Could This Be Beijing's Most Comprehensive English Bookstore For Kids?

It’s nearly the end of March but the promise of warmer days and spring flowers has been seriously dampened by this grey, cold, and misty weather we’ve been experiencing. These days, all my kid and I want to do is snuggle under a blanket with a few good books and a mug of hot chocolate nearby. Sadly, our home library is not as well-stocked as I would like, so we set out to expand it and found this little gem of a bookstore tucked away in a nondescript office building near Solana!

Located inside Golden Landmark Office Building on the ninth floor across two units (910 and 911), Mac Kids Bookstore may be the most comprehensive English bookstore I’ve come across in Beijing so far. Its inventory spans reading ages 0-18, offering plenty of board books suitable for toddlers to popular early reader series such as Dogman, as well as classics like Nancy Drew all the way to young adult books like JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. But if you can’t find the book you want on their shelves, the management are quite happy to bring it into Beijing for you. Of course, this is subject to customs approval from the government.

Another good thing about the store – they let you browse and read their books before you purchase! I was even allowed to remove the plastic wrapping off any books that caught my fancy if I wanted to peruse its contents. Then, there’s an intimate reading area at the back of the store with a few armchairs and a table where you can snuggle up with your kids for some quiet reading time together.

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Images: Viviene Rush, Mac Kids Bookstore