Rohi’s Readery in West Palm Beach offers a variety of books for the community.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The Rohi Reading Room on the Square is where many people go for support and books on topics they can no longer find in schools.

The store is filled with books about inclusion and diversity representing historically marginalized communities.

“I have a biracial grandson and it’s wonderful, this place. Bringing him would be great,” said Brenda Zimmerman, grandmother of the interracial grandchildren.

This comes as educators across Florida are being asked to remove books from their classrooms that discuss topics such as sexuality, gender identity and race.

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“I have been a retired elementary school librarian since we selected a book we thought the library needed,” said Ellen Heath. “Obviously we read the reviews, we bought the best quality, but we were free to choose books that reached a diverse community, and I’m sick of that that has changed.”

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The bookstore is Pranu Kumar’s passion project dedicated to her grandmother who was an education activist and children’s rights activist.

“We want to use these books as empowerment tools, but instead people see them as a threat, which is not the case,” Kumar said. “It’s even sad that they are called banned books, because their intentions of these authors and illustrators is to create liberation. It is to create opportunities for open participation, conversation and learning about the stories of others.”

Rohi’s Readery has been around for about a year and a half, and Kumar said she’s experienced some backlash.

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“We faced obstacles and challenges, whether it was emails or death threats, whether it was challenges even outside of the Readery,” Kumar said.

But she said her motivation for staying open is to honor her grandmother and the community and children who need books the most.

“The most important thing for me about books is that every child who comes here really sees that they feel a sense of belonging and power in every little act of reading,” Kumar said.