La Librería is the first children’s Spanish-language literature store in Los Angeles, and opened Feb. 21 at a location on West Washington Boulevard. The bookstore is the dream of two moms who started out selling their volumes at book fairs.

When they first started out, co-founders Celene Navarrete and Chiara Arroyo couldn’t believe the lack locally of good, Spanish-language literature for children. "Especially in Los Angeles, it was shocking to see the books that I read in Mexico, in my hometown, many of them were not available here," said Navarrete.”

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