On April 1, Oscar and Ana Armendariz opened Capitulo Uno Librería, a 670-square-foot Spanish-language bookstore in Puyallup, Wash., about 10 miles south of Tacoma. The store, whose name translates to Chapter One Bookstore, sells new books in Spanish across all genres and for all ages.

The only English-language books Capitulo Uno carries are resources for learning Spanish. "We decided it was something we really wanted to do, as a community service more than anything else," said Oscar Armendariz. "We realized we wanted to help our community."

Capitulo Uno is the first business that Oscar and Ana Armendariz have opened, and their first foray in the book world. By trade, Oscar Armendariz is a mechanical engineer, and he turned to books gradually: after he was laid off from a previous job, he began volunteering with a charity organization in Tacoma called Centro Latino, which provides educational, employment and family services to Pierce County's Latino community. While working there, Armendariz wanted to do something else for the community and got the idea of opening up a Spanish-language bookstore, to make it easier for Spanish speakers to find and acquire books, and to help those trying to learn Spanish. He and his wife weighed the pros and cons, and decided that the financial risk of opening a bricks-and-mortar store was worth it.

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