🌈 Hi there! We're High Five Books.
We joyfully connect kids, families, educators, and other people who love and serve young readers with awesome and inclusive books that represent the world around them and the world that might be.
📖 Our Story
Having opened in Fall 2019, High Five Books is an independent kids’ community bookstore in downtown Florence, Massachusetts, right off the bike path. We've quickly become the neighborhood go-to for graphic novels, middle-grade readers, and picture books, plus art kits + other creative supplies.
We offer story times and drop-in art, author and illustrator events, and other family-based community programs around literacy and creativity. Also: Snacks! (And high fives anytime.)
We love to collaborate with families, schools, and nonprofit groups.
We share our welcoming space with Art Always, an art school for children and adults.
✨ Our Shop Values
Whether a reader lives around the corner or across the country, we want to help them see themselves in books, fall in love with reading, and feel connected to a community that values their interests and input.
At our core, we believe that all High Five Books experiences should be joyful, affirming, and inclusive for our guests.
🤩 Joyful
We are enthusiastic about creating a fun, memorable, easeful experience for anyone who engages with our brand, in-person or online.
We appreciate and reflect back the book joy shared with us by our readers.
💖 Affirming
We validate the power stories have to shape lives, especially those of young readers.
We delight in listening to kids, families, and educators to offer suggestions across genres and formats to reach even the most reluctant reader.
🌟 Inclusive
We specifically stock books by historically marginalized creators—especially BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/ neurodiverse folks—about their lived experiences.
We want our shoppers to see themselves mirrored in our offerings and have access to "window" experiences at every age level.
Our High Five Books Crew
We’re the crew who brings High Five Books to life, helping you discover the most amazing stories out there! Our team actively listens to readers describe their interests and skills, and delights in pairing them with their next favorite book.
