The ABC Children’s Group at ABA is seeking indie booksellers’ title recommendations for the fall 2011 Best Books for Children Catalog, the premier consumer catalog for the children’s book industry, which will be available for distribution by all ABA member bookstores.

Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 5, 2011.

On Tuesday, May 24, hundreds of booksellers, librarians, and publishers attended the Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, an annual highlight of BEA. This year’s breakfast featured a range of bestselling authors who share a love for reading and writing, and above all, a belief in the power of a book in a child’s hands.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 17, 2011.

Based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 8, 2011.

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 24, 2011.

Based on sales in hundreds of indpendent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 10, 2011.

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.

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Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 20, 2011.