Paper Bark Birch
601 E Whitestone Blvd Suite 218 — Cedar Park
paperbarkbirch.com ✽ @paperbarkbirchbooks
Year Opened — 2023
Employees — 2
“Inclusive, cozy, magical”
Tell us the story of your store’s origin.
PBB opened in 2023. We have three children, each incredibly different from each other, and at different places in their connection to reading. We struggled in bigger bookstores and we needed help finding things that met their particular interests, maturity, and reading levels. One morning I literally woke up from a dream about a children's bookstore and the rest has been an incredibly fast, challenging, exciting, and fulfilling experience!
What makes your store special?
PBB is a children's bookstore, focused on celebrating all of the beautiful people, cultures, brains, and styles in our world. We want all of our readers to feel the magic books bring, and we have curated a space designed to make kids of all ages feel comfortable and welcome. We've hand selected all of our books, and we put together events and book clubs to engage people along various parts of their reading journey.
What are a few of your store’s favorite books from the past year?
Oh man, that's like picking a favorite child! ;) We started a book club for kids ages 5-10, and that has been one of my favorite experiences so far. We pick a series, and meet every other week to talk about the books. It's just like a grown up book club, except we have cereal instead of wine!