Henry's Books, an all-ages bookstore with a focus on community and diversity, opened yesterday in downtown Spearfish, S.Dak., KEVN reported.
Located at 111 E. Hudson Suite A, the store sells new titles for children, teens, and adults in a variety of genres. Co-owners and married couple Elizabeth and Dylan Mattson named the bookstore for their son, and they helped fund the store through a program that allows community members to sponsor genres or specific titles. They aim to make the bookstore a community hub, and their event plans include classes, workshops, book clubs, parties, and more.
"We're excited to see a lot of friendly faces, familiar faces," Elizabeth Mattson told KEVN. "We're excited to connect with a lot of new people in the community and get them excited about something that maybe they hadn't thought to read before or maybe they've got some books that they're hoping to see."