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Children's Institute 2024
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Closing Keynote with Rex Ogle and Mark Oshiro: Queer Stories For Community
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Rex Ogle and Mark Oshiro are inspirational authors of young people’s literature writing about queer adolescents overcoming real-life and fantastical obstacles. Both depict examples of acts of heroism, community-building, trust, generosity, reciprocity, and queer culture. During these unprecedented times of book bannings and challenges predominantly impacting the LGBTQIA2S+ community, young readers deserve (and need!) stories that illustrate what it is to be in community for transcendence. It is the commitment of booksellers to share queer stories that cultivate a culture of caring, and empathy all the while uplifting LGBTQIA2S+ authors and readers that expands their unique position of stewards of storytelling.
Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, which won the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award; Abuela, Don’t Forget Me, a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award; and Punching Bag, a NYPL Best Book of the Year.
Mark Oshiro is the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning Latinx queer author of Anger Is a Gift, Each of Us a Desert, and Into the Light, as well as several middle-grade books and co-author (with Rick Riordan) of The Sun and the Star.
Kai Burner (he/they) has been a proud member of the book industry since 2016. He is currently the Assistant Manager and Children’s/Gift Buyer at the Bookworm of Edwards, serves on ABA’s Bookseller Advisory Council and Children’s Council, and is a board member of their local pride organization, Mountain Pride.
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Mark Oshiro, Jasmine Is Haunted (Macmillan Children's Publishing)
Rex Ogle, Road Home (Norton Young Readers)
Kai Burner, Bookworm of Edwards - Edwards, CO
Rex Ogle, Road Home (Norton Young Readers)
Kai Burner, Bookworm of Edwards - Edwards, CO
Planning Your Calendar to Navigate the Unexpected
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
How you plan your calendar impacts the flow of business. Knowing what’s coming down the pike can better help you navigate surprises. This session asks you to review what you can anticipate during any calendar year and plot the constants (holidays, frontlist ordering windows, weekly bestseller reporting, ABACUS, national and regional events) so that when variables (staff vacations, events & book fairs, emergencies) arise, you already have one foot out of triage and can better handle whatever comes at you.
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Courtney Wallace, American Booksellers Association - White Plains, NY
Jennifer Sauter-Price, Read Early And Daily R.E.A.D. - Arlington, VA
Rene Holderman, Third Place Books - Lake Forest Park, WA
Melissa Taylor, E. Shaver, Bookseller - Savannah, GA
Jennifer Sauter-Price, Read Early And Daily R.E.A.D. - Arlington, VA
Rene Holderman, Third Place Books - Lake Forest Park, WA
Melissa Taylor, E. Shaver, Bookseller - Savannah, GA
Building Diverse Children’s Sections
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
To highlight new titles from authors and characters from historically underrepresented groups, Ci2024 children’s publishers will demonstrate their best handselling skills! Come learn about books from Black and BIPOC authors, Trans and LGBTQIA2S+ authors, and authors and characters with disabilities, as well as upcoming sci-fi and romance titles written by those authors. An Edelweiss collection of the presented titles will be available.
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- Preethi Kannath, American Booksellers Association
Inspiring Families and Kids to Read Again
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Reading is on the decline. We've all heard it and we're all worried. It will take a bookstore organizing and community effort to relight the spark of literacy in not just kids, but also their parents. Bookstores with active reading programs will share models that work for them that booksellers can implement in their bookstores. This session will include time for a discussion on how the collective can work together to keep kids in bookstores.
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- Cliff Helm, Left Bank Books - St. Louis, MO
- Sandie Angulo Chen, Loyalty Bookstores - Silver Spring, MD
- Diane Capriola, Little Shop of Stories - Decatur, GA
- Cortney Yee, Changing Hands Bookstore - Tempe, AZ
Ingram Essentials: Workflow Enhancements & ipage® Improvements
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Join Ron Smithson and Marsha Wood as they discuss how Ingram is investing in indie bookstores through new warehouse improvements, and how the recent ipage enhancements can help increase productivity while decreasing downtime.
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- Ron Smithson, Ingram Content Group - La Vergne, TN
- Marsha Wood, Ingram Content Group - La Vergne, TN
Publisher Presentations & Lunch
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Hear about great upcoming titles from more of Children’s Institute’s publisher sponsors.
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Social Emotional Learning With Romance
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
With young adult and middle-grade readers enjoying romance, it’s no secret that romance is good for business and good for young people who are exploring their identities and feelings. Whether it’s their first crush or a big love song-worthy experience, this discussion-based session will examine how reading about romantic relationships can be a young person’s first experience with different expressions of identities in relationships, creating boundaries, and giving/receiving consent — all while growing your business.
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Danielle Pernell, King's Books - Tacoma, WA
Nicole Brinkley, Oblong Books - Rhinebeck, NY
Haley Calvin, The Novel Neighbor - Webster Groves, MO
Sydney Wilson, Little Shop of Stories - Decatur, GA
Nicole Brinkley, Oblong Books - Rhinebeck, NY
Haley Calvin, The Novel Neighbor - Webster Groves, MO
Sydney Wilson, Little Shop of Stories - Decatur, GA
Harnessing Edelweiss For Discoverability
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Edelweiss provides a suite of tools that will allow everyone in your team to contribute to sustaining your children's literature sections. In this session we will cover core, analytics, community, and 360 Edelweiss tools that you can leverage for discovery, building out, and boosting your store sections. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of Edelweiss tools for the purposes of knowledge sharing, previewing, and handselling.
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- Deidre Dumpson, Edelweiss
- Cat VanOrder, Bookmarks - Winston-Salem, NC
- Taylor Carlton, Brazos Bookstore - Houston, TX
Advocacy, Activism & Bookselling: The Influence of Bookstores
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Whether it’s to advocate for better public infrastructure, get out the vote for school board elections, stand up to book challenges, protect drag story times, or support a cause that aligns with your store’s mission, bookstores have the ability to influence change that can help their business and their community. In this session, booksellers will share examples of the ways their bookstore has influenced change and the obstacles they face.
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- Brein Lopez, Children's Book World - Los Angeles, CA
- John Cavalier, Cavalier House Books - Denham Springs, LA
- Vera Warren Williams, Community Book Center - New Orleans, LA
- Rebecca Crosswhite, Rediscovered Books - Boise, ID
Bookstore Systems and Automations
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Can a bookstore be a Rube Goldberg machine? Realistically? Probably not, but here booksellers will apply the geometric law of syllogism (“If this, then that”) to demonstrate how to automate processes or develop systems to follow a consistent pattern or trigger a chain reaction of “this, then that.” Attendees will learn about low code/no code automation, and have the chance to examine and re-evaluate systems that can be streamlined to create an outcome that follows a chain reaction pattern — whether it’s an Excel formula or a standard procedure for fluid store operations.
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- Mikey LaFave, Avid Bookshop - Athens, GA
- Hannah Oliver Depp, Loyalty Bookstores - Washington, DC
- Kelly Justice, Fountain Booktore - Richmond, VA
- Danielle King, Left Bank Books - St. Louis, MO
Utilizing Category Turns To Leverage Profits
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Measuring turns is a good indicator of the vitality of your children’s department or bookstore. The session will explain turns in terms of your business’ health, compare children’s bookstore and children’s categories’ turns to general bookstores and non-children’s categories, teach booksellers how to measure turns, and the importance of watching them. With a foundational understanding, attendees will be allotted time during the session to brainstorm goal-setting and plans for growth for underperforming categories.
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Cynthia Compton, 4 Kids Books & Toys - Zionsville, IN
Social Responsibility and Children’s Bookselling
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
This idea exchange acknowledges that books are a luxury and children who don’t have access to books won’t have access unless a concerted effort is made by a bookstore. We will assess the role of a community bookstore, critique school events, and connect ways in which bookstores can integrate financially accessible or no-cost ways to deliver books to children — strengthening community bonds and infusing all young people with a lifelong love of reading while remaining fiscally conscious of the business.
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- Tanvi Rastogi, Dog-Eared Books - Ames, IA
- Pranoo Kumar, Rohi's Readery - West Palm Beach, FL
- sweet pea Flaherty, King's Books - Tacoma, WA
- Latanya Devaughn, Bronx Bound Books - Bronx, NY
The New Strategy For Author Events
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
The nature of authors’ events continuously changes from one event to the next. However, COVID-19 has forced an evolution in events that can leave event coordinators wondering why they aren’t meeting their event goals. This session will discuss updated strategies for forming mutually beneficial relationships with publishing partners, managing ticketing and turnout, and creating an ordering strategy that feels less like throwing spaghetti at the wall and more like a tactical approach to hitting your event numbers bullseye.
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Speakers
- Angie Zhao, bbgb - Richmond, VA
- Casey Robinson, The Silver Unicorn Bookstore - Acton, MA
- Cathy Berner, Blue Willow Bookshop - Houston, TX
- Thu Doan, East Bay Booksellers - Oakland, CA
License Characters and Media Properties as a Gateway to a Love of Literature
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
With consideration to the thousands of children who have transitioned from learning to read to reading to learn during the pandemic, how have the events of the last four years impacted reading comprehension and the middle-grade readers’ experience of reading? This session will investigate the rise of sales in graphic novels, manga, licensed character novels and stories, and comic books in relation to the drop in sales of the traditional middle-grade novel. We will also critically examine the independent bookstore’s relationship with licensed characters and media property tie-ins in terms of competing businesses like Walmart and Target and our own implicit bias against licensed character novels and stories.
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- Molly Olivo, Child’s Play - Washington, DC
- Lily Taliaferro, Eagle Harbor Book Co - Bainbridge Island, WA
- Marisa Spence, Ballast Book Company - Bremerton, WA
- Kai Burner, Bookworm of Edwards - Edwards, CO
Breakfast Keynote: Spotlight on Black Publishing
Recorded June 12, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
In this spotlight on Black publishers Cheryl Willis Hudson (Just Us Books), Kwame M’Balia (Freedom Fire), and Bria Ragin (Delacorte Press) candidly discuss what inspired them to pursue careers as publishers of children’s books and their journeys to success in the publishing industry. It is a frank conversation about the history and experiences of Black publishers and the responsibility of all bookstores to invest in Black publishers, authors, illustrators, and children.
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- Cheryl Willis Hudson is an author, editor, publisher, and respected member of the children’s book community. She is co-founder of Just Us Books, publisher and packager of books that celebrate African American children, as well as co-author of Bright Eyes, Brown Skin. When I See Spirituals is Cheryl's first book for Holiday House.
- Kwame Mbalia is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Tristan Strong series and the publisher of Freedom Fire, an imprint of Disney Hyperion devoted to stories about the Black diaspora by Black creators.
- Bria Ragin is an Editor at Delacorte Press, where she works on middle grade and young adult fiction, and edits for Joy Revolution, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books co-founded by authors Nicola and David Yoon, focusing on commercial teen romances written by and about people of color.
- Britt J. Camacho (she/her) is ABA’s DEIA & Communications Senior Copy Editor, where she reviews content and language standards across the organization for diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. She believes that language is a means of freedom, and that stories help us build the future.
Creating Training Plans that Work
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
We don’t believe in training just for training’s sake, or just because it's the right thing to do. We firmly believe that the best and most successful training positively changes behavior and, therefore, positively affects our business’ bottom lines. We’ll share key elements of how we design and deliver our staff training as well as other tips we’ve learned over the years. (Presented by ZingTrain.)
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Elnian Gilbert, ZingTrain - Ann Arbor, MI
Book Bans’ Impact on Marginalized Communities
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Book bans and challenges have disproportionately harmed the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, with 30% of challenges targeting books including BIPOC characters or anti-racist themes and another 30% targeting books with LGBTQ+ characters and themes. Panelists will discuss the targeted impact of book bans on these and other marginalized communities, how they use bookselling to fight back in their own communities, and how other booksellers can do the same.
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Speakers
- Jihye Shin, The Nonbinarian Book Bike - Brooklyn, NY
- Erin Decker, White Rose Books & More - Kissimmee, FL
- Annastasia Williams, The Bottom - Knoxville, TN
- Leah Johnson, Loudmouth Books - Indianapolis, IN
Budgeting For Bookstores
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
In this session, attendees will learn essential budgeting principles, including maintaining various budgeting reports and monitoring sales, payroll, inventory, and other key financial metrics. We’ll explore practical strategies for managing expenses, maximizing revenue, and maintaining financial health, as well as review ways to share this critical data with staff. Whether you’re a new bookstore owner or a seasoned veteran, this session will provide valuable insights to help you navigate the financial landscape with confidence.
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- Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo, Greenlight Bookstore - Brooklyn, NY
- Gabriel Moushabeck, Booklink Booksellers Inc. - Northampton, MA
- Sarah Hutton, Village Books - Bellingham, WA
- Tina Ferguson, Face in a Book - El Dorado Hills, CA
Evaluating Circana Data
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Following the Children’s Book Market Overview, booksellers can attend this idea exchange to investigate the data further, formulate opinions, and set goals for the final quarter of the year to prepare for a robust holiday season.
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- Lauren Savage, The Reading Bug - San Carlos, CA
- Holly Weinkauf, Red Balloon Bookshop - Saint Paul, MN
- Brenna Connor, Circana - New York, NY
- Nicole Brinkley, Oblong Books - Rhinebeck, NY
Featured Talk: Children’s Book Market Overview
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Brenna Connor, Books Insights Manager of Circana (formerly NPD), will explain and identify the US children’s book market key trends to watch, highest growth areas, and performance by genre, format, and age range. This can’t-miss session is based on the latest Circana BookScan data and Brenna’s industry expertise. (With a follow-up idea exchange)
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Brenna Connor, Circana - New York, NY
Education for Authors: Best Practices for Bookstore Events
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Developed for author guests in the early stages of their writing careers, this panel features booksellers who have formulated successful practices for creating events that benefit both stores and authors. This session will cover a number of issues, from author publicity to dealing with pre-event nerves.
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Maggie Robe, Flyleaf Books - Chapel Hill, NC
Harriet Moss, Books Inc. - Campbell, CA
James Ponti, The Sherlock Society (Simon & Schuster Children's Books)
Tegan Tigani, Queen Anne Book Company - Seattle, WA
Christine Bollow, Loyalty Bookstores - Washington, DC
Harriet Moss, Books Inc. - Campbell, CA
James Ponti, The Sherlock Society (Simon & Schuster Children's Books)
Tegan Tigani, Queen Anne Book Company - Seattle, WA
Christine Bollow, Loyalty Bookstores - Washington, DC
Indies Introduce Lunch and Author Signing
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
The Indies Introduce program is about what independent booksellers do best: discovering exciting debut authors and sharing the best with readers across the country. Enjoy lunch while learning about the title selection process from the bookseller panelists who curated the Summer/Fall 2024 Indies Introduce Kids’ list. Many of the Summer/Fall 2024 Indies Introduce Kids’ debut authors will be present to read a short passage and answer a question posed by one of the bookseller panelists. Authors will be available to sign copies of their debut books following the presentation.
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Featured Authors
- K. A. Cobell, Looking for Smoke (Heartdrum/HarperCollins Children's Books)
- Freddie Kölsch, Now, Conjurers (Union Square & Co.)
- Aimee Lim, The Spindle of Fate (Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan Children's Publishing Group)
- Daisy Garrison, Six More Months of June (Flatiron Books/Macmillan Publishers)
- John Cochran, Breaking Into Sunlight (Algonquin Young Readers/Hachette Book Group)
- Josh Galarza, The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky (Henry Holt and Co./Macmillan Children's Publishing Group)
- g. haron davis, The Lonely Below (Scholastic Press)
- Steven Banbury, The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers/Hachette Book Group)
- Kalela Williams, Tangleroot (Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan Children's Publishing Group)
Summer/Fall 2024 Kids' Bookseller Panelists
- Holly Weinkauf - Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN
- Sally Sue Lavigne - The Storybook Shoppe, Bluffton, SC
- Donna Liu - Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park, CA
- Lily Taliaferro - Eagle Harbor Book Co., Bainbridge Island, WA
- Emmy Widener - Changing Hands, Phoenix, AZ
- Kromeklia Bryant - Solid State Books, Washington, DC
- Katie Pionk - McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, MI
Understanding Cost of Goods For the Mathematically Anxious
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
This session will teach booksellers how to calculate the cost of goods sold (COGS) and maximize gross profit/margin. Panelists will lay the foundation for an understanding of COGS so that booksellers can confidently compare their information to ABACUS data. During this session, booksellers will be given time to examine what they’ve learned and identify areas in their own business for better COGS management so that they can begin applying these concepts when they return to their stores.
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Josh Christie, Print: A Bookstore - Portland, ME
Rebekah Rine, Watermark Books & Cafe - Wichita, KS
Tegan Tigani, Queen Anne Book Company - Seattle, WA
PK Sindwani, American Booksellers Association - Harrison, NY
Rebekah Rine, Watermark Books & Cafe - Wichita, KS
Tegan Tigani, Queen Anne Book Company - Seattle, WA
PK Sindwani, American Booksellers Association - Harrison, NY
Redefining Success
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Bookstores have obvious indicators of success. The business is in the black, new customers walk through the doors, regular customers return, and events are well attended. In this session, booksellers examine what other measurements of success exist outside systemic measurements. What are benchmarks of success that are not part of a traditional capitalist understanding of measuring success?
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- Erica Tso Haidas, Belonging Books - Brewster, MA
- Rebekah Shoaf, Boogie Down Books - Bronx, NY
- Bunnie Hilliard, Brave + Kind Bookshop - Decatur, GA
- Hannah Oliver Depp, Loyalty Bookstores - Washington, DC
Virtual Book Fairs and Teacher Wishlists
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Virtual book fairs and teacher wishlist fulfillment are practical ways to support schools and students. Learn the fundamentals of planning, marketing, running, and fulfilling virtual book fairs and wishlists.
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Speakers
- Hannah Walcher, California Independent Booksellers Alliance (CALIBA) - Oakland, CA
- Angela Whited, Red Balloon Bookshop - Saint Paul, MN
- Sophie Nogar, Second Star to the Right - Denver, CO
Supporting Young Readers During Tough Times
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Adults don’t always have the answers. And just like adults, kids have the urge and want to seek out answers to difficult questions and situations. In this session, booksellers will discuss how bookstores can display, discuss, and create an environment for young readers where they feel empowered to ask about and find the answers to their tough questions and difficult events happening in our world.
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- Lorie Barber, Anderson's Bookshops - Naperville, IL
- Heather Albinson, Wild Rumpus Books - Minneapolis, MN
- Danielle Pernell, King's Books - Tacoma, WA
Breakfast Keynote with Renée Watson: Shades of Blue: On Writing About Grief and Joy For Young Readers
Recorded June 11, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Renée Watson is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Her books include Piecing Me Together, which received a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award, the Ryan Hart series, and acclaimed picture books like Maya’s Song and The 1619 Project: Born on the Water, written with Nikole Hannah-Jones.
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Renée Watson, All the Blues in the Sky (Bloomsbury) - New York, NY
Seminar: Leader's Guide to Performance Management
Recorded June 10, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
Helping staff succeed is the primary role of a leader, though many leaders struggle with exactly how to do that. In this two-hour workshop, we’ll share practical, tactical tools for leaders to use to tackle performance problems, give future-focused feedback, and manage their teams more effectively. Presented by ZingTrain.
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Elnian Gilbert, ZingTrain - Ann Arbor, MI
Publisher Education: Middle Grade Market Discussion
Recorded June 10, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
The recent decline in middle grade readership has set off an alarm for independent children’s booksellers. With children losing interest in reading between the ages of 8–12, in only a few short years, the number of adult readers will also be diminishing. In this session, booksellers and Brenna Connor from Circana will share the middle grade trends bookstores are seeing, ideas for addressing the issue head on, and open the floor for a collaborative discussion.
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- Kathy Burnette, Brain Lair Books - South Bend, IN
- Brenna Connor, Circana - New York, NY
- Diane Capriola, Little Shop of Stories - Decatur, GA
- Cathy Berner, Blue Willow Bookshop - Houston, TX
Publisher Education: Booksellers Present on Children’s Events in the 2020s
Recorded June 10, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
This session is exclusively designed for publishers and led by events managers from bookstores with longstanding histories of successful events. Booksellers will present how events (virtual, hybrid, and in-person) have evolved since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020 through today. They will investigate factors that impact the new needs of bookstores and customers as they pertain to events and school visits, and share solutions that cultivate cross-industry collaboration so that bookstores, event participants, authors, and publishers have their needs met now and into the future.
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Speakers
- Nahin Cano, Seminary Co-Op Bookstore - Chicago, IL
- Angie Zhao, bbgb - Richmond, VA
- Lupe Penn, Bookmarks - Winston-Salem, NC
- Brein Lopez, Children's Book World - Los Angeles, CA
Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding with an Inclusive & Accessible Lens
Recorded June 10, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
This workshop is designed to empower bookstore managers and owners with the knowledge and tools to cultivate truly inclusive environments. Over the course of two hours, this interactive session will guide participants through the nuances of recruitment, hiring, and onboarding through the lens of anti-racism, inclusivity, and accessibility. Building on the principles advocated by RISEwithUS (Radical Insightful and Solutions to create Equity), this workshop aims to integrate equity-centered practices and leadership into the very foundation of bookstore operations.
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KJ Williams, RISEWITHUS
AJ Williams, RISEWITHUS
New Children’s Bookseller Toolbox
Recorded June 10, 2024 for Children's Institute 2024
This session is for those new to children’s bookselling (or those who want a refresher). Long-time children’s booksellers will demystify and clarify important FYIs and other details you won’t know until someone tells you! Topics discussed will be sales rep relationships, opening accounts versus ordering from a wholesaler, and more. You will leave feeling comfortable with a foundational toolbox that you will add to over time.
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Speakers
- Paul Thomason Fyke, Square Books Jr. - Oxford, MS
- Kimi Loughlin, The Silver Unicorn Bookstore - Acton, MA
- Molly Olivo, Child’s Play - Washington, DC
- Cliff Helm, Left Bank Books - St. Louis, MO
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