We should just be thankful for being together

"We should just be thankful for being together. I think that's what they mean by 'Thanksgiving', Charlie Brown."  Marcie, 1973

Click on image to order the book "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"

Join Bluestocking Books and local author Marcie Colleen at Sisters Pizza to Celebrate Friendsgiving!   Our friend Marcie Colleen wrote a book on the meaning of Thanksgiving titled “Happy Friendsgiving: A Thanksgiving Celebration of Found Families". Join us for her book release as well as crafts, camaraderie and pizza on November 15, 2025, 11AM -12:30PM at Sisters Pizza, 3603 Fourth Avenue, Hillcrest, 92103. We will be donating $2.00 from each book purchased to our local LGBTQ+ Youth Center through the Thanksgiving Day Weekend, so get your copies of this adorable book from us today to help support our young neighbors. Pizza and beverages will be available to purchase from Sisters Pizza - YUM!! And Hey Friends - if you want to support Marcie and Bluestocking Books, but do not want a copy of the book for yourself or a loved one, we can donate your purchase to Reach Out and Read, a national reading program for children 1-5 years old. Let us know at your time of purchase if you want copies for yourself, for donation, or both!  What are you thankful for? Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on and be grateful for the good things we have in this life. Bluestocking Books is thankful to have served our community for over 25 years and in a location that has made books available since 1967! We want to know what you are grateful and thankful for this season. Leave a comment below! Need some inspo? Browse and buy from our Thankful booklist on Bookshop.org. Shop early for Holiday Cookbooks! Looking for holiday recipes for upcoming celebrations like Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the Gregorian New Year? Visit Bluestocking Books to browse our cookbook, food, and drink sections. The time is now to order new cookbooks and have us search for that out-of-print favorite. Call, email, or speak to a human in the bookstore to get your orders and requests fulfilled. November is National Native American Heritage Month "Storytelling" is the theme for National Native American Heritage Month 2025. The theme places focus on stories often untold and stories that need to be shared. To honor this year's theme, we present below suggested new releases and favorites that we perennially stock at Bluestocking Books. Browse books for young readers at Indigenous Reads Rising. Click on the book cover images below for more information and to purchase.

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Two Book Drives  Make Twice the Difference in Readers’ Lives!

"We are born and we die, that's how it is, but in between we give this purposeless existence a meaning by our drives."  Francis Bacon, artist (Oct 28 1909 - April 28 1992) At Bluestocking Books we give existence meaning through Book Drives! We are driven to collect books for two specific charitable groups: Reach Out and Read and the SDSU Prison Book Project. We used to kick off a charitable seasonal drive supporting Reach Out and Read. Now we accept donations ALL YEAR LONG from people who want to purchase baby books that are donated directly to UC San Diego Health NICU Follow-Up and Early Development Clinic and are distributed by doctors to families. We had a visiting doctor share with us how he worked in a clinic that supported this program, and that after parents got a little coaching and a book from staff he sees babies come back talking noticeably more on the very next visit. Cuddling and reading is magic! Enter BABYBOOKDRIVE into the search field at our website to view our stocked selections available to purchase for donation. You may also special order your favorite baby books for donation in person and over the phone - +1 (619) 296-1424. For more ideas, explore the Reach Out and Read booklists. Because these books are distributed by doctors during office visits, they need to be new copies appropriate for 1-5 year old children. And now we are hosting another book drive! We are collecting paperbacks requested for the SDSU Prison Book Project. They are providing prisons in California with libraries as well as fulfilling specific requests from incarcerated people. These donations can be used or new, about most topics. You can enter SDSUPBP in our website search field to see what we have in stock that can be purchased for donation. If you have a favorite book you would like to share, let us know and we can see if there are reprint paperbacks available for purchase to donate to the program.

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The Winter Holiday Season Is Here - Books Make Great Gifts!  For hosts, for the young, for loved ones, and for yourself - a book is a great way to communicate friendship and ideas, as well as to give a person permission for relaxing and reading. Phone in or email your gift list titles asap so we can have them here for your special holiday times this year and into 2026. We love the challenge of finding special titles you may want to read and share. Gift wrapping and shipping are available for a fee.