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July 2023 by Jose Luiz Vargas De Mendonca
Sino-American Books & Arts is a great place to visit in San Francisco! Grandma Jiang was so friendly and taught me a couple of mandarin sentences.
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May 2023 by Jennifer Zheng
The store is stocked to the brim with comics, novels, cookbooks, and various genres, all with reasonable prices! It is also run by the sweetest and most helpful store owner, Jiang Mama. She and the store makes the trek from South Bay to SF Chinatown worth it.
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May 2023 by Jennifer Jiang
Jiang MaMa is the best!! She’s so sweet and has such an incredible memory to be able to find what you need in this treasure cove of a store ! I was specifically looking for San Mao comics, but was able to walk away with a DVD set. I would come here even if I had nothing to buy just to see her - a bright and warm presence to make any visit to Chinatown just that much better. And I traveled from hours away - well worth the trip
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September 2022 by April L
(Translated by Google) Very good owner, a lot of good looking Chinese books. a large selection of Children’s book.(Original)Very good owner, 好多好好看的中文书。a large selection of Children’s book.
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May 2022 by Manny Yip
Tons of great Chinese books (they carry English books as well) in this bookstore and I had a lovely conversation with Jiang Mama! Jiang mama is a 80 years old Taiwanese American and she has been running the business for 30+ years. Just incredible!A must visit if you’re in SF Chinatown and the bookstore can definitely use some support.
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October 2020 by William Anderson
The best US bookstore. You can't find all the books you want but the energy of the place is amazing. The poetry floor is just perfect. You can stay here hours and hours and read the best american poets. Also if you don't read just Come inside and feel the history of the place. Maybe your first reading experience will be right here.
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October 2020 by Michelle K.
This place is a treasure trove! We stopped by to get Harry Potter in Chinese and bought enough reading for a while! The sweet woman in charge insisted I take a picture of a particular page I needed so that I wouldn't need to buy the book! There were books for purchase as well as for rent- lots of novels, graphic novels...etc. Awesome place!
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June 2019 by Mabel Bennett
Incredible kids selection with great prices. Friendly service. And nice eclectic mix of books for adults.
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May 2019 by Jinni Jin
I love Jiang Mama. She's the super friendly snazzy lady owner of the bookstore. She has a huge collection of Chinese books. They're all reasonably priced. I picked up a few up traditional Chinese medical books and was thrilled.
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August 2018 by Jay Kao
Hanging out with the 75-year old Taiwanese American grandma that owns and runs this shop was such a delight this past Saturday.
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August 2018 by Jay K.
Hanging out with the 75-year old Taiwanese American grandma that owns and runs this shop was such a delight this past Saturday. She has some amazing cook books in Chinese and I bought a few for my mother in law. Her prices are extremely reasonable. Grandma is very personable and kind. She also offered to teach me how to make some Taiwanese delicacies and I would've taken her up on the offer if I didn't have to come back to NYC the very next day! Go for the books; stay for the chat with grandma!
