Paideia Books was a bookstore in Ann Arbor at 313 S. State Street upstairs. Shaman Drum succeeded them in that space.

Contemporary accounts say "Carries a quality selection of new, used, and out-of-print books on history, ...";

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• Paideia Books sign visible in the upper left of this photo from 1977
• Brady & Lawless's Favorite Bookstores By Frank Brady, Joann A. Lawless Published by Sheed Andrews and McMeel, 1978 ISBN 0836279026
• Ann Arbor magazine's newcomer's guide to Ann Arbor & Washtenaw County, 1978

PAIDEIA BOOKS, 313 S. State St. (above the corner Kresge's) (11) Stepping into Paideia is like stepping into the sunny library of an unabashed scholar. There are tables of books, walls of books, and easy chairs in which to relax