Ep 29: Brea and Rylei Brissett
Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!
Caroline Moss
4.6 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when you’re 9 years old and you can’t find any books featuring kids who look like you? You open your own bookstore, of course! Today we’re joined by Rylei Brissett, a 3rd grader from Florida who did exactly that when she and her mom Brea founded The Brown Bookcase in 2019.
Brea and Rylei have lots to say about books for and about brown and Black children, as well as their top recommendations for kids of all races and ages, like the Jada Jones series and the Nikki and Deja collection. Plus, what it’s like to be 9 and a CEO. (Spoiler: It’s very cool.)
Order books from The Brown Bookcase: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/
**IMPORTANT: Brea and Rylei run this bookstore out of their house and as you can imagine, they’ve had a very busy few weeks! If the books you want to buy are out of stock, email Brea at [email protected] and she will send you a notification email 24 hours ahead of restock so you can grab it! They get shipments of books delivered weekly!**
Follow The Brown Bookcase on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrownbookcase/
Mentioned On This Episode!
- The Jada Jones Books: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/product-page/jada-jones-sleepover-scientist
- The Nikki and Deja Series: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/product-page/nikki-and-deja-nikki-and-deja-series-1
- Happy Hair: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/product-page/happy-hair
- Cool Cuts: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/product-page/cool-cuts
- The Joys of Being a Little Black Boy: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/product-page/the-joys-of-being-a-little-black-boy
- I Am Enough: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/product-page/i-am-enough
- I Believe I Can: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/product-page/i-believe-i-can
- Work It, Girl! Books: https://www.thebrownbookcase.com/product-page/work-it-girl-michelle-obama-become-a-leader-like
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| 0:14.7 | Hey everyone. Welcome to another episode of Gee Thanks Just Bought at the podcast where we talk about what we just bought and what you might need to buy |
| 0:18.3 | next. This week we are talking to a nine-year-old entrepreneur. |
| 0:24.7 | Her name is Riley Brissette. |
| 0:26.0 | She started her own bookstore called the Brown Bookcase. |
| 0:30.0 | After realizing that in her library and in the bookstores around her, she could hardly find |
| 0:35.8 | books that she was enjoying with characters who looked like her. |
| 0:39.1 | She's joined by her mom Brea Burset. |
| 0:41.2 | They run this store together and they have tons and tons of book |
| 0:45.4 | recommendations. So I said Riley you have to come on because we have a lot of |
| 0:49.7 | kids who are looking for books that feature brown and black characters and who knows |
| 0:57.4 | books better than the kids themselves. Riley and Braya welcome to their |
| 1:02.0 | show. |
| 1:03.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:04.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:05.0 | We're so happy to have you. |
| 1:06.0 | Riley nine years old and you started your own business. |
| 1:10.0 | How did this, how did you do that? |
| 1:12.0 | I wanted other kids to be able to find books that they're able to relate to. |
| 1:18.0 | Yeah, that is so important, right? Yes. And what are you looking for when you when you find a book that you say, oh this is I can relate to this? What is that character like? |
| 1:30.3 | The character is like really they act with their classmates and parents I can relate to that or the way their names or their hair |
| 1:42.4 | Yeah all of these things I think the names or their hair? |
| 1:42.8 | Yeah, all of these things I think a lot of people don't think about, |
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