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Thank you for joining us at the 8th annual Children’s Institute (Ci8)! Watch BTW for news about the 2021 event.
Printer-friendly versionThe American Booksellers Association’s 8th annual Children’s Institute (Ci8) is going virtual! From the comfort of stores and homes across the country, hundreds of independent booksellers will be brought together with publishers for two days of education, special events, and publisher meetings during Ci8.
The event will take place online July 15–16 in the Eastern time zone. Access links were sent to attendees on July 10. Booksellers who experience any difficulties joining or during the meeting can email [email protected].
This year’s institute will feature three education sessions on the topics of representation in middle grade and young adult books, utilizing your store's unique voice to attract customers in this new time of bookselling, and antiracism training. Also featured will be a keynote address from author Isaac Fitzgerald and two opportunities to meet with publisher reps.
Questions about the Children’s Institute can be directed to [email protected]. ABA encourages all Children’s Institute attendees to review the association’s code of conduct ahead of the event.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. After making a bunch of cool things for the internet, he now writes books and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 32 books, including Swing, Rebound, which was shortlisted for prestigious Carnegie Medal, The Undefeated, How To Read A Book, and, his Newbery medal-winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In partnership with Follett Book Fairs, he created the #AllBooksForAllKids initiative to bring more diverse books into school libraries. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame is the Founding Editor of Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that aims to Change the World One Word at a Time. |
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Jerry Craft is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. His book, “New Kid,” is the winner of the 2020 John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature. It is the first graphic novel in the Newbery’s nearly 100 year history to receive the award. Craft is only the fifth African-American author to land the coveted prize. “New Kid” was also awarded the Coretta Scott King award for an outstanding work by an African American writer. Craft is the second person to have simultaneously won both awards in the same year. In 2019, New Kid was the first graphic novel to win the Kirkus Prize in the “Young Readers’ Literature” category. Craft was born in Harlem and grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City. He is a graduate of The Fieldston School and received his B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts. He resides in Connecticut with his two sons and two beagles. |