Tualatin Valley’s best-kept secret is Piccolo Mondo Toys (map it). With three locations–all in Tualatin Valley!–this family-owned local toy store stocks innovative toys for all ages from around the world, while encouraging cultural awareness. In Sherwood, Mudpuddles Toys and Books (map it) is a locally owned toy shop with toys, books, puzzles, games, play sets, stuffed animals and more for kids of all ages.
Looking for board games? Tualatin Valley has three board game shops that are sure to have that elusive board game you are searching for. Guardian Games (map it) is the go-to for party games and puzzles (as well as numerous other games). Despite the shop’s name, this game shop also stocks supplies for disc golf, which can be played rain or shine. Located in downtown Hillsboro, the mystical sounding Rune and Board (map it) specializes in miniatures, role-playing and strategy games.
For the booklover on your shopping list, shop the extensive inventory at the venerable independent bookshop Powell’s Books (map it), which has a brick-and-mortar location right here in Tualatin Valley at Cedar Hills Crossing.
