Moon and Back Turns ONE
You are invited!
Join us to celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary on Saturday, February 14th - pop in any time between 10am-5pm!
We will have free treats, balloons, coloring pages, raffles, and more!
We are so thankful for this sweet little bookstore and our amazing community. We can't wait to celebrate with you!
Put it on the calendar!
Details about upcoming storytimes!
Free & all are welcome.
Saturday, January 17th at 2:30pm: Squirrels on Skis Storytime
Wednesday, January 21st at 10:30am: The Little Engine That Could Storytime
Saturday, January 24th at 2:30pm: Extra Yarn Storytime
Wednesday, January 28th at 10:30am: The Only Way to Make Bread Storytime
Weekly Storytimes
Join us for FREE weekly storytimes every:
Wednesday at 10:30am
AND
Saturday at 2:30pm!
Would you like to be a reader for storytime?
We’ve had so many wonderful local customers volunteer to read for storytime. If you are interested in volunteering, sign up below!
Previous Author Visits
Jerry Pallotta, of the super popular Who Would Win animal battle series, grew up right here in West Medford! Jerry joined us on September 6th to celebrate the launch of his new book: Who Would Win: Porcupine vs Pangolin. (Buy)
On August 20th, local author & teacher Elly Berke shared her book Listen, Wonder, Ask with us just in time for the new school year. (Buy)
Local author Jessie Piltch-Loeb shared her touching book, What's Going on With Papa Bear, with us on July 26th. (Buy)
Local author Josh Funk (of the Lady Pankcake & Sir French Toast series) joined us on June 21st to help kick off summer with his book How to Code a Sandcastle (Buy)
Local author & illustrator Lorena Prioa shared her delightful book, How to Make a Sandwich on May 31st. Lorena also brought a fun pin-the-ingredients-on-the-sandwich game and coloring sheets of each character in the story!
Local author Rachel C. Katz shared her newest book Rise Up! Powerful Protests in American History with us on May 21st and her publisher, Barefoot Books, provided lots of Rise Up bookmarks! (Buy)
On May 10th, local author Betsy Groban read us her debut book Pizza for Pia, and we all got to make our own craft "pizzas"! (Buy)
Local author Ellen Mayer joined us on May 3rd with her granddaugher, a local Medford student. Together, they read us her book Gift & Box and after the story we decorated our our boxes. (Buy)
Medford-native & local author Katherine Picarde joined us on April 19th to read her newest book, Ollie & Stella, and again on October 15th to read us The Little Ouch (just in time to prepare littles for getting their flu shots!). (Buy)
Looking to host a party here?
Have your next party at Moon and Back Bookstore!