The Little Bookworm is a small New York travel publisher that produces a variety of niche culture and art titles, including walking tours and literary guides to great cities around the world. Shopping guides are another specialty, packaged and designed in such a way that they are stylish, yet functional for on-the-go shoppers.
Last year Pamela Keech penned The Curious Shopper’s Guide to New York City: Inside Manhattan’s Shopping Districts. It’s a quaint and elegant guide, small enough to fit inside just about any shopper’s purse. Keech has compiled a wonderful collection of specialty shops that sell kitchenware, drapery, antiques, fabrics, jewelry and musical instruments. For each shopping district (garment, diamond, millinery), she also includes several restaurant suggestions where hungry shoppers can refuel between spending sessions that may include purchases of fresh flowers, custom stationary, buttons, ribbon, lingerie or lamps. Each guide entry includes a short historical background about the shop, as well as address and store hour information.
Different in style but also smart in design are two NYC Pratique Guides also published by The Little Bookworm. These “Shopping Block by Block” guides include business listings and a clearly marked map for the Soho/Nolita and Meatpacking/West Village neighborhoods. The sleek packaging and practical design of all three of this unique travel guides make them simply superb for NYC shopping excursions.
Oh hey, and since this One for the Road keeps multiplying, let’s just make it an official Four for the Road: The Little Bookworm just announced that the second edition of their Jazz Guide: New York City has been released. An updated comprehensive look at over sixty city venues, with additional listings for music festivals and specialty shops. Sounds like a cool jazz club might be the perfect place to unwind after a busy day of shopping, huh?