The Kids Bookshop

Meet the owner

The story behind The Kids Bookshop

How did you get started? Give us the origin story.

I was selling books out of my garage for 4 years here in Leander. My husband and I bought our first house, and within a month or two of having a couple of weekend book sales, a neighbor reported us to the city of Leander and we received a letter saying we couldn't run a bookshop out of our garage. I quickly reached out to my friend and fellow chamber member, Esmeralda Gonzalez, and found a spot down the hall from her photography studio. We opened our doors August 22, 2025. Even though I was angry at first at that unknown neighbor who reported me, I'd like to thank them now, because owning a bookshop and being a librarian has been a dream of mine for more than a decade!

Ann Kimura · Oct 22, 2026