Home (Cooking) for the Holidays
Forget Halloween. The scariest season has begun — “the holidays”. It’s a time when stores are bustling, trees are pointy and the music that plays stick in your head for months to come. A big part of the holiday season is spending time with friends…
Halloween Lantern Craft at Bookmans Grant
Bookmans Grant has tons of fun in store for you the week of Halloween. We are most excited about this cool lantern project we have planned from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 29. It’s a great way to decorate your porch or window…
Easy Recycled Batty Halloween Craft
Halloween is almost here and it is the perfect time to decorate your home with recycled crafts constructed by you or your children. Other than being helpful for our environment, recycled crafts are easy and generally inexpensive because they are made with items you already…
Bookmans Grant Author Event Connects Writing to Brain Benefits
Bookmans Grant hosts a local authors fair from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 13. This event got us wondering about how writing effects the mind. What we found made us want to exercise all the parts of the brain that are involved.
Tattoos of Bookmans Speedway: Part 2, Bethanny
Given that every employee at Bookmans Speedway works in a bookstore, it might seem obvious that we would have literary tattoos. For those of us who have tattoos (not all of us do) it is true that literary tattoos are prominently featured, but never as…
Tattoos of Bookmans Speedway: Part 1, a Survey
Bookmans Speedway employees have a lot to say, sometimes we say it through images — images on our bodies. Tattoos tell a story, share a belief, or evoke a memory, but mostly they are fun and meaningful. The employees of Bookmans proudly display our body…
Recycled Fishy Craft for Summer Fun
Summer vacation is the perfect time to reflect one what is on everybody’s mind here in Arizona — water! Whether you have dreams of a cool dip in a pool or sitting beach side as the waves roll in, water is the focus of desert…
Crafting Gone Crazy Recap
Anyone who has spent a second of their time on Pinterest knows that it is flooded with elegant DIY ideas to fill up your house. It’s not an easy feat to get a kid to pay any mind to home décor. What are decorative pillows…
Behind the Trade Counter: Bookmans Welcomes Back Fritschie
If you come to Bookmans Flagstaff then you probably know Fritschie. He’s the tall guy with the beard singing some cheesy song and having the time of his life. Now our Assistant Manager, Fritschie helps run this store efficiently while making sure the whole Bookmans…
Recycled CD Suncatcher Tutorial
Bookmans reduces, reuses and recycles as much as possible. Every day people dispose of their old CDs, records, books and DVDs because they don’t know what to do with them. Luckily, a scratch on your CD is not the end. Even if we can’t buff…
Behind the Trade Counter with Lindy
By Jody Parker We will celebrate anything, but sometimes something happens that truly deserves celebration. Bookmans Ina Administrative Assistant Lindy recently clocked in her 20th year with Bookmans. We like to say she turned 20 because an anniversary is considered your Bookmans birthday around here….
10 Reasons to Celebrate Dads
We know the value of family and we honor the moms and dads who we see in our stores every day. We celebrated Mother’s Day in May and now that Father’s Day is approaching, it’s time for dads to shine. Why do we love dads?…
Behind the Trade Counter: Bookmans Flagstaff General Manager Kat
Bookmans Flagstaff has a new fearless leader and her name is Kat! Kathleen Dudine has been with our store for 14 years now. She worked her way up the Bookmans ladder to General Manager. It’s exciting for Bookmans and we are all so proud that…
DIY Biodegradable Flower Pot
To celebrate Earth Month, Bookmans Grant offers recycled crafts in our store each week for you to bring home. Last week we made bird feeders. This week, we made a simple biodegradable flower pot. Hundreds of thousands of books are disposed of every day; talk…
Celebrate Earth Day with a Fun Activity
April is here, which means it’s Earth Month and the perfect time to reflect with your kids on our amazing planet. The earth has provided us shelter, food, air and a place to exist for millions of years. What is the best way to celebrate…
Mask Mania Tutorial
Creativity is essential to life. To that end, Bookmans Speedway brings you a Simple Simon project to get your creative juices flowing. Mask making is an ancient form that spans genres and mediums, making it a perfect way to express a mood or invent a…
Pen, Paper, Swords and Sorcery
The fading torchlight reaches only a few feet ahead of you. Voices shout and scream in a foreign tongue from the echoing distance. The chalk you used to mark your exploration of this dread dungeon has worn into a useless nub. Perhaps the feeble wizard…
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