31 Booksellers Named ABC Children’s Institute Scholarship Recipients

The American Booksellers Association announced today the booksellers who will be attending this April’s ABC Children’s Institute on scholarship. The awards, covering the conference fee, a two-night stay at the host hotel, and up to $400 in travel expenses, are funded by Baker & Taylor, the event’s lead sponsor; 21 publisher sponsors; and the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation.

“The American Booksellers Association extends sincere thanks to our Children’s Institute sponsors for their ongoing commitment to children’s bookselling,” said Senior Program Officer Joy Dallanegra-Sanger. “Due to their generosity, 31 ABA members will be able to take part in a great educational program that will offer much that booksellers can take back and implement in the their stores to encourage reading among the children in their communities.”

The recipients of ABC Children’s Institute Scholarships are:

Abrams: Connie Griffin, Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM

Algonquin/Workman: Nancy Felton, Broadside Bookshop, Northampton, MA

B&T Heartland Scholarship: Judith Kissner, Scout & Morgan Books, Cambridge, MN  

Baker & Taylor: Sam Droke-Dickinson, Aaron’s Books, Lititz, PA

Baker & Taylor: Chris Erickson, Off the Beaten Path, Steamboat Springs, CO

Baker & Taylor: Jennifer Geraedts, Beagle Book & Bindery, Park Rapids, MN

Baker & Taylor: Arna Lewis, Buttonwood Books & Toys, Cohasset, MA

Baker & Taylor: Jerome Fordham, Prosperity Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA

Binc Foundation: Sarah Hedrick, Iconoclast Books, Ketchum, ID

Binc Foundation: Jill Hendrix, Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC

Binc Foundation: Emma Nichols, WORD, Brooklyn, NY

Bloomsbury: Susan Thomas, Coffee Tree Books, Morehead, KY

Candlewick: Lauren Savage, Reading Bug, San Carlos, CA

Charlesbridge: Emily Ring, Inklings Bookshop, Yakima, WA

Chronicle Books: Tegan Tigani, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA

Egmont: Bev Bartczak, The Fine Print Bookstore, Lakeside, OH

Groundwood Books: Tess Riesmeyer, Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley, PA

Hachette: Michele Bellah, Copperfield’s Books, Sebastopol, CA

Harlequin: Jyll Holland, Apple Blossom Books, Oshkosh, WI

HarperCollins: Dawn Braasch, Bunch of Grapes, Vineyard Haven, MA

HarperCollins: Lisa Nehs, Books & Company, Oconomowoc, WI

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Kate Reynolds, Colgate Bookstore, Hamilton, NY

Ingram Publishing Services: Chris Crawley, That Bookstore in Blytheville, Blytheville, AR

Penguin Young Readers: Ashley Despain, Green Apple Books, San Francisco, CA

Random House: Lisa Fabiano, Wellesley Books, Wellesley, MA

Running Press/Perseus: Caroline Christopoulos, Malaprop’s Bookstore & Café, Asheville, NC

Scholastic: Maxwell Gregory, Lake Forest Book Store, Lake Forest, IL

Seven Stories: Sarah Holt, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO

Simon & Schuster: Maureen Palacios, Once Upon a Time, Montrose, CA

Soho Teen: Erin Fraser, Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara, CA

Sourcebooks: Kelsey Myers, Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, CO

The ABC Children’s Institute will be held in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday evening, April 6, and all day Monday, April 7. Registration is now booked to capacity. Booksellers who would like to add their names to a waiting list can do so by sending an e-mail to ABC Children’s Group Manager Matthew Zoni.

Reservations at the ABA member rate at the Children’s Institute host hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton San Antonio Downtown Hotel, will close next Friday, March 7. Reservations must be booked directly with the hotel at (800) 560-7753 or via the special CI reservation page (an ABA group code is required).