Turtle Books, a children's bookstore in Brookline, Mass, celebrated its grand opening over the weekend, Brookline.News reported.
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| Cathy and Bruce Jacobs, Turtle Books owners | |
Store owners Bruce and Cathy Jacobs, Brookline residents who retired from their previous careers, opened the store at 224 Washington St. in Brookline Village. It is the same neighborhood in which a children's bookstore called the Children's Bookshop operated for nearly 40 years before closing in 2022.
The Jacobses have opened Turtle Books to encourage local children, teens, and families to read and to fill the void left by the closure of the Children's Bookshop. They created a youth advisory board for children to join and they would like to form partnerships with Brookline schools.
"We wanted this to be a place where kids really had a voice and a presence and influence in terms of what books we provided," Cathy Jacobs told Brookline.News.
The festivities over the weekend included author events, live music, a puppet show, and a ribbon cutting Saturday afternoon that featured appearances from State Senator Cynthia Creem and State Representative Tommy Vitolo. Children were also able to cast votes to name a pet turtle.
Bruce Jacobs said the opening was "amazing," and he thanked the Brookline community for all its support.