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📍Located in the historic Depot Building | Stowe, VT
🐻 Second Generation | Family Owned | Independent Bookstore

Bear Pond Books has been a fixture of Stowe's Main Street since the 1970s. Located in the historic Depot Building, our store has a wide selection of popular subjects, children's books, and regional favorites. Stop by to discover our favorite recommendations or explore the greeting cards and puzzles sections!

11/04/2026

Things we believe in… 📚❤️

Books that keep you up past your bedtime. Reading just one more chapter. Buying books faster than you can read them. Gifting stories that stay with someone long after the holidays.

And, most importantly, supporting independent bookstores. ❤️

This holiday season, every book you buy from an indie bookstore makes a difference. You’re supporting local businesses, passionate booksellers, and the communities that make places like ours special.

Shop small, gift big, and give the gift of stories. We can’t wait to see you at Bear Pond Books! 🎁📖

10/29/2026

BOOOOOKS! 👻 🎃📚

We’re open until 7 PM this Friday & Saturday! Stop by to pick up a spooky story for Halloween weekend. Plus, Halloween puzzles are 35% off! 🧩

📚 Don’t forget! Ann Dávila Cardinal will be at the Stowe Free Library TONIGHT (Thursday) at 7 PM for an author talk about her new novel, Hear the Dead.

Happy haunting! 👻🖤

10/20/2026

Halloween is the perfect excuse to step outside your usual reading routine and try a new genre. 👀 Whether you’re a seasoned suspense reader or someone who normally avoids anything too creepy, our Thriller section has something to pull you in.

Twisty mysteries. Unreliable narrators. Dark secrets. Page-turning plots. 📚🕯️

Pick up a thriller, turn the page… and see what happens.

Come browse our Thriller section at Bear Pond Books and find your next spooky-season read. 🖤🍂

10/14/2026

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden (The Bear and the Nightingale, the Winternight trilogy) comes to Stowe Free Library tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, at 7pm to talk about her new novel, The Unicorn Hunters!

It’s fifteenth-century Brittany. Anne, a young duchess, is under pressure to marry the King of France, and she would very much rather not. To buy time, she leads her court into an enchanted forest on a pretend unicorn hunt. The trouble is that a real unicorn shows up. The book takes real history, adds folklore and a good deal of magic, and even offers an origin story for the famous Hunt of the Unicorn tapestries.

Come for the conversation and stay for the Q&A. Unicorn sightings are not guaranteed. Free and open to all. Books available for purchase and signing from Bear Pond Books .

WHEN: October 15, 7pm
WHERE: Stowe Free Library
WHAT: Author Event with Katherine Arden

Sponsored by the Friends of Stowe Free Library, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, supporting library resources, activities, and programs. For information, visit https://www.stowefreelibrary.org, call the Library at 802-253-6145 or email [email protected].

10/13/2026

The leaves are falling, the air is crisp, and there’s no better time to settle in with a good book.

Our shelves are filled with options for you!

Stop by Bear Pond Books and let us help you find your perfect fall read. We are open everyday on Main Street in Stowe 📚🍂

10/08/2026

The shelves are stocked with all things spooky, silly, sweet, and fun including Halloween greeting cards and amazing pop-up cards to kids’ books, sticker activity sets, and so much more. 🕷️📚🧡

Whether you’re looking for a little treat, a spooky story, or something special to send to your favorite Halloween-loving person, we’ve got plenty to discover.

Come get into the Halloween spirit and take a peek at what’s new on our shelves! 🎃✨

10/05/2026

We are open everyday from 8am to 7pm! However, we have EXTENDED HOURS on Friday & Saturday nights the next couple of weeks!

We’ll be open until 9pm on Friday and Saturday evenings through October 24th.

Stop by after dinner, enjoy a stroll on Main Street and pick out a new book, puzzle or Vermont souvenir!

10/01/2026

Fall Speaker Series at Stowe Free Library! 📚🍂

Join us Thursdays at 7 PM in Stowe for the Fall Speaker Series, featuring a fantastic lineup of local authors!

We’ll be there each week with books from the featured authors available for purchase, so you can discover a new favorite, meet the authors, and take home a copy of their work. ✨

Come celebrate local authors, great books, and the wonderful literary community here in Vermont!

09/29/2026

It’s here. THRESHING DAY! 🐉📖

The newest story from Rebecca Yarros and the world of The Empyrean is finally out and we have the first editions in hand!

Thirteen stories. One legendary day. The bonds between dragons and riders that started it all.

If you’ve been waiting for more from the world of Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm… your next read has arrived. 🐉✨

Address

38 Main St/The Depot Building
Stowe, VT
05672

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 7pm
Saturday	8am - 7pm
Sunday	8am - 6pm

Telephone

+18022538236

Website

http://www.stowebooks.com/

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