FLINTRIDGE BOOKSTORE

INDEPENDENT, FAMILY-OWNED, AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN

Welcome to La Cañada Flintridge’s one and only bookstore!

Golden Poppy Awards 2025

The California Independent Booksellers Alliance (CALIBA) presents the Golden Poppy Awards each year in recognition of the most distinguished books written and illustrated by creators who have made California their home. Committees for each category are made up of booksellers throughout the state. Here are the winners (please call the store to check on availability. If we don’t have the book in stock, we can special order it for you):

(Left to right below):

FICTION: Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert; NON-FICTION: Poppy State: A Labyrinth of Plants and a Story of Beginnings: MYSTERY: The Ghostwriter; POETRY: For This and Other Cruelties; OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD (SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR): Automatic Noodle; ROMANCE & YOUNG ADULT: Run Away with Me; MARTIN CRUZ SMITH AWARD (EMERGING DIVERSE VOICES): Too Soon; GLENN GOLDMAN (CA LIFESTYLE): Cruising J-Town & The Enduring Wild; GLENN GOLDMAN (COOKING): Korean Vegan Homemade; PICTURE BOOK: Don’t Trust Fish; MIDDLE GRADE: Queen Bees Tybee County; CHILDREN’S NON-FICTION: Forests; MIRRORS & WINDOWS: EXCELLENCE IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Popo the Xolo

available on our shelves - bestsellers and recommended

picture books

junior fiction

young adult

adult Non-Fiction

adult fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

local authors - Children’s books, adult fiction & non-fiction

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location

858 foothill blvd, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011

(parking access from Beulah Drive)

 

regular store hours

Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Sunday 10 A.m. - 6 p.m.

contact

(818) 790-0717

flintridgebooks@earthlink.net