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Indies First Storytime Day (Saturday, May 17) is fast approaching, but there’s still time for ABA members to reach out and make plans to host one or more of the many authors who have signed on to read to children at an independent bookstore that day.

Tracy Holczer is the author of The Secret Hum of a Daisy, a 2014 Summer/Fall Indies Introduce New Voices pick for middle grade readers. Learn more about Tracy Holczer and sign up now for the new Indies Introduce promotion.

The May Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.

Here are the titles on the June Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

Tess Sharpe is the author of Far From You, a spring 2014 New Voices debut for young adults. “Part murder mystery, part forbidden romance, this lovely novel is both chilling and poignant,” says Emily Ring of Inklings Bookshop in Yakima, Washington.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 20, 2014.

Writer Lauren Lexa asks readers to suspend a little disbelief and enjoy this humorous introduction to the leading man in Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Algonquin). The “interview” is reprinted here with permission from Ingram Book Group.

Kate DiCamillo, the 2014–2015 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, gives her top 10 reasons authors and illustrators should sign up to read at an indie bookstore for Indies First Storytime Day, this May 17.

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.

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 30, 2014.

April’s #1 Indie Next List pick, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, hit store shelves on Tuesday. Here, Algonquin Books’ Kathy Pories provides a behind-the-scenes look at the editing process for this bookseller favorite.

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.

Here are the titles on the May Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement.

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.

The April Indie Next List’s 12 “Now in Paperback” titles are featured with bookseller quotes on a downloadable flier and shelf-talkers.