Children’s Bookselling

At last week’s Children’s Institute in San Antonio, Texas, four panelists offered best strategies for hosting book fair fundraisers in stores and in schools.

Alexandra Duncan is the author of Salvage (Greenwillow Books), a spring 2014 New Voices title for young adults and a Kids’ Indie Next List pick.

Don’t miss out on special events at next month’s BookExpo America planned exclusively for bookseller members of the ABC Children’s Group at ABA.

Indie booksellers who put their creative talents to work on in-store displays for the May 12 – 18 celebration of Children’s Book Week are invited to enter a display contest sponsored by the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader in partnership with the ABC Children’s Group at ABA.

The American Booksellers Association and the ABC Children’s Group at ABA welcomed 130 booksellers from 32 states to San Antonio, Texas, this week for an upbeat and energetic 2014 ABC Children’s Institute.

Kate Hattemer talks about her inspirations for the spring 2014 New Voices pick The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy, the importance of YA fiction, her favorite title, and more.

For Indies First Storytime Day, this May 17, New York City’s McNally Jackson will host several middle grade authors who will perform a dramatic reading of the beloved Norton Juster title The Phantom Tollbooth (Knopf Books for Young Readers).

The Annual Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception to benefit ABFFE will be hosted this year by bestselling author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka. The auction will be held on Wednesday evening, May 28, at BEA.

Marcia Wells talks about the inspiration for her debut title for middle grade readers, Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile, her favorite books and authors, and what she’s working on next.

Every bookseller at an ABA member store can have a say in selecting the titles that best reflect the spirit of indie bookselling by casting their ballots for the Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud awards by midnight on April 11.

The impressive list of authors and illustrators appearing at the ABC Children’s Institute has grown to 39, with 10 authors recently added to the roster for the Closing Reception and four authors appearing at the Scholastic Meet & Treat After Party.

Joseph-Beth Booksellers is teaming with other indie bookstores and libraries in Cincinnati and nearby areas to promote a community reading program leading up to the May 17 celebration of Indies First Storytime Day.

This week, the ABC Children’s Group at ABA announced the return of Give Me Summer! Give Me Books!, the national summer reading program for kids, open to all ABA member bookstores.

Preregistration is required for select ABA and ABC Children’s Group programming at this year’s BookExpo America, including two new events designed to provide booksellers with more opportunities to network with publishers.

Go Local, Grow Local 2014 early registration discount ends March 31; NCIBA holding logo contest; Roxana Robinson elected president of the Authors Guild; Academy of American Poets launches Poet-to-Poet project; National Book Critics Circle names award winners; Penguin Random House to acquire Santillana Ediciones Generales; Consortium adds three presses