Story Writing Workshops for Kids & Teens
Sunday, April 6 at 2:30pm (ages 7-11) FULL
Sunday, April 6 at 3:30pm (ages 12+)
 

Book Fair for Grown-Ups
Thursday, April 24 from 6pm to 8pm
at State Street Market in Los Altos

Why should kids have all the fun? Join us at State Street Market as we recreate the magic of your childhood school book fair–piles of paperbacks, scented erasers, and more–but for grown-ups! With special literary-themed cocktails at Murdoch's bar, plenty of fantastic books, and Linden Tree's skilled booksellers slinging recommendations, this is a can’t-miss event for book lovers!

Independent Bookstore Day
Saturday, April 26 ALL DAY LONG

Save the date for our biggest party of the year! We’ll have author storytimes, our Mystery Wheel loaded with tons of giveaways and discounts (up to 100% off!), limited edition items including tote bags, buttons, Blackwing pencils... and many more surprises to come!

Middle Grade Book Club: The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Sunday, March 30 at 4pm

It’s the next meeting of our middle grade book club for ages 9+! Led by bookseller extraordinaire Lorilee, we hope to introduce interested readers to amazing new books and the opportunity to talk about them in a fun, relaxed group setting.

This month’s book is The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon, a madcap new adventure about three sisters, a ravenous worm, and a mysterious mad scientist. Please email lorilee@lindentreebooks.com to RSVP.

So, you want to be a young mad scientist. Congratulations! Admitting it is the first step. The second step is reading the (definitely true) tale of the Porch sisters…

Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee Porch do not belong. They don’t belong in the snooty town of Antiquarium, where all girls have to go to etiquette school and the only dog allowed is the bichon frise. They don’t belong with their adoptive family, where all their cousins are named Lavinia and their Aunt has more brooches than books. And they certainly don’t belong at Mrs. Wintermacher’s etiquette school—they’re far more interested in science. After getting kicked out of the last etiquette school that would take them, the girls expect to be sent away for good... until they receive a mysterious invitation to new school.

Suddenly the girls are under the tutelage of the infamous Millicent Quibb—a mad scientist with worms in her hair and oysters in her bathtub. At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by Gerbils, and the Dean of Students is a hermit crab.  Dangerous? Yes! More fun than they’ve ever had? Absolutely! But when the sisters are asked to save their town from an evil cabal of nefarious mad scientists, they must learn to embrace what has always made them stand out, and determine what side they’re on—before it’s too late!

Book Launch with Grace Lin
Tuesday, May 13 at 6pm

We are incredibly excited to welcome award-winning and bestselling author Grace Lin to the store to celebrate the launch of her fantastic new novel, The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon, a gorgeously full-color illustrated story about a lion cub and a girl who must open a portal for the spirits, based on Chinese folklore. Grace will be in conversation with award-winning author Gene Luen Yang.

Jin is a Stone Lion—one of the guardians of the Old City Gate who is charged to watch over humans and protect the Sacred Sphere. But to Jin, those boring duties feel like a waste of time.
 
What isn’t a waste of time? Perfecting his zuqiu kick, scoring a Golden Goal, and becoming the most legendary player of all the spirit world.
 
But when Jin’s perfect kick accidentally knocks the Sacred Sphere out through the gate, he has no choice but to run after it, tumbling out of the realm he calls home and into the human world as the gate closes behind him.
 
Stuck outside the gate, Jin must find help from unlikely allies, including a girl who can hear a mysterious voice and a worm who claims he is a dragon. Together, they must find the sphere and return it to the world beyond the gate…or risk losing everything.

Outdoor Storytimes
Sundays at 10:30am

Join us every Sunday morning at 10:30am in front of the store as one of our booksellers (or perhaps a local author) shares some of their favorite read-alouds. (Grab a tasty treat from our neighbors at Manresa Bread while your kids enjoy the stories!) All storytimes feature picture books and are appropriate for all ages.