Bookstore

For the 14th consecutive year, the Pioneer Bookshop will donate 10% of its December sales to support the middle and high school libraries in the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District. 

Anyone who has paid a visit to the Pioneer Bookshop has likely benefitted from bookstore assistant Sonya Horn’s vast knowledge and helpful spirit.

For the eleventh year since the event’s conception, Grinnell College’s Pioneer Bookshop will donate 10% of their December sales to support middle and high-school libraries in the Grinnell-Newburg Community School District. 

Author of The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age, Elizabeth Shackelford will visit the Pioneer Bookshop on Thursday, December 1 at 7p.m. for a book signing and presentation.  

The National Association of College Stores (NACS) Foundation, the only philanthropic resource for the campus store industry, recently appointed Cassie Wherry, Grinnell College Pioneer bookshop manager its board of directors. On September 12, Wherry will celebrate 34 years of work at the Bookshop.

Continued support from Grinnell College and the community helps libraries expand their collections and enrich educational experience at Grinnell High School and Grinnell Middle School.

Continued support from Grinnell College and community helps libraries expand their collection.

Annual promotion has provided nearly $20,000 to schools in the past six years.

Order linens online and have them ready for you to pick up when you get to Grinnell.

The Pioneer Bookshop will extend operating hours for the Commencement Weekend.  

Open:
Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 12 noon - 5 p.m. 
Monday closed…