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San Marino Toy & Book Shoppe
- Hours:
Mon-Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
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3 reviews for San Marino Toy & Book Shoppe
As we get older, we have nieces, nephews, cousins, etc that we have to buy gifts for birthdays, Christmas, baby showers, etc. It's been a long while since I've had to buy such gifts or since I've stepped into a toy store.
Recently I remembered that I used to go to San Marino Toy and Book Shoppe for a friend's birthday present or a toy for myself. I had a six year old cousin and a 2 year old nephwe to shop for, and San Marino Toy and Book Shoppe was THE one stop shop for getting a gift for children. It was also a fabulous blast to the past. There were toys galore educational and just plain fun. They even still had the sticker reel, where I used to spend a lot of time picking new stickers for my sticker collection. It was fun and the perfect place to get a gift for someone from 1 month to early teens. Swing by and remember what it was like to be a kid again and find an awesome gift.
Also if you have no idea what you are looking for, the sales associates are friendly and helpful. They know where everything is in the store.
Lastly, they also continue with their tradition of wrapping gifts and attaching a card with a lucky wishing penny on it. I love and cherish such traditions. They are so refreshing and familiar.
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I have been a patron since probablky 1982...they have great educational toys and an amazing book selection....and they tie an adorable gift tag to every gift that has a penny on it & kids think it is really cool....so did I tell you they gift wrap?????
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Large children's book store in San Marino on the south side of Huntington Dr on the east corner with Ridgeway Rd. Parking is in a decent size lot east of the building (the building kind of looks like it could have been a bank at some point).
This is a really large children's book and toy store, this place probably has the more children's books of any independent children's book seller I know of. The older staff really knows there stuff if you have questions about finding a book and most of the books are grouped by subject, including story subject, like all the different versions of the 3 little pigs will probably all be in the same place instead of having to find them by author. They also have the popular young adult books. The amount of toys (most of which are educational) is pretty extensive as well. When I was last there I noticed they were selling gift certificates now which I though would probably be great to give as a present for a child that you don't know what to get. The only thing is most of the stuff here is pretty expensive but its kind of to be expected from the San Marino are.
