You may have already heard me go on…
…and on about Modern First Library, the program that Austin bookseller BookPeople created a few years ago after I suggested an approach to getting more diverse books into the hands and onto the shelves of more families.
So given my track record, how could I not go on (and on) a bit more and celebrate the expansion of the Modern First Library concept to Interabang Books, the brand-new independent bookseller that just had its grand opening in Dallas?
To welcome Interabang’s Modern First Library into the world, the store’s children’s book buyer, Lisa Plummer, offers up this quick list of her favorites from their offerings, and it will give you a great sense of what the program is about.
And I got to play a part in the proceedings, too, with an essay I wrote for the store. Here’s a bit of it:
As I write this three years later, BookPeople’s Modern First Library continues to thrive. Every time I’m in the store, I stop by the display just to admire it.
You can bet I’ll be doing the same at Interabang Books. Knowing that from the very day the store opened, Interabang has had its own Modern First Library – well, that makes me glad all over again that I acted on my quite possibly naive idea, that I shared it, that I didn’t dismiss the notion or keep it to myself.
If you’re in or near Dallas, get yourself to Interabang and show them with your money how glad you are that they — and Modern First Library — have opened their doors.
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