The Second Annual North Texas Indie Bookstore Crawl 2026

Welcome my North Texas Book Besties!!! 

I am sssssooooo pumped to announce The Second Annual North Texas Indie Bookstore Crawl 2026 brought to you by Talking Animals Books!!!

Be sure to follow Talking Animals Books at the following links:

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Check out the map (the first two images) for all the stores joining in, print off the passport side and take with you as you journey throughout North Texas discovering new friends and new favorite places to call home. As you visit a store, have the store sign/stamp the passport, and once you’ve visited all stores, scan the QR code to submit the completed passport to be entered in a raffle for a gift card prize pack!

Here’s your printable passport:

And here is the printable backside of the passport if you want to print it:

Be sure to check the website for each store for location and hours of operation – no one likes a wasted trip to a bookstore – AND check the passport for participating store promotions!

Now, I’m the maximize my time kind of book girlie. I’ve made a five-day route for those coming in town for the book crawl, anyone traveling through wanting to hit as many as they can, and those teachers who have to go back to work soon and want to get in on this as well. I am SURE there are many ways to run these routes. I actually have three different ones written up based on if we go visit family, if we hit the casino, if we are strictly doing it from home (which is half an hour south of Dallas, close to Waxahachie). Giving my husband options of course :p . But I’m including the basic, five-day route that groups them in a pretty tight area per day.

Make sure to share your journey via photo’s as you visit the stores with the hashtags #NTXindiebookcrawl26 and #thetxlitchicsupportsNTXbooks26 (I would love to feature some of you on my blog and social media’s as you post photos and I can track my followers with the second one) and who knows where you will be featured!!!

OK, enough rambling, here’s my five-day route including boxes to check off each store as you go:

Important note:

Now, keep in mind, the store in Weatherford does NOT open until August 15^th.

Have patience and grace for EVERY stop you make. Parking lots will be hectic. The shoppers will be out in droves. But especially staff as they go out of their way to give every shopper the same respect and time for their shopping needs.

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