Sustaining an Indie Book Shop today can be challenging, but our community and team believe reading is at the core of brain development and local book shops are crucial to sustaining that.

The toy sourcing process is vital and we spend many hours researching, playing and having fun doing it.

Our founder, Clare, was raised in South Africa and moved to the U.S. in the early 90s with her family. Her parents instilled a passion for reading at an early age and her mother maintained that mission throughout her life. They hoped that bringing their children to America would open up new opportunities for the future.