2015 - 2017 | From Idea to Reality!

“My piece of activism is the bookstore. I want not to change minds, because I don’t want to believe that everybody is already programmed into thinking a certain way, but to broaden the way people see themselves and see each other, and I want to do that through books, especially for children,” - Lorielle, Founder

• Incorporated Cultured Books bookstore.

• Graduated from the BB&T Entrepreneurial Academy in Spring 2016.

• Completed the Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation CATCH Program.

• Sold our first book, Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou, with illustrations by Jean-Michel Basquiat, at the Soul on the Deuces Festival.

Publishers Weekly | The Next Wave of Children’s Bookstores

American Booksellers Association | Florida’s Cultured Books Takes First Steps Toward Opening