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Austin Mocha Moms launched our initial Boys Booked on Barbershops initiative in April 2009	Proud salon owner/Booked on Beauty shops partner	Presenting a Book Nook Basket	Initial Book Nook partnership covered by Austin News 8
Getting ‘Booked Up’ in the Barbershop	Mocha kids enjoying the festivities of the initial launch	A reading book nook - one of many sponsored by Austin Mocha Moms in 2009

Last year, under the partnership with Boys Booked on Barbershops and Girls Booked on Beauty Shops (B-BOB/G-BOB) – national, cutting edge literacy programs designed to make the most of naturally occurring opportunities for young children to read in familiar neighborhood sites such as barber and beauty shops – Mocha Moms, Inc Austin Chapter created several B-BOB/G-BOB reading nooks in the Austin-area.  The celebration to introduce the “book nooks” to the community included food, give-aways and literacy information packets for parents.

Boys Booked on Barbershops and Girls Booked on Beauty Shops is a growing national initiative launched in 2004 that takes advantage of naturally occurring opportunities in the community to foster a love of reading. B-BOB/G-BOB reading nooks have debuted in more than 100 barbershops across the country, from Florida to Illinois. Mocha Moms, Inc. has been a B-BOB/G-BOB partner since 2006. Since then, more than 30 Mocha Moms chapters across the country have signed on to create reading nooks in local barbershops and beauty salons.