Meet the woman on a mission to bring diversity to her store's bookshelves

\\When you walk into a kid's store in Chicago, it's the book cover that greets the customer that draws the attention of those walking by. That's because in Kido, the faces of the books are black and brown, and they include characters you wouldn't normally see, like a girl in a wheelchair or a mom in a hijab. 

The book garners emotional responses from both children and adults, said shop owner Kiwan Nurra. 

"We get a lot of gasps from children," Nurullah told Adriana Diaz of CBS News. "We made parents and adults cry." }

Nurullah said each cover was chosen so that all children felt heard and seen. rice field. 

"We want all children to feel reflected, to feel seen, to feel included in their peers. "Children with disabilities, children in foster care, children who are adopted, or children whose parents are divorced," Nurullah said 

in a book in her shop. includes Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes Past and Present!, Hair Love, and Black History ABCs. 

"Each book has a lesson to be learned. That's nice," said a boy named Jack. 

Customers like Angela come to stores for inclusivity and community. 

"Ryan has two beautiful, intelligent mothers of hers and we have an extraordinary daughter. I want it to be expressed," said Angela. 

Nurullah took this job as her new mother. She had a hard time finding clothes that reflected her family, so she started designing her own onesie, and an entrepreneur was born. She had experience working as a performer, including playing Tiana, the main character in The Princess and the Frog. 

, I'm always thinking about what that means for little kids who want to sing and dance," she said. 

 He came from a family of entrepreneurs, including his great-grandfather who owned a tailor shop on the street. They were forced to flee during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre . Her great-grandfather later moved her family to Chicago's South Side. 

"I knew this part of my history when I was a kid, but no one knew. The fact that he was on Black Wall Street is special, unique, like black royalty. 

That legacy continues in Kido, who wants to inspire future generations to thrive. 

' We don't want children to feel isolated in the experience. We want them to come into the store and say, 'Wait, I'm not the only one,'" Nurula said. .