31 Booksellers Win Scholarships to Children's Institute 2025

The American Booksellers Association is eager to announce the 31 booksellers who have been awarded scholarships to Children's Institute 2025 (Ci2025) in Portland, Oregon.

The awards cover the registration fee, hotel stay, and up to $600 in travel expenses to the June 12–14 event.

On Behalf of ABA from the Scholarship application process

• Heather Albinson, Wild Rumpus, Minneapolis, MN
• Lawrence Baker, Seminary Co-Op Bookstore, Chicago, IL
• Dominique Burleson, Paperbacks & Frybread Co., Lilesville, NC
• Cristina Cardenas, Cuentos y Cafe BIPOC Bookstore, Asheville, NC
• Sara Cunningham-Farish, Darvill's Bookstore, Eastsound, WA
• Hannah Davidson, Mystery to Me, Madison, WI
• Cynthia Duprey, Next Chapter Bookstore, Barre, VT
• Rajean Erbar, The Novel Neighbor, Webster Groves, MO
• Federico-Tez Figueroa, Secret Garden Bookshop, Seattle, WA
• Jess Fuentes, Wild Rumpus, Minneapolis, MN
• Mylo Garrin, People's Book, Takoma Park, MD
• Alma Guzman, Libros con Alma, Huntington Park, CA
• Stacey Haerr, Warwick's, La Jolla, CA
• Heather Hall, Green Feather Book Company, Norman, OK
• Danielle Helzer, Rooted Books and Gifts, Grand Island, NE
• Nicole Johnson, Baltimore Read Aloud, Baltimore, MD
• Troy Johnson, African American Literature Book Club, Tampa, FL
• Lorelei Kennedy, Storytime Bookshop, Kennewick, WA
• K. Kerimian, The Nonbinarian Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY
• David Landry, CLASS Bookstore, Houston, TX
• Nikolas Leasure, The Book Loft of German Village, Columbus, OH
• Mara Luther, Chapter One Book Store, Hamilton, MT
• Priscilla Martínez, West Side Stories, Purcellville, VA
• Rachel Matsuoka, Books Inc., San Leandro, CA
• Lauren Pronger, Chapterhouse Books, Amarillo, TX
• Lillie Reimer, Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI
• Kirsten Rickershauser, Balin Books, Nashua, NH
• Kyra Tatlow, Book Love, Plymouth, MA
• Micah S. Thomas, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY
• Claudia Vega, Whose Books, Dallas, TX
• Charlie Williams, Square Books, Oxford, MS