Youth bookstore growing readers and storytellers

There’s a particular kind of intensity to the tween years, especially when it comes to friendship. Friendship at this stage starts to evolve from your favorite playmates into relationships that carry more weight. Best friends become everything. Small moments feel huge. And figuring out where you belong can feel like the most important question in the world. One of the hardest parts of the tween years, both for kids and for their parents, is when friendship dynamics shift in w

There’s something I’ve been quietly dreading as a parent—long before I ever opened a bookshop: figuring out how to share my love of certain books that no longer fit the modern flow of storytelling. I grew up loving books like Little Women  (and really, anything Louisa May Alcott ever wrote). I devoured novels layered with symbolism like The Great Gatsby . I disappeared into the magical world of Narnia  and never wanted to leave. These books shaped how I think, how I read, and