Angela Whited reads a book during story time at Red Balloon Bookshop on Grand Avenue in St. Paul on Nov. 13.

What’s going on this week? Red Balloon Bookshop celebrates its 40th anniversary and the Minnesota Mystery Night reading series moves into its new home in Mendota. The Red Balloon, beloved by two ...

Cassidy Foust (left) and Lily Tschudi-Campbell in the Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul on Feb. 6.

Employees went beyond time-honored classics to suggest more recent titles you may have missed.