Storybook Maze, founder of The Storybook Maze Project, shows one of the books she is giving to children during an Annual Back to School Block Party at VanBokkelen Elementary School in 2022.

Books are our most constant friends, which makes bookshops one of the most important relationships in a reader’s life. Where would we be without libraries and bookstores? National Library Day ...

Maze Books is currently open from 12 to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and from 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The bookstore also hosts special events, including book signings by local authors.

Dave Pedersen, owner of Maze Books, has turned the page from 117 S.Third St. and is starting a new chapter for his bookstore at 406 E. State St. "This is the place you want to be for a bookstore ...