Independent Toy and bookstores on the South Shore

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Small business are really the backbone of this country and I like to support some of the smaller stores out there over the holiday season if possible.

Here are some of the small toy store and bookstores South of Boston

The Toy Box Hanover  voted Best Toy Store on the South Shore, takes great pride in offering the very best selection of the very best toys and developmental activities available. For the past 34 years, we have been a trusted community resource to thousands of South Shore families.

 Magic Beans Boston  located in Norwell next to Mama’s Move  Magic Beans was founded in 2004 by husband and wife team Eli and Sheri Gurock. The Gurocks conceived the idea while Sheri was pregnant with her second child. They envisioned a retail experience designed for kids and optimized for parents, a place that would balance the fresh and new with the tried and true.

 

Storybook Cove Hanover MA an independently owned Children’s Bookstore that was founded by Janet Bibeau (a former teacher and school librarian in 1990. Our goal has always been to provide quality books and book related toys and gifts to children and to those who love and care for them — parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends. In our “bricks-and-mortar” store, we strive to provide friendly, knowledgeable service by helping customers pick just the right book for the young reader in their lives. LOCATED AT THE  Hanover Mall.

The Blue Bunny: Books Art Toys Gifts Inspiration a unique little shop in historic Dedham, Massachusetts. The Blue Bunny Books and Toys is run by the Reynolds family and offers favorite children’s books, art supplies, toys, puppets, greeting cards, fine art, creativity workshops for all ages, and much more… including signed books, prints and original artwork by Blue Bunny Books and Toys co-owner, children’s book author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds!

 Buttonwood Books & Toys is a full-service independent bookstore for both adults and children located in Cohasset . Our booksellers are enthusiastic and eclectic readers in all genres. They take pleasure in serving as a resource for recreational readers, book groups, teachers and all others who need or enjoy the service a committed community bookstore can provide. Should a book not be available in the wide selection carried in our store, we are happy to order it. Orders go in frequently to individual publishers and to five different warehouse distributors.

Rock Paper Scissors Duxbury Welcome to Rock Paper Scissors Toy Store. We are located in the South Shore, in Duxbury Massachusetts. We are an independent, specialty toy store founded by two moms committed to providing high quality, unique toys that are fun, inspire imagination and promote learning. As moms, we know you want well-made toys that don’t fall apart, leading to a frustrating experience for your child. We search far and wide to bring you unique toys not found at big box stores. We import toys from Europe and also buy from smaller, family owned toy businesses in the United States.

 

WestWinds book store  The shop was established as The Westwinds Book Shop and Lending Library in 1946 on the second floor of the carriage house on the Washington Street estate of Margaret Carter Metcalf. Mrs. Metcalf, who had lived in a home named Westwindsin Concord prior to moving to the former Eagle Tree Inn (and before that the home of stage and screen actress Fanny Davenport), named her Duxbury home “Westwinds By The Sea.” Her bookshop, now converted to a private residence, adopted name of the estate (the main
house is shown below). 

Braintree Book Rack: Buy & Sell Books South of Boston  We sell a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction. We have 25,000 books in our shop, and many more in our warehouse. We are always interested in buying, selling and trading books. Please call 781-356-6335 or email us for more information.