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Last Borders Shoppers Wistful, Looking For Deals
NEW YORK (AP) — The scene this weekend at the last of the remaining Borders bookstores to close was more like a memorial service than a funeral. Shoppers reminisced fondly about their beloved...
View ArticleWhere And How to Celebrate Read Across America
By Jessica Allen Few authors have done as much as Dr. Seuss to foster a lifelong love of reading in children. The National Education Association created the Read Across America program to connect kids...
View ArticleBonnie Slotnick Cookbooks: An East Village Shop Giving Old Cookbooks New Life
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Tucked at the bottom of a stairway in the East Village sits an unlikely store. Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks contains roughly 5,000 cookbooks from the 19th and 20th centuries. The...
View ArticleSource of Knowledge: A Newark Bookstore Honors African Ancestry
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – For co-owner Patrice McKinney, Source of Knowledge is more than a bookstore. “It’s an institution of learning. I get to meet my family every day, the customers, and the...
View ArticleAt Grandma’s Place In Harlem, Shoppers Find Toys, Books, And Life Lessons
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Dawn Harris-Martine is the whole neighborhood’s grandma. Born and raised in Harlem, she taught second grade for three decades before opening Grandma’s Place, a literacy center...
View ArticleYu & Me Books: Lucy Yu’s Chinatown Bookstore Focuses On Immigrant Stories
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – On Mulberry Street in Chinatown, a former chemical engineer is pursuing her lifelong dream to open a bookstore. Lucy Yu is proprietor of Yu & Me Books, the city’s first...
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