Novel Ideas is a family owned independent bookstore located in downtown Baileys Harbor, Door County Wisconsin. Find a wide selection of new books for children & adults, magazines, fun games, and great toys.

We offer a variety of customer services including:

• Gift registries for birthdays, baby showers, teachers and more
• Special orders
• Book Club Discounts
• Customer loyalty program
• Author signings and other special events

Come join us for upcoming events:

• Friday, July 4 at 1:00pm - Meet Bill Trombello - His beautiful picture books Trains and The Real Locomotives That Pull Them and How a Real Locomotive Works teaches kids of all ages how real trains work!
• Friday, July 4 - Baileys Harbor 4th of July Festival - Join our celebration which includes our annual parade, arts & crafts fair, food, music, games, fun and fireworks!
• Every Saturday at 10:30am starting July 5th - Kids Storytime - Join us for book readings, poems, fun and a new theme each week!
• Saturday, July 5 at 10:30am - Musical Storytime - Beth Chafey-Hon will read A Fly Went By with violin accompianment!
• Friday, July 18 at 7 - 10pm - Fantastical Family Fun Night! Join the town of Baileys Harbor as we celebrate Harry Potter and all of your other favorite Fantasy Book characters. Check out our events page for more details!
• Saturday, July 26 at 2:00pm - Meet local author Rob Zoschke as he discusses and signs his new book Door County Blues.
• Saturday, September 13 at 2:00pm - Author Lesley Kagen returns to read from her second novel Land of a Thousand Wonders - release date July 29!
• Saturday, October 4 at 7:00pm - Wisconsin author Sara Rath - Sara discusses and signs her books including Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages and Night Sisters (release date 8/22/2008).
• Now until supplies last! - We have a limited supply of signed copies of Julie Andrews' new book Home: A Memoir of My Early Years. Come in to purchase or call us at 920-839-1300 to reserve your copy now!

  Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews.

  - For the first time ever, this Hollywood icon relives her early days in an honest, touching and revealing memoir. Beginning in 1935, when Julie was born to an aspiring vaudevillian mother, the book takes readers through 1962, when Walt Disney himself saw her on Broadway in Camelot, and cast her as the world's most famous nanny. Filled with numerous personal photos and anecdotes of her time on Broadway, this is exactly the kind of memoir Julie Andrew's audiences have been waiting for.

• Ongoing - 'Books for Soldiers' Donation Drive. - Novel Ideas ships new and gently used books to our troops overseas.
• Coming soon - Poetry Readings - Novel Ideas celebrated April's National Poetry Month with our first 'Poetry in the Afternoon'. It was wonderful to hear our local poets reciting their original works. We'd love to host more poetry readings - please contact Michelle at 920-839-1300 if you or your group is interested!

Click here or on our 'Events' Bookmark for more details.

Summer is finally here! Stop in to check out our new selection of books, toys and games for the season. We have great gift ideas for every occasion. And lots of Door County books & gifts - and directions to Cana Island Lighthouse!

We're open year round - Daily at 10am.

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