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Books N Bros co-founder Sidney Keys III to receive CNN ‘Young Wonders’ award

By • Dec 15, 2017
Sidney Keys III, the founder of Books N Bros.
Kelly Moffitt | St. Louis Public Radio

Earlier this year, we spoke with 11-year-old Sidney Keys III and his mother Winnie Caldwell about Books N Bros, a book club Keys founded to encourage boys to read.

Books N Bros’ 11-year-old founder wants to help boys love reading at an age when they often don’t

By Kelly Moffitt • Mar 1, 2017
Sidney Keys III, the founder of Books N Bros.
Kelly Moffitt | St. Louis Public Radio

If you Google the terms “boys and reading,” you will find thousands of results laying out the state of the gender gap between boys and girls when it comes to reading and literacy. “The Boys Have Fallen Behind,” writes Nicholas Kristof. “Why Women Read More than Men,” says NPR.

St. Louis bookstores collaborate for Independent Bookstore Day

By Evita Caldwell • Apr 28, 2015
Host Don Marsh talked to (from L to R) Kris Kleindienst, Emily Hall and Holland Saltsman.
Alex Heuer / St. Louis Public Radio

Mark your calendars, bookworms, because Independent Bookstore Day is Saturday, May 2 and various independently owned bookstores in the St. Louis area will host a day of fun, crafts, and yes—books!

Independent Bookstore Day was founded in 2014 in California and is modeled after the music world’s “Record Store Day.” Some of the participating bookstores in the St. Louis area are Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Main Street Books in St. Charles, and The Novel Neighbor in Webster Groves.

In online age, books need support, historian says

By • Dec 6, 2011

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 6, 2011 - Historian Douglas Brinkley somewhat sheepishly acknowledged Monday that he had broken one of his own rules - he shopped at an independent bookstore but didn't buy. What he found would probably become online purchases.

The prolific author and professor at Rice University told a gathering at Washington University celebrating books by faculty members that he was browsing in the University City Loop and came across Subterranean Books.