The Bear and Bee is a dreamy, quaint, and unique bookshoppe with a thoughtful, carefully curated, and extensive selection of new and used books. It is especially strong in activism, Black history, politics, literature, feminism, spirituality, and well being. The owner is engaging, knowledgeable, very warm, inviting, helpful, and clearly determined to cultivate a community space. Prices are very reasonable and amazing on used books. The staff is friendly and helpful, and special orders arrive quickly. It is a remarkable and enticing local bookstore with something for everyone.
an impressively thoughtful collection, meticulously varied with an engaging owner clearly determined to cultivate space for the community- something for everyone in this dreamy little business and the prices are very reasonable. do yourself a favor and stop in!
November 2024
Nice new and used book store. Worker was helpful and interested in what I had to say about an author. Unique, quaint setup.
November 2024
I enjoyed my visit to this quaint bookstore. They have a perfectly curated selection of books, new and preowned. The owner was helpful and kind to speak with. I throughly enjoyed the book selection and picked up a new book I’m excited to start reading.