Common Ground Books

08/22/2026

✨BIG BOOK RESTOCK!!✨

All the books decided to arrive at once so we have a BUNCH of books back in stock along with a small selection of new releases!

What could be better?

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08/21/2026

Supporting literacy goes beyond selling books 🫶

✂️ Literacy in the Barber Chair

At one barber shop, a haircut comes with a story. Young boys pick a book off the shelf and read it out loud while the clippers buzz. The barber hangs on every word. What used to be dead time in the chair is now reading practice, and there's a reward waiting when the last page turns.

📚 How the Program Works

The setup is easy for any child who walks in. There's a shelf stocked with diverse titles, and each kid picks whatever catches his eye. He reads aloud during the cut while the barber listens, stepping in with a correction or a hint when a tricky word shows up. Once the last page turns, the bill disappears. The haircut is free.

💡 Building Confidence and Community

Reading out loud here feels like fun instead of a chore. Parents say their kids walk out more confident, including ones who used to struggle with reading in class. The shop is a relaxed place with no grades on the line, so a child can settle into a story and hear his own voice grow steadier. The idea is that a boy who likes a book in the chair will keep reading once he's out of it. 💪

🎓 Investing in the Future

Word of the program has spread past the neighborhood, and other business owners have started looking for their own ways to give back. Meanwhile, the chair stays busy. New families keep walking in, and the regulars read a little better with every cut.

Facts checked by

Sources:
Associated Press
National Public Radio
The Des Moines Register

08/19/2026

✨💡Were officially up in lights! 💡✨

08/19/2026

✨THIS WEEK AT CGB + TT ✨

Thursday: 7pm:Store Closing Early for Drag Night.

7-9:30pm: Read the Rainbow Drag Night!! Join us for a one of a kind Drag Night! Seated space sold out. Standing Tickets available on Eventbrite ($10) or at the door ($12) +$5 for taiyaki!
(This is a sober, 18+ event)

Friday: 6-7:30pm: Poetry Workshop: The Metaphor, hosted by local author and poet Sarah K. This is a free event, all are welcome to come and learn.

Saturday: 8pm: Toasty Taiyaki Anime Movie Night (movie TBA). This is a free event. Throw on your jammies, bring a blanket and curl up for movie night!

Sunday: 12pm: Rad-ish Readers Book Club- Hungrestone

2-4pm: Weekly Grocery Share. Bring what you can, take what you need. You don’t need to bring to take.

4-6pm: Game Changer Book Club (Role Model)

Also Happy National Potato Day to all who celebrate this delicious tuber.

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08/18/2026

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08/16/2026

Welcome new followers and welcome back students! 🌈❤️📚

08/15/2026

And don’t forget to vote! Florida primaries this Tuesday. Because nothing changes if nothing changes 🌈❤️📚🗳️

08/15/2026

We are halfway through August and 24% of our way to our monthly sales goal! We’re inching up but it’s been slow going for the first half of the month. Tell your friends, whisper to the freshman about the cool places over at 1102!

We can’t wait to see all the new (and returning) faces in! 🌈❤️📚💅

08/14/2026

Be chic 💅

08/13/2026

Way to go Wes!!! Love our neighbor and partner for KREATURE’S Oddities Markets

Creepy Girl Trap on South Adams Street is a welcoming shop for Tallahassee’s goth, alternative, and wonderfully weird communities. See link below ⬇️

📸 Photo by Sierra Thomas