Helianthus Books

🔥Calling all romance lovers! Heat things up with @libro.fm ‘s audiobook sale, all in support of our bookshop!

Between now and August 20, find hundreds of great romance audiobooks on sale.

Start shopping: libro.fm/sale?bookshop=helianthusbooks 🌻❤

One of the reasons we LOVE partnering with Libro.fm is their ALC Program for educators and librarians.

As we head into Back To School season, please share this with all of the teachers in your life 🫶🏻🌻

libro.fm/alcprogram

It’s #MarginsBookselling Month! Tell us your favorite audiobook for a chance to win 3 audiobooks of your choice from @libro.fm!
Giveaway is not sponsored or endorsed by Bluesky & no purchase is necessary and will close midnight 7/31/25. Winners announced on all our social media pages. Good luck!

This Prime Day (& every day):

➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference

➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms

➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy

➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases

Bookshop.org's Anti-Prime Sale is HERE: FREE STANDARD SHIPPING from Tuesday, July 8–Friday, July 11 🥳

Make the switch away from monopoly ✊💙📚

Thank you for supporting Indie Bookstores 🌻

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July book club pick is Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design by Kat Holmes.
Wednesday July 30th, 2025 7-9pm
TheSunflowerMarket
5847 Merriam Dr. Merriam KS.

www.bookshop.org/a/22454/9780262539487

It’s Reepicheep ❤️

Juneteenth
Cowtown Vintage & Arts Exchange
El Torreón
3101 Gillham Plaza
Kansas City, MO
6/19/2025
6-11pm
#KansasCity
#Booksky

Remember Colombo. Be slow, methodical, inconvenient. Ask too many questions. Insist on rules being followed and just be slow and frustrating. That's a great way to gum up what they're trying to do.

I’ve been seeing a lot of takes about the South and I just want to say, before you talk about the South and election results, please read Carol Anderson’s One Person, No Vote.

It’s 2025 and we need to know this stuff.
#BookSky

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Drown Check out Drown - <b>From the beloved and award-winning author Junot D&iacute;az, a spellbinding saga of a family&rsquo;s journey through the New World.</b><br> &#160;<br> A coming-of-age story of unp...

Links to order:

Physical Copy:
bookshop.org/a/22454/9781...

eBook Copy:
bookshop.org/a/22454/9781...

Audiobook Copy:
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

June is Caribbean American Heritage Month and our June Book Club Pick is Drown by Junot Díaz. We will meet for discussion on Wednesday June 25th, 2025 from 7-9pm at The Sunflower Market, 5847 Merriam Dr. Merriam KS.
#KansasCity #BookSky

Saturday May 31st 2025
11am until 4pm

Shop with us at the 2nd Annual Asiatica Bazaar.

4824 Rainbow Blvd
Westwood KS

#KansasCity

You can find If The Boot Fits at our satellite store in The Sunflower Market in Merriam KS. It is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
#KansasCity #Booksky

Through the end of May, 2025 get 20%* off 100+ titles by AAPI authors when using code AAPI25 at checkout. There are children's books, middle grade & young adult books, adult fiction and non-fiction, cookbooks, & poetry books too! #BookSky

*List price, excludes ebooks

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Friday, May 2, 5–10 PM
Saturday, May 3, 12–10 PM

Hola, KC! Mark your calendars for the evening of May 2nd and all-day May 3rd for our 103rd annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, free admission!

Local Vendors • Artists • Live Music • Authentic Food • Petting Zoo • Bounce Houses

#KansasCity #BookSky

On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World Making Amends in an Unapologetic World

Links to order:

Physical or eBook Copy:
bookshop.org/a/22454/9780...

Audiobook Copy:
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

May is Jewish American Heritage Month and our May Book Club Pick in On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg. We will meet for discussion on Wednesday May 28th, 2025 from 7-9pm at The Sunflower Market, 5847 Merriam Dr. Merriam KS.

#KansasCity #Booksky

Experience the blockbuster romantasy sensation from the beginning with the first book in the Lightlark Saga by
Alex Aster.

Limited quantities available for this Independent Bookstore Day Exclusive!

Come see us at The Sunflower Market in Merriam Kansas 🌻
#IndieBookstoreDay #Booksky

Indie Bookstore Day is coming up soon! Join us at The Sunflower Market, 5847 Merriam Dr Merriam KS on Saturday April 26th, 2025 from 10am until 4pm
There will be snacks, giveaways, exclusives, a local children’s author, Ashley Donegan with her new book, and lots more fun stuff #KCMO #Booksky

Come explore Tower East District for the 6th Annual Wanderfest!

Sunday April 27th, 2025 from 10am until 4pm, join us for a fun day of art, crafts, music, food & drinks!

Helianthus Books will be at
EL TORREON
3101 Gillham Plaza KCMO

Cowtown Vintage is held every third Thursday at 3101 Gillham Plaza KCMO from 6-11pm. This is a FREE TICKETED indoor event. There will be music, food, art, vintage, flash tattoos, and so much more. I hope to see you there 🌻
💙📚
#KansasCity

Poster by @fk_menace

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National Volunteer Week and Earth Day Call To Action 🌻
Thanks to Bookshop and Commons, please choose any of the select titles from our Bookshop page bookshop.org/shop/Heliant... and receive 20% OFF the List Price at checkout with code: "Community25"

Valid through April 22, 2025. excludes Ebooks
💙📚

March Best Sellers at the Popups:

I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams
by Tanisia Moore
Robert Paul

Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts
by Ruby Bridges
John Jay Cabuay

Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Hermosa
by Yesika Salgado

Eres increíble: Diario de empoderamiento
by Pragya Tomar
#Booksky

Self and Community Care Book Club
Details to come
First meeting in June 2025
#KansasCity #BookSky

You can find Helianthus Books at:

Monarca Art Space
1225 Union Ave Ste 100 KCMO

ParaMi
10701 E Winner Rd #240, Independence, MO

The Sunflower Market
5847 Merriam Dr
Merriam KS.

Be sure to sign up for the newsletter at our website www.HelianthusBooks.com and I’ll see you at the next popup 🌻

Register at this link: tourneymachine.com/Register/h20...

Thank you Ryogoku Soccer Academy and all of our sponsors supporting this event!

Art by @fk_menace

Join us for Kansas City’s first street cup, Copa de Calle!!
March 29th & 30th. Ages 10-15 & 16+ are eligible to play in teams of two!
Games will be at City Market (11am-2pm) and Made Mobb (4pm-7pm).
There will be goodie bags, cash prizes, food trucks, and local vendors both days & locations. 1/

The Outside Check out The Outside - <b>Humanity&rsquo;s super-intelligent AI Gods brutally punish breaches in reality, as one young scientist discovers, in this intense and brilliant space opera.</b><br><br>Autis...

Links to order:
Physical & eBook Copies:
bookshop.org/a/22454/9780...
Audiobook Copy:
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

The Outside by Ada Hoffmann is our April Book Club pick. We will be meeting on Wednesday April 30th, 2025 from 7-9pm at The Sunflower Market, 5847 Merriam Dr. Merriam, KS for discussion.
Copies are available for purchase at The Sunflower Market and our Bookshop and Libro fm pages.
#BookSky 💙📚