Upcoming Events
Plant Roots & The Bookery partners with local vendors to give you a wide range of high quality events and workshops!
childrenโs read aloud - gilbert & the ghost
Join us along with local author, Heather Stigall on October 12 from 11:00am-11:30am for a Childrenโs Read Aloud of her book, โGilbert & The Ghostโ.
Gilbert often feels invisible, just like the ghost at 632 Savannah Street. Despite his familyโs disbelief, Gilbert leaves gifts for the ghost: a friendship bracelet, a plate of cookies, even a drawing with a note. When each disappears one by one, Gilbert finds that believing and friendship are worth the effort.
For kids who might often feel unseen, Gilbert and the Ghost is a ghostly tale of overcoming obstacles and finding friendship in mysterious places. Gothic, whimsical illustrations make this picture book perfect for spooky season, while its earnest themes make it worth a read all year round.
Space is limited; first come, first served.
Fall Holiday Craft & Vendor Show
Ivory & Fern will be at Broomall Fire Companyโs 3rd annual Fall Holiday Craft & Vendor Show!
Join us on October 18th from 12-4pm and start your holiday shopping!
Please note, this event is being held off-site. 
LAST Flora Pop-Up Bar
Join us for our LAST Flora which includes live music, lite bites, drinks, vendor(s), and more on October 21st from 5:30-8:30pm.
See details of the evening here.
October Book Club Meeting
hot girl murder club
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by ashley winstead
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hot girl murder club - by ashley winstead -
About the Book: Whatโs a girl got to do to get some fame, a few million record sales, and justice for murder? Ten years ago, aspiring singer-actress Scout Sage lost the only thing that mattered: her sister, Georgia. Ever since Georgiaโs mysterious death at a Hollywood party, Scoutโs done her best to honor her memory, clawing her way through the industry and collecting a network of climbers along the way, fellow hot girls in stilettos with cutthroat ambition, a new Hollywood order. But when a slew of targeted murders makes headlines across L.A., all pointing to Scout as the killer, she turns overnight from a mid-tier pop star into the worldโs most famous (alleged) murderer. Now everything sheโs worked to buildโincluding the justice she wants for Georgiaโwill fall apart unless Scout can prove sheโs not guilty. Meanwhile, the young and unusual detective assigned to her case, herself no stranger to tragedy, begins to unearth secrets not even Scout knows, let alone her millions of new fans. Particularly about the ways Georgiaโs death connects to an even older pattern of crimes long hushed over in Hollywoodโan old reign of terror that, if brought to light, could be the fuel that ignites a reckoning the world over.
EMAIL KACIE TO SIGN UP - PLANTROOTSEVENTS@GMAIL.COM
The Adult Book Fair
Remember the excitement of Book Fair week?
The Bookery will be at The Adult Book Fair on November 8th! This is a nostalgic book fair experience designed for grown ups. Inspired by the magic of the Scholastic Book Fair, this thoughtfully curated event is filled with books, local authors, nostalgic cocktails, interactive experiences, bookish merch, and creative small businesses. More than a vendor market, it's an experience designed to make you feel like a kid again.
What You'll Find
โข Books & local bookstores
โข Local authors
โข Thoughtfully curated local vendors
โข Nostalgic cocktails at the Juice Box Bar
โข Interactive experiences
โข Picture Re-Take Spot
โข Raffle baskets
โข Bookish merch & nostalgic treasures
Please note, this event is being held off-site. Children's Read Aloud
Join us along with local author, Ms. Nicky Books on November 9th from 11:00am-11:30am for a Childrenโs Read Aloud of her book, โNoni On The MoonโฆCooking Spaghetti and Meatballsโ.
Join Elana on an enchanting nighttime adventure as she discovers Noni cooking spaghetti and meatballs on the moon! Filled with imagination, friendship, and wonder, this delightful story encourages young readers to become part of the journey. Along the way, children will answer fun questions, share their own thoughts, and use their creativity as the story unfolds. From birthday parties to moonlit dreams, every page invites little ones to interact with the characters and stay engaged from beginning to end. A heartwarming story perfect for reading together again and again.
Space is limited. 
Holidays + Hygge Cocktail Class
Join us on November 12th from 6:30-8:30pm to kick off the festive holiday season during this hands-on cocktail class.
The holidays are upon us, and with them comes the parties, get-togethers and celebrations that make the season bright. In this hands-on class, you'll learn to shake and stir three festive, cozy cocktails that will be a hit at your holiday gatherings! Everyone will receive a recipe card so you can recreate these concoctions at Thanksgiving, cookie swaps, holiday parties and other seasonal gatherings.
Cider Spritz: bright, juicy, fizzy
Ginger Cosmo: zippy, light, fun
Bourbon Espresso Martini: rich, indulgent, bold
Snacks: Ham + cheddar sliders, crudite + chips + dip, sweet treats
TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE SOON.
Cancellations must be made a week in advance for a refund. No refunds will be given if cancellations are less than a weekโs notice.
Book Signing - The Faceless Queen
Stop by November 14th between 1-2:30pm to chat with local author Frankie Diane Mallis and grab your signed copy of her newest release!
Steal the face of the princess. Claim the heart of her prince. Don't fall in love.
Exiled after the death of her mother, the Queen of the Witches, Princess Samara was forced to hide as a dancer for years amongst her enemies in the Kingdom of Eskalon, a place where discovery means death.
But Samara canโt be found by the witches either. She was born cursed, an Azete, a faceless one. A kind of witch whose shapeshifting power depends upon stealing the lifeforce of others through touch.
Samara has feared her power ever since her motherโs death, barely daring to use it except to feed off the men she entertains, and only in order to keep up her disguise. But when a chimera attack on her tavern leaves her exposed, sheโs brought back home to the current witch queen, and tasked with preventing a dangerous prophecy in exchange for forgiveness by the witches.
In Eskalon, the tyrant kingโs son, newly betrothed to a foreign princess, will father a child with the power to destroy the witches foreverโunless Samara stops it. To save herself and her people, she must steal the face of the princess, claim the heart of her prince, and bear the child of prophecy herself.
But the princeโs bed isnโt what she expected, and maintaining her stolen face requires enormous amounts of magic and power. With all eyes on her, and everything at stake, feeding becomes more dangerous by the day. Tensions are rising between warring factions vying for power. The kingdom is growing unstable as the princeโs political enemies close in, monstrous attacks by chimera terrorize the land, and Samara is in the center of it all.
But whatโs even more dangerous to the mission is Samara falling in love with her enemy, a man who doesnโt know her true name, a man who has never seen her true face. Except when he dreams of a woman that looks just like her.
The closer she gets to the prince, the closer he gets to the truth of what she is. But her true face and power, the power she fears, may be the key to saving the man she loves, but only if she risks everything: her people, her life, and her heart.
The Faceless Queen, book 1 is a new romantasy duet is perfect for fans of In the Veins of the Drowning, Shield and Sparrow, and The Bridge Kingdom.
November Book Club Meeting
A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY
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SARAH J. MAAS
A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY ใฐ๏ธ SARAH J. MAAS
About the Book:
What was broken will be remade.
Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he's been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands.
The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.
To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.
But to defeat Koschei's creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.
EMAIL KACIE TO SIGN UP - PLANTROOTSEVENTS@GMAIL.COM
Wreath Making Workshop - NIGHT 1
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Wreath Making Workshop - NIGHT 2
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Havertown Holiday Festival
The Havertown Holiday Festival sponsored by Visit Delco is a family friendly event focused on Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Winter Fun!
We will have costumed characters, live holiday music, face painting and crafts for kids, food trucks and vendors, beer, wine, & hot adult beverages, a holiday marketplace, an ice sculpture demonstration, a lit menorah and a tree lighting with caroling. The stage schedule, list of vendors, and more will be announced soon!
$5 per person
Children 3 and under are free
$20 per household
Wreath Making Workshop - NIGHT 3
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Wreath Making Workshop - NIGHT 4
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Book Signing - Short & Sweet by Dan Langan
Stop by to chat and grab your signed copy of Dan Langanโs newest cookbook โShort and Sweetโ. Perfect for the holiday season!