Live reading sessions with Paws & Think dogs.

Do you like dogs? Would you like to practice reading to a specially trained Paws & Think dog who loves listening to stories? You may register for a 10-15 minute session of reading, and reluctant readers are most welcome to sign up.

Click here to sign you kiddo up!

Save the date for Independent Bookstore Day, where we'll keep the excitement going with events, special guests, games, prizes, storytimes, raffles, and an epic afterparty to celebrate our one year on the brick street. 🎈 Stay tuned for more info - you won't want to miss it!

Mr. Daniel’s goal is to provide rich experiences of joy, musical expression, creativity, gratitude, and learning that fully engage the minds, bodies, and hearts of young children and the people who love them.

He has been playing music for preschool-age kids since 2010. When he moved back to Indianapolis in late 2013 he began a wide range of public and private performances, classes, and jam-session sing-a-longs!

In 2020 Mr. Daniel started making video content for very young children. His goal is to create innovative, thoughtful, and helpful screen-time content that parents and caregivers can feel great about.

Whether on screen or in person, Mr. Daniel shares his love of music with children using singing, dancing, games, movements, and instruments. He plays traditional children's classics as well as popular music while exposing little ones to concepts like beat, rhythm, pitch, melody, and tempo. Mr. Daniel helps children explore their feelings, nature, numbers, friendship, humor, and all the other good stuff little ones should learn. And all while rocking out to some catchy tunes!

source: https://www.mrdanielsings.com/about

Come out and meet the author of Better Luck Next Time, a fresh new contemporary romance.

Taylor J. Bridgeforth multitasks as an author, reader, podcast host, and group fitness instructor. Outside of those immediate interests, she likes to sing karaoke, play Mario Kart, travel, nap and eat. Taylor lives in Indianapolis, IN with her family. Better Luck Next Time is her first novel.

https://taylorjbridgeforth.com/

Mr. Daniel’s goal is to provide rich experiences of joy, musical expression, creativity, gratitude, and learning that fully engage the minds, bodies, and hearts of young children and the people who love them.

He has been playing music for preschool-age kids since 2010. When he moved back to Indianapolis in late 2013 he began a wide range of public and private performances, classes, and jam-session sing-a-longs!

In 2020 Mr. Daniel started making video content for very young children. His goal is to create innovative, thoughtful, and helpful screen-time content that parents and caregivers can feel great about.

Whether on screen or in person, Mr. Daniel shares his love of music with children using singing, dancing, games, movements, and instruments. He plays traditional children's classics as well as popular music while exposing little ones to concepts like beat, rhythm, pitch, melody, and tempo. Mr. Daniel helps children explore their feelings, nature, numbers, friendship, humor, and all the other good stuff little ones should learn. And all while rocking out to some catchy tunes!

source: https://www.mrdanielsings.com/about

Mr. Daniel’s goal is to provide rich experiences of joy, musical expression, creativity, gratitude, and learning that fully engage the minds, bodies, and hearts of young children and the people who love them.

He has been playing music for preschool-age kids since 2010. When he moved back to Indianapolis in late 2013 he began a wide range of public and private performances, classes, and jam-session sing-a-longs!

In 2020 Mr. Daniel started making video content for very young children. His goal is to create innovative, thoughtful, and helpful screen-time content that parents and caregivers can feel great about.

Whether on screen or in person, Mr. Daniel shares his love of music with children using singing, dancing, games, movements, and instruments. He plays traditional children's classics as well as popular music while exposing little ones to concepts like beat, rhythm, pitch, melody, and tempo. Mr. Daniel helps children explore their feelings, nature, numbers, friendship, humor, and all the other good stuff little ones should learn. And all while rocking out to some catchy tunes!

source: https://www.mrdanielsings.com/about

The Author

Like many before her, author T. Newyear stumbled into New Harmony, Indiana more than a decade ago and couldn’t believe her eyes. The small, secluded Indiana town had a sizable collection of 17th-century Italian paintings hanging in its town library. It had a labyrinth of trimmed bushes at the edge of town. It had quite a pedigree, including getting namechecked by Lord Byron and Mary Shelley. 

But these surprises proved just the beginning of the unexpected history of one of America’s first intentional communities. “There were so many extraordinary people who were so influential in shaping early American culture and science and who lived or worked in New Harmony,” Newyear reflects. “And I had never heard of many of them.”

Yet something united all the past residents: They believed wholeheartedly they could contribute to creating a vastly better society and world. “That spirit of intensely felt optimism and engagement, that insistence on active social transformation through knowledge and art, hit me hard. It felt so alien to me, as a contemporary American,” Newyear says. “I wanted to explore that spirit, to try to grasp it, where it came from and how they sustained it. So I started to read, and then much later, to write.”

These explorations over a decade resulted in Starfall (starfallbook.info), a sweeping tale set in both the 1820s heyday of New Harmony’s utopian experiment and in the not-too-distant future post-climate change. In both narrative threads, a woman lands in the town and attempts to unravel a mystery: there are strange pools that form in the woods when the stars fall.

For T. Newyear, the past and the future are two pages in the same book. Combining extensive research and emotional clarity, she writes historical fantasies and scientific romances (as H.G. Wells put it) that explore our complex human and technological relationships, our connections to what’s greater than us, and our understanding of the past. By playing with historical movements and events, tech and its impact, and good ol’ human foibles, she crafts long-form stories that envelope readers in another world or era–and helps them feel through our current dilemmas.

A native of the Midwestern US, Newyear grew up in small towns and fading cities, inspired by nature and culture, tradition, and radicalism in equal measure. She lived extensively in Russia, traveled alone across Siberia and Mongolia, and learned how the other side of the world related to her home turf. With a doctorate in history and area studies, she has a profound interest in exploring the details and lived experiences of the past, and imagining how those lost moments speak to our collective future. 

The Book

Starfall weaves together the pleasures and romance of historical fiction, unfolding in the same era as Bridgerton but among a very different milieu, while reveling in double-edged future tech dreams that pay tribute to the sci-fi of Ursula LeGuin and Vernor Vinge. These often disparate genres use different conventions to achieve the same goal: questioning where we are now, how we relate to each other, and what our lives mean.

For more info and to sign up for her newsletter, go to newyearmedia.com

Mr. Daniel’s goal is to provide rich experiences of joy, musical expression, creativity, gratitude, and learning that fully engage the minds, bodies, and hearts of young children and the people who love them.

He has been playing music for preschool-age kids since 2010. When he moved back to Indianapolis in late 2013 he began a wide range of public and private performances, classes, and jam-session sing-a-longs!

In 2020 Mr. Daniel started making video content for very young children. His goal is to create innovative, thoughtful, and helpful screen-time content that parents and caregivers can feel great about.

Whether on screen or in person, Mr. Daniel shares his love of music with children using singing, dancing, games, movements, and instruments. He plays traditional children's classics as well as popular music while exposing little ones to concepts like beat, rhythm, pitch, melody, and tempo. Mr. Daniel helps children explore their feelings, nature, numbers, friendship, humor, and all the other good stuff little ones should learn. And all while rocking out to some catchy tunes!

source: https://www.mrdanielsings.com/about

The Author

Introducing his adventurous memoir, Dear Park Ranger: Essays on Manhood, Restlessness, and the Geography of Hope, Jeff Muse often says, “I’m a fatherless, childless Hoosier who wouldn’t and couldn’t stay put.” Professionally speaking, he’s an accomplished learner and educator of natural and cultural history. With master’s degrees in science and creative writing, he’s worked throughout the United States as an environmental educator, historical interpreter, and park ranger - often while publishing. Muse connects people to places and people to each other - all ages, all walks of life.

Learn more about Jeff at https://jeffdarrenmuse.com/bio

The Book

Dear Park Ranger: Essays on Manhood, Restlessness, and the Geography of Hope

Part Generation X travelogue, part love letter, part reflection on White male identity, Dear Park Ranger searches for purpose, companionship, a lost father, and home. Muse must break trail to find his way. From the farms and football fields of central Indiana, to snowy West Coast wildlands, from desert canyons, to meandering rivers, to a city built by slavery, he interrogates his younger years shaped by insecurity and wanderlust, as well as later choices such as marrying “Ranger Paula” and pursuing a tree hugger’s career. At turns humorous and self-deprecating, redemptive and resolute, this is one man’s stirring gut check through inner and outer terrain.

Learn more at https://jeffdarrenmuse.com/dear-park-ranger

Live reading sessions with Paws & Think dogs.

Do you like dogs? Would you like to practice reading to a specially trained Paws & Think dog who loves listening to stories? You may register for a 10-15 minute session of reading, and reluctant readers are most welcome to sign up.

Click here to sign you kiddo up!

Mr. Daniel’s goal is to provide rich experiences of joy, musical expression, creativity, gratitude, and learning that fully engage the minds, bodies, and hearts of young children and the people who love them.

He has been playing music for preschool-age kids since 2010. When he moved back to Indianapolis in late 2013 he began a wide range of public and private performances, classes, and jam-session sing-a-longs!

In 2020 Mr. Daniel started making video content for very young children. His goal is to create innovative, thoughtful, and helpful screen-time content that parents and caregivers can feel great about.

Whether on screen or in person, Mr. Daniel shares his love of music with children using singing, dancing, games, movements, and instruments. He plays traditional children's classics as well as popular music while exposing little ones to concepts like beat, rhythm, pitch, melody, and tempo. Mr. Daniel helps children explore their feelings, nature, numbers, friendship, humor, and all the other good stuff little ones should learn. And all while rocking out to some catchy tunes!

source: https://www.mrdanielsings.com/about

Mr. Daniel’s goal is to provide rich experiences of joy, musical expression, creativity, gratitude, and learning that fully engage the minds, bodies, and hearts of young children and the people who love them.

He has been playing music for preschool-age kids since 2010. When he moved back to Indianapolis in late 2013 he began a wide range of public and private performances, classes, and jam-session sing-a-longs!

In 2020 Mr. Daniel started making video content for very young children. His goal is to create innovative, thoughtful, and helpful screen-time content that parents and caregivers can feel great about.

Whether on screen or in person, Mr. Daniel shares his love of music with children using singing, dancing, games, movements, and instruments. He plays traditional children's classics as well as popular music while exposing little ones to concepts like beat, rhythm, pitch, melody, and tempo. Mr. Daniel helps children explore their feelings, nature, numbers, friendship, humor, and all the other good stuff little ones should learn. And all while rocking out to some catchy tunes!

source: https://www.mrdanielsings.com/about

Join us for a heartwarming musical experience designed for neurodiverse toddlers, youth of any age, and their accompanying caring adults!

Led by Laura Ohms, LCSW & Music Teacher: Laura brings a unique blend of expertise as a licensed clinical social worker and a passionate music teacher. Her inclusive and engaging approach creates a welcoming space for all children and their families.

Mr. Daniel’s goal is to provide rich experiences of joy, musical expression, creativity, gratitude, and learning that fully engage the minds, bodies, and hearts of young children and the people who love them.

He has been playing music for preschool-age kids since 2010. When he moved back to Indianapolis in late 2013 he began a wide range of public and private performances, classes, and jam-session sing-a-longs!

In 2020 Mr. Daniel started making video content for very young children. His goal is to create innovative, thoughtful, and helpful screen-time content that parents and caregivers can feel great about.

Whether on screen or in person, Mr. Daniel shares his love of music with children using singing, dancing, games, movements, and instruments. He plays traditional children's classics as well as popular music while exposing little ones to concepts like beat, rhythm, pitch, melody, and tempo. Mr. Daniel helps children explore their feelings, nature, numbers, friendship, humor, and all the other good stuff little ones should learn. And all while rocking out to some catchy tunes!

source: https://www.mrdanielsings.com/about

Nutty for Novels

Curious Squirrel's Fiction Book Club

Meets monthly to discuss a range of fiction titles. All are welcome.

All CSB book clubs are no-pressure clubs, open to everyone. You can skip months when you are busy or don’t like the selection. New participants are welcome at any time!

We will do our best to have the selections available at the store at least a month in advance. The current month’s club-selected titles are 20% off. Check out all our club descriptions, upcoming book selections, and meeting information at CuriousSquirrelBooks.com/bookclubs

Live reading program best suited for kids ages 5–12 with Paws & Think dogs.

Do you like dogs? Would you like to practice reading to a specially trained Paws & Think dog who loves listening to stories? You may register for a 10-15 minute session of reading, and reluctant readers are most welcome to sign up.

Click here to sign you kiddo up!

Mr. Daniel’s goal is to provide rich experiences of joy, musical expression, creativity, gratitude, and learning that fully engage the minds, bodies, and hearts of young children and the people who love them.

He has been playing music for preschool-age kids since 2010. When he moved back to Indianapolis in late 2013 he began a wide range of public and private performances, classes, and jam-session sing-a-longs!

In 2020 Mr. Daniel started making video content for very young children. His goal is to create innovative, thoughtful, and helpful screen-time content that parents and caregivers can feel great about.

Whether on screen or in person, Mr. Daniel shares his love of music with children using singing, dancing, games, movements, and instruments. He plays traditional children's classics as well as popular music while exposing little ones to concepts like beat, rhythm, pitch, melody, and tempo. Mr. Daniel helps children explore their feelings, nature, numbers, friendship, humor, and all the other good stuff little ones should learn. And all while rocking out to some catchy tunes!

source: https://www.mrdanielsings.com/about

Stop by the Curious Squirrel on Thursday, December 21, between 5-9 pm for Go Nuts Night,  as you make your way through the town’s holiday crawl. It will be a wild night of laughter, libations, and unforgettable moments!

🍸 Sip on our Signature “Go Nuts” Cocktail

💸 Enjoy exclusive Deals & Discounts 

😂 Adult humor takes center stage, so brace yourself for a night of hilarity and unfiltered fun! 🙊

🎨 Dive into quirky games, coloring pages, and stickers that you wouldn't dare bring to the office! 🎲✏️

📸 Let loose at our hilarious selfie station! Capture the fun with your friends and create memories that will leave you in stitches!

This is not your average night out at the bookshop - it's Go Nuts Night, where laughter knows no bounds!

Join us for a Santa Storytime Spectacular event filled with festive cheer and magical memories. Immerse yourself in the joy of the season as Santa Claus gets cozy in the bookshop ready to meet and greet his favorite kiddos, pose for unforgettable pictures, and share heartwarming stories with kids of all ages.

Storytime with Santa will take place at approx. 6:15 & 7:15 pm

🌟 Join us for a fantastic Friends Night Out at the Curious Squirrel! Open to all the Femmes, Hims, and Thems - because everyone deserves a fabulous night out! 🎉

Stop by between 5-9 pm on Thursday, December 14th to sip refreshments as you peruse our shelves.

📖Enjoy exclusive special deals and discounts that will make your bookish heart leap with joy! 

🎲 Engage in fun and laughter with exciting games that will add a playful twist to your evening. Challenge your friends and create unforgettable memories!

📸 Capture the magic with our selfie station! Document the joy, laughter, and camaraderie of the night with your besties. 📷✨

Let's celebrate friendship, literature, and the joy of being together!

Join us for an enchanting morning with Victoria Griswold, accomplished violinist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and creative mind behind the beloved Teddy Bear Series books. But the excitement doesn't end there!

Following storytime, kiddos will have the unique opportunity to explore the world of music by trying their hands at playing a mini violin.

Don't miss this extraordinary event where literature, music, and imagination converge to create a memorable time for your kiddos. Come by the shop at 11 am on Saturday, December 9th for stories, melodies, and the joy of making music!

Live reading program for kids ages 5–12 with Paws & Think dogs.

Do you like dogs? Would you like to practice reading to a specially trained Paws & Think dog who loves listening to stories? You may register for a 15-minute session of reading, and reluctant readers are most welcome to sign up.

Email us to request a spot.

Celebrate International Day of the Girl with Curious Squirrel Bookshop!

Join us as we read an excerpt of the new release Dear Rebel and engage in fun activities. 

International Day of the Girl is a day to celebrate the power of girls and highlight the unique barriers they face. Come celebrate with your family as we build confidence, and community, collaborate, and celebrate.

This event is perfect for all kiddos: girls, boys, non-binary.

At 11:30 am bring the little one our Rebel Girl Storytime

Starting at 12:00, join us for activities including:

• A Dear Rebel letter-writing activity

• Rebel Girl icebreaker activity 

• Freebie Rebel Girl sticker sheet & pencil

ABOUT DEAR REBEL:
In Dear Rebel, 145 extraordinary teens and women share their advice, experiences, and the secrets of their success—in their own words. 

Through letters, poems, essays, self-portraits, and more, they tackle topics like overcoming obstacles, discovering passions, and dreaming big.

Learn how Ms. Marvel actor Iman Vellani connected with her roots through her character. Read about how March for our Lives co-founder Jaclyn Corin found her voice as an activist. Follow mountaineer Carla Pérez on the final 100 meters to the top of Mount Everest. This rich collection of first-person stories has something for everyone, inspiring young readers to try new things, face their fears, and be themselves.

Please consider supporting your host and the authors of Dear Rebel,  by purchasing a copy of this empowering book from Curious Squirrel Bookshop.

Live reading program for kids ages 5–12 with Paws & Think dogs.

Do you like dogs? Would you like to practice reading to a specially trained Paws & Think dog who loves listening to stories? You may register for a 15-minute session of reading, and reluctant readers are most welcome to sign up.

Email us to request a spot.

Nutty for Novels: Fiction Book Club

Meets monthly to discuss a range of fiction titles. All are welcome.

Live reading program for kids ages 5–12 with Paws & Think dogs.

Do you like dogs? Would you like to practice reading to a specially trained Paws & Think dog who loves listening to stories? You may register for a 15-minute session of reading, and reluctant readers are most welcome to sign up.

Email us to request a spot.

Rebellious Readers: Banned Book Club

Meets bi-monthly to discuss the banned & challenged books. The books read will mostly be written for adult or young adult readers but all are welcome to read and attend.

Kit Lit: Book Club for Kiddos

Monthly meetings will start with the book/s being read aloud, storytime style, followed by a fun discussion and activity related to the theme of the book or books.

Rainbow Readers: LGBTQIA+ Book Club

Meets monthly to discuss books written by LGBTQIA+ authors with queer characters and themes. The books read will mostly be written for adult or young adult readers but all are welcome to read and attend.