. Full schedule here. Click here for pictures from Saturday's events! Begin your Mt. Airy Scavenger Hunt at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore! From Friday, April 4, to Friday, May 2, join the 4th annual Mt. Airy Scavenger Hunt! Start (and eventually finish) at one of the following places: The Trolley Car Diner, Rothe Florists, Big Blue Marble Bookstore, InFusion, or historic Cliveden. Clues will lead you to other businesses. Along the trail, you’ll find freebies and other surprises! Full details at the First Friday Mt. Airy website. Best of Philly 2007! Philadelphia Magazine has honored our kids' section with its Best of Philly award. "Like so much of Mount Airy, Big Blue Marble is well thought-out, community-oriented, and full of unexpected delights." --from the August issue. Click here to see our featured video at www.phillymag.com!

Big Blue Marble News

Friday, April 11 - Sunday, April 13:
The Second Annual Mt. Airy Kids' Literary Festival!
Readings! Activities! Bedtime stories! Music! Come meet our featured authors: Alix Berenzy, Charlene Crawford, Muriel Feelings, Dar Hosta, Jan Jugran, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Miriam Peskowitz, Eloise Prescott, and Adam Rex. The festival begins Friday night with a literary concert by Two of A Kind.
Full schedule here.
Click here for pictures from Saturday's events!

Begin your Mt. Airy Scavenger Hunt at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore!
From Friday, April 4, to Friday, May 2, join the 4th annual Mt. Airy Scavenger Hunt! Start (and eventually finish) at one of the following places: The Trolley Car Diner, Rothe Florists, Big Blue Marble Bookstore, InFusion, or historic Cliveden. Clues will lead you to other businesses. Along the trail, you’ll find freebies and other surprises! Full details at the First Friday Mt. Airy website.

Best of Philly 2007!
Philadelphia Magazine has honored our kids' section with its Best of Philly award. "Like so much of Mount Airy, Big Blue Marble is well thought-out, community-oriented, and full of unexpected delights." --from the August issue. Click here to see our featured video at www.phillymag.com!

Welcome!

Big Blue Marble Bookstore is an independently owned bookstore located in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. We specialize in progressive and multicultural titles of interest to Philadelphians in general and Mt. Airy-ites in particular: children’s books; woman-centered pregnancy and parenting; sustainable living; lesbian/gay, African-American, and Jewish studies; feminist science fiction; literary graphic novels; and smart, fun fiction.

View upcoming happenings on our Events page. Book clubs and other groups utilize our Community Room. Please stop by and see what we're all about.