To support ReadingWithKids.org, The Hive Market in Grand Coteau is now selling second-hand books through the Bouquinistes project. The restaurant has dedicated a set of bookshelves offering a diverse reading selection including fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books. Hive Market manager Phoebe Mouton explains the partnership, “Many people love books, and we definitely want them to be included here. We have …
The Black Cat Coffee House in Upper Lafayette now hosts a Bouquiniste, one of the small second-hand book collections that ReadingWithKids.org is adding to local retail establishments. Owner Geth Aguirre noted, “Books are knowledge. Nowadays everyone is on the phone, learning empty information. Our Bouquiniste offers a good variety, something for everyone. People are always picking them up and reading …
ReadingWithKids.org, a project of The Acadiana Educational Endowment, today opened the Book-Book Bookstore at the ReStore in Carencro, with the help of a grant from the Acadiana Pediatrics Society. ReStore is the retail effort of the Lafayette Habitat for Humanity. Book-Book is the first second-hand bookstore, or Bouquiniste, created by the AEE, and it focuses on books for children, from …
