We work to find ways to support educators, home schoolers and libraries. Teachers on the North Coast (Mendocino & Lake counties) receive a courtesy 15% discount for book used in classrooms and at-home education. Local libraries receive a 20% discount on books. Members of local Reading Groups receive a 10% discount on club selections. We also offer a quantity discount of 10% on purchases of twelve or more identical items, such as cards and stationery.
 

Bookwinkle's is fortunate to have on staff Katy Tahja, a credentialed school librarian familiar with curriculum needs. Katy provides advice for teachers and students alike. She also takes Bookwinkle's to education conferences and symposia throughout northern California, providing relevant books on a wide variety of topics. Katy's presentations on topics such as "Math and Science Lessons Hiding in Picture Books" have become very popular. Bookwinkle's prepares customized book lists to back up Katy's talks.

Staff members Katy Tahja and Carol Goodwin Blick were called upon in 1996 to contribute their reviews and comments on new children's books to the American Bookseller magazine "Pick of the Lists."

The holiday season finds Bookwinkle's Children's Books alive with angels. For five years we have collected the first names (along with age, first language and interests) of children in need from all over the North Coast. The names are supplied by teachers, parents, and community groups such as the Food Bank and homeless shelters. We display each child's particulars on a "book angel" which hangs in a beautiful wooden display we call a "firmament of stars." Bookwinkle's customers are encouraged to pick the angel(s) that appeal to them and purchase a book(s) for those children. Bookwinkle's volunteers spend many hours wrapping the books and decorating the packages. We track, sort and deliver the books to the children's sponsors for gift giving at holiday time.
 

Bookwinkle's Children's Books may not be the biggest children's bookstore but we know we're one of the best. In an area far removed from intellectual and cultural urban resources for children we are a bright, shining beacon drawing children and adults alike into the pages of a good book. We know that a love of reading acquired when young is a treasure that lasts a lifetime.