Children’s Bookselling

02 Jun

Online Children’s Book Art Auction Underway Until June 9

An online auction to benefit the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is now accepting bids on eBay on more than 65 pieces of art created for children’s books.

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29 May

James Patterson Announces Second Round of Grant Recipients

At Wednesday’s BEA session “Helping Bookstores, Saving Lives,” author James Patterson announced the second round of grant recipients in his campaign to give $1 million to independent bookstores over the course of the year.

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22 May

Bookstores Celebrate Indies First Storytime Day

On Saturday, May 17, authors and bookstores across the country participated in Indies First Storytime Day: a celebration of stories and the independent bookstores that put them into the hands of readers.

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22 May

Craft of Storytime Featured in Children’s Institute Video

The newest video from last month’s ABC Children’s Institute features bookseller, storyteller, and TEDx speaker Anastasia McKenna, aka “Miss Anastasia,” of The Twig Book Shop in San Antonio, Texas.

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22 May

Children’s Institute Panel Offers Tips on Growing Event Programming

Booksellers who attended a session on expanding author events at last month’s Children’s Institute left with a variety of ideas for creating enticing and exciting in-store and offsite events for kids.

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15 May

Children’s Choice Book Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2014 Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards were announced on Wednesday night at the seventh Children’s Book Week Gala in New York.

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15 May

Indies First Storytime Day: Share Your Stories and Photos

With the May 17 celebration of Indies First Storytime Day just days away, ABA is encouraging the many booksellers who are hosting events to share their experiences via e-mail and social media.

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15 May

Booksellers Get Schooled on Educator Events at Children’s Institute

At last month’s Children’s Institute, booksellers shared best practices for welcoming area teachers and librarians into their stores for productive, community-building events.

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14 May

New ABC Institute Videos Focus on Educator Nights, Author Events, and Social Media Engagement

Thanks to a grant from author James Patterson, all ABA member booksellers can take advantage of last month’s ABC Children’s Institute education offerings through a series of online videos of the event’s breakout sessions and plenaries.

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09 May

The Summer 2014 Kids’ Indie Next List

The four-page, full-color Summer Kids’ Indie Next List flier, arriving at stores in the upcoming Children’s White Box, features the top 10 children’s titles for the summer publishing season and an additional 40 titles organized by age group.

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08 May

Children’s Institute Addresses Strategies to Sell Picture Books

A session at last month’s ABC Children’s Institute addressed strategies for selling picture books in the wake of age compression.

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07 May

Don’t Miss Out: Registration for ABC Children’s Group Special Events to Close May 12

BookExpo America is just weeks away, and time is running out for ABC Children’s Group members to register for three unique opportunities to meet many of their favorite children’s book authors and illustrators at the show.

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06 May

An Indies Introduce New Voices Q&A With Rebecca Petruck

Rebecca Petruck is the author of Steering Toward Normal, a spring 2014 New Voices selection for middle grade readers and a Kids’ Indie Next List pick.

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05 May

New Videos From ABC Children’s Institute Now Online

Videos from three ABC Children’s Institute education sessions are now available to all ABA member booksellers with a BookWeb username and password: Graduate Level Education on Child Development & Literacy; Selling Picture Books in the Wake of Age Compression; and Managing Successful Book Fairs In-Store and Off-Site.

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01 May

Illustrators Eager to Welcome Booksellers to Their Studios

Booksellers who register by May 12 will have the opportunity to meet with the creators of some of today’s best-selling and best-loved children’s books during the May 28 Illustrator Studio Tours at BEA. Here, participating authors explain why they’re excited by the prospect.

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