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USED BOOKS & OTHER TREASURES

THE BOOK NOOK

Books and Magazines

Buena Vista's Favorite Used Bookstore...

WHAT WE OFFER

Holding Books

BOOKS

NEW & USED

Macrame Knitting

CRAFT KITS

LEARN SOMETHING NEW

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ART SUPPLIES

FOR YOUNG AND OLD

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PUZZLES

NEW & USED

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CHILDREN'S

GAMES & TOYS

Knitting

HANDCRAFTED

SWEATERS, HATS & MORE

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VINTAGE

 BOOKS | DOLLS | ANTIQUES

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LABYRINTH

WALK FOR PEACE

BIRD WALK & PROGRAM

SATURDAY | JUNE 13th | 9-10am

Meet around 8:45 am at The Book Nook for a Guided Bird Walk from 9:00 - 10:00 am led by birding expert and author Joe LaFleur.

Walk for about one mile along Arkansas River. Learn to identify birds by sight and sound and about the trees and plants where birds live. Walk ends back at The Book Nook where we will host a book signing.

The fun continues at the Buena Vista Public Library from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM with an Audiovisual Program.

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SEARCH OUR INVENTORY

OPEN  10am - 4pm
Wednesday - Saturday Rest of Year
Tuesday - Saturday June-August

EXTENDED DAYS & HOURS DURING HOLIDAYS
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We invite you to:
Explore our 1930s cottage, 
now a Buena Vista local heritage site, with books in all 7 rooms!
Walk the only Peace Labyrinth in town.
Visit the barn for more books and antiques!
127 S San Juan Ave, just off West Main, Buena Vista

SEARCH OUR INVENTORY

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

MARIA WEBER

Maria and her husband Jim Bassett moved from Denver to Buena Vista in 1999, after having their log home completed a few miles north of town. Maria’s mom, a lifelong poet and artist, had recently passed away. It became Maria’s first creative challenge to organize her mom’s poetry collection and donate it to her mom’s hometown library in Kingsport, Tennessee. In the five years it took her to do this, Maria wrote a book about the relationship with her mother, which was sometimes rocky, sometimes mystical.

In Maria’s memoir, she answered the question: “Can a “rocky” mother-daughter relationship be healed when one of them is on the Other Side?”  The answer, she discovered, was “yes.”  Adding to that question was a deeper mystery. In Maria’s early life, she received periodic letters from a “Woods Fairy” named Queen Thimble Bee. Who was this Being? Was it her mom? Or was there really a fairy in collusion with her mother?  Someone had to hold the pen that wrote the letters!   Maria’s research, with assistance from women with “extra-sensory abilities” led her to understand that, indeed, this mystical being did exist. ​ In addition to the theme of healing a mother-daughter relationship and a true story about a fairy friend, there is more. Maria has included a “Notes and References” section—an annotated list of resources that she used to assist in writing her book And, finally, Maria has included a Workbook—a section of exercises, tips, and additional resources. If you’d like to do more than read the story, perhaps start a journey of your own—using the prompts in this workbook would be a great way to start.   (Incidentally, Maria has kept all the fairy letters in a 70-year-old talcum-powder box.) Those letters are a treasure that she intends to have cremated with her, when her time comes.

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COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT

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ART NOOK

Decorate BOOK CARRIERS with us! Use fabric paint and your imagination. Get creative!

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GUIDEBOOKS

Celebrate books SUMMER with local guide books!

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BARN ART NOOK

COME BY AND GET CRAFTY

We have a crafting space in the barn! Check it out  by heading left as you walk in the barn door and turning right and then straight ahead.

We have knitting, crochet, and weaving materials like yarn, knitting and crochet needles, and simple weaving boards, as well as, books on those subjects that you can use in house.

 

Grab a cookie... or two and a coffee from the kitchen, settle in and get crafty. Oh, and don't forget to bring a friend or two... or five!

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HOBBIT TALES

A story written by BOOK NOOK owner, Kathy Lentz, that was added to for many months.

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BOOK NOOK  •  127 S. San Juan Ave  •  Buena Vista, CO 81211  •  719-395-6868

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