Stories of a Colorful World

Stories of a Colorful World Children's book retailer 📚 | BIPOC characters x BIPOC authors | Every child deserves a story

08/22/2026

Today is #3 of Summer Is Lit! 🔥. Come meet us on Franklin Ave btw Bergen St and St Marks in Brooklyn. 11:30 am - 5:30 pm.

📚 Storytime
📚 Street Lab with crafts
📚 Kente Cones with sweet treats
📚 Bookbag giveaways

…and more.

Come meet us on the block. Bring the whole family.

08/21/2026

Some things don’t scale. They just show up. 📚

August 22nd, 12-6pm, Franklin Ave between St. Marks and Bergen. See you on the block.

08/21/2026

Mornings feel better when kids hear this. 📚

Starting the day with a good word can change everything — a book, a card, a little reminder that they’re smart, capable, kind, and already enough.

A few of our favorites for morning routines:

📚 I’ll Be Right There I Jonathan Marshall
📚 I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything I Alyssa Holder & Zuleikha Holder Young
📚 I Breathe for Me I Reesa Shayne
📚 I Am Born to Be Awesome I Mechal Renee Roe
📚 Kindness is Cool I Dr. Melissa Munro Boyd
📚 The Missing Cupcake I Tony & Lauren Dungy
📚 I Love Being Me I Mechal Renee Roe
📚 The Way Champs Play I Naomi Osaka

Swap the alarm-clock scramble for five minutes of good words. Shop these and more at storiesofacolorfulworld.com 🔗 link in bio

Say hello to another partner joining us at Harlem Book Fair: Cocoa Puzzles! 🧩Bringing the craft activation to the SOCW K...
08/20/2026

Say hello to another partner joining us at Harlem Book Fair: Cocoa Puzzles! 🧩

Bringing the craft activation to the SOCW Kids Zone on August 29th, because a good book day should come with something to make with your hands too.

Come create with us. See you at the Kids Zone.

08/20/2026

Said this before, saying it again. 📚

Representation isn’t a trendy feature. It’s doing real work. Identity, confidence, empathy, community, engagement, and a kid who’s actually ready for the world.

That’s the whole case, right there.

Meet three more voices joining the SOCW Kids Zone at Harlem Book Fair. 📚Jonathan Marshall — poet, educator, and author w...
08/19/2026

Meet three more voices joining the SOCW Kids Zone at Harlem Book Fair. 📚

Jonathan Marshall — poet, educator, and author writing stories where kids see themselves and their families reflected on the page.

Jaylene Clark Owens — Harlem-born actress, poet, and author of A Black Girl and Her Braids, a love letter to Black girls and their hair.

Ty Allan Jackson — award-winning children’s book author, literacy advocate, and three-time TedX speaker, on a mission to get more kids excited about reading.

Come meet them, get your books signed, and bring the whole family. August 29th at the SOCW Kids Zone.

Meet one of our readers for Summer Is Lit 3: Dr. Pooch! 📚Founder of the Dr. Pooch Foundation and author of the Get Well ...
08/18/2026

Meet one of our readers for Summer Is Lit 3: Dr. Pooch! 📚

Founder of the Dr. Pooch Foundation and author of the Get Well Johnny series, Dr. Pooch has spent years making holistic health education fun and accessible for kids — because healthy habits are easier to build when they start with a good story.

Catch his storytime on August 22nd, 12-6pm, on Franklin Ave between St. Marks and Bergen.

See you on the block. 🫶

Yes, we’re in a literacy crisis. More and more kids are opting out of picking up a book. But let’s be real — we might al...
08/18/2026

Yes, we’re in a literacy crisis. More and more kids are opting out of picking up a book. But let’s be real — we might also be the problem. 📚

Choice. Interest. Repetition. And yeah, still reading aloud, even after they can do it themselves. These aren’t small things. They can be game changers in motivation.

Swipe through a few myths we’re happy to bust.

readingmyths

08/17/2026

New releases hit the shelves tomorrow. 📚

Here are some to add to your shelf. Loving the new titles from Latine authors. But baby, Daisy Helps with the Dress. Girl said “let me help” and somehow the wedding dress ended up in the crossfire. 😭 We NEED to know what kind of trouble Daisy gets into.

New books, new characters, new chaos. Which books caught your eye?

⬇️ Save this for your next run.

Authors, this one’s for you. 📚Pages in the Park is coming to the Haddon Avenue Street Festival — September 19th at Farnh...
08/16/2026

Authors, this one’s for you. 📚

Pages in the Park is coming to the Haddon Avenue Street Festival — September 19th at Farnham Park in Camden, NJ, headlined by Chrisette Michele.

We want YOUR books on our table. Applications close September 4th, so don’t sleep on this one.

Swipe for details, link in bio to apply.

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