30 Booksellers Win Scholarships to Children's Institute 2024

The American Booksellers Association is eager to announce the 30 winners of scholarships to Children's Institute 2024 (Ci2024) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Scholarship recipients receive waived registration fees to in-person Children’s Institute, a comped hotel room during the Institute, and up to $600 reimbursement for travel to and from the Institute. 

Individual Ci2024 scholarship recipients are not matched with individual sponsors; instead, a portion of total fees raised by Ci2024 sponsorships are dedicated to funding as many bookseller scholarships for as many new and different stores as possible.

On Behalf of ABA from the scholarship application process

• Kimm Mayer, Gilbert and Ivy (Vicksburg, MI)
• Keeley Malone, Ink Drinkers Anonymous (Muncie, IN)
• Nahin Cano, Seminary Co-Op Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
• Violeta Cornett, Brewing Up Words (Colby, KS)
• Tanvi Rastogi, Dog-Eared Books (Ames, IA)
• Brie Taralson, Lykke Communities (New Ulm, MN)
• Chawa Magaña, Palabras Bilingual Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)
• Katy Lemieux, Talking Animals Books (Grapevine, TX)
• Sherrele Goloversic, The Book Readers Venue (Humble, TX)
• Latanya DeVaughn, Bronx Bound Books (Bronx, NY)
• Sandie Chen, Loyalty Bookstore (Silver Spring, MD)
• Candace Rivera, The Book & Nook (Warwick, NY)
• Raquel España, Peninsula Book Collaborative (South San Francisco, CA)
• Holly Snyder Thompson, The Avid Reader (Davis, CA)
• Gabriel Moushabeck, Booklink Booksellers Inc. (Northampton, MA)
• Ernio Hernandez, River Bend Bookshop (Glastonbury, CT)
• Kimi Loughlin, Silver Unicorn Bookstore (Acton, MA)
• Rachel Kimbrow, Linda Letra Bilingual Books (Portland, OR)
• Kathleen Johnson, Roundabout Books (Bend, OR)
• Sofia Hart, Always Here Bookstore (Portland, OR)
• Annastasia Williams, Bookshop at the Bottom (Knoxville, TN)
• Emily Singleton Spears, Monarch Books (Baton Rouge, LA)
• Pranoo Kumar, Rohi's Readery (West Palm Beach, FL)
• Kelly Justice, The Fountain Bookstore (Richmond, VA)
• Elisa McIntosh, The Bookstore Plus Music & Art (Lake Placid, NY)
• Mary Taris, Strive Bookstore (Minneapolis, MN)
• Susie Rich, Susie's Stories (Rockport, MA)
• Wendy Sanchez, Chukaruka (Fontana, CA)
• Kerry Halls, Auntie’s Bookstore (Spokane, WA)
• Frederick Rossero, Oblong Books (Millerton, NY)