Phone Booth Books

We've moved! Phone Booth Books has moved to Cloud City Coffee in the heart of Maple Leaf. What started as a family project is continuing as a true community collaboration.

If you'd like to help keep Phone Booth Books going strong, consider joining our group of volunteer stewards that keep the shelves orderly and the collection fresh. To get involved, contact us by Facebook Messenger at "".

Welcome At Cloud City Coffee, you will find locally roasted, specialty coffee, freshly baked pastries, and delicious breakfast and lunch items prepared in-house by a top-notch culinary team.

It's finally here - the Phone Booth Books ! We'll be keeping the time-honored American tradition of "Cramming People Into a Thing" alive (http://mentalfloss.com/article/30270/cramming-people-thing-photo-history).

To play along and perhaps even win a fabulous prize, grab that selfie stick or a have a passer by snap a picture of your family in the Booth. Post your photo to our page by tagging "" or post your picture in the comments below.

For our far flung fans that can't make it to the Booth in person, it's time to get creative. (Everybody piled in a recliner sharing a favorite book, perhaps? You're limited only by your imagination and the laws of physics.)

The winner will be determined by totally subjective (but not arbitrary) criteria. We like cute kids, good books, humor, and most of all - FUN! For bonus points, make sure to comment on your photo and/or tag participants.

Ready. Set. GO!

Cramming People Into a Thing: A Photo History Phone Booth Cramming was a late-1950s fad with a simple premise: cram a phone booth full of dudes (and/or ladies) and take a picture before the people on the bottom suffocate. As you can imagine, this pastime was most popular among college students, and led to international rivalries. Yes, kids, thi...