On April 5, Little Shop of Stories participated in One Day Without Shoes, sponsored by TOMS Shoes, to raise awareness about the millions of children forced to go barefoot.
Reservations are now being accepted for the ABC Children’s Group Silent Auction and Reception at BEA to benefit the new ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books. A preview of this year’s Silent Auction artwork is available online.
Booksellers and librarians can now reserve a spot for the Tea With Children’s Authors, to be held on Wednesday afternoon, May 25, at BookExpo America. Tickets for the event are $15 each.
This week BTW launches “Booksellers Diary,” an occasional feature of first-person accounts of bookseller’s experiences on the frontlines. The first entry is from Carol Chittenden of Eight Cousins in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Owners and staff at all ABA member stores in good standing can now vote via electronic ballot for the 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards, and, for the first time, the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, formerly administered by the Association of Booksellers for Children.
Kristen McLean, former ABC executive director, now a consultant to ABA, offers insights and action points for booksellers based on the “The Children’s Book Consumer in the Digital Age,” a joint study by Bowker Pubtrack and ABC.
Stores currently renewing their ABA dues will receive a new “Eat Sleep Read Local” poster. For those also signing up for the new ABA ABC Children’s Group, there’s an additional “Snack Nap Read” poster.
On Monday, January 10, at its Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, the American Library Association announced the winners of its Caldecott and Newbery medals and other awards for the best children’s and young adult literature.
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On April 5, Little Shop of Stories participated in One Day Without Shoes, sponsored by TOMS Shoes, to raise awareness about the millions of children forced to go barefoot.