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2013 WNBA PANNELL AWARD NOMINEES
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR
2013 WNBA PANNELL AWARD
Since 1983, the Women’s National Book Association has awarded one of the most prestigious honors in children’s bookselling. Given annually at BookExpo America’s Children’s Book and Author Breakfast, the WNBA Pannell Award recognizes bookstores that enhance their communities by bringing exceptional creativity to foster a love of reading in their young patrons.
Every year a panel of publishing professionals selects two winners of the award—one a general bookstore and one a children’s specialty bookstore. The store nominations come from customers, sales reps, store personnel, or anyone who has been impressed with the work of a particular independent bookstore. This year’s nominees are:
General Bookstore Children’s Specialty Store
Avid Book Shop, Athens, GA Books and Cookies, Santa Monica, CA
Byrd’s Books, Bethel, CT 4 Kids Books & Toys, Zionsville, IN
Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, MI Hooray for Books, Alexandria, VA
Newtonville Books, Newtonville, MA The Bookbug, Kalamazoo, MI
Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA The Voracious Reader, Larchmont, NY
Main Street Books, Davidson, NC Children’s Book World, Los Angeles, CA
Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC
The nominated store puts together an electronic submission with a description of activities, goals, or any contribution to the local community that involves young people and books. Photos, media coverage, letters from customers, or anything else that transmits the degree of contribution can be included in the submission. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2013.
The Pannell Award jurors for 2013 are:
Cheryl Willis Hudson, vice president and editorial director of Just Us Books
Andrew Karre, editorial director of Carolrhoda, an imprint of the Lerner Publishing Group
Lisa von Drasek, curator of Children’s Literature Research Collections, Univ. of Minnesota
Emma D. Dryden, children’s editorial and publishing consultant, Dryden Books
Kelli Chipponeri, executive editor/children’s, Chronicle Books
The jurors will make their decision by late April, and a phone call will notify the winners, as well as all stores sending submissions. Each of the two winners will receive a $1,000 check and a framed signed original piece of art by a children’s illustrator. The presentation of the award will be in New York at the BEA/ABA Children’s Book and Author Breakfast, which draws more than 1,000 attendees.
—————————————————————————————————————————————– Along with WNBA, Penguin Young Readers Group co-sponsors the award. Founded in 1917, WNBA is a national organization of women and men who promote the value to the written word by championing the role of women in the book community and by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information relating to the written word.
Children’s Art Auction at BEA to Benefit Free Speech for Kids
Children’s Art Auction at BEA to Benefit Free Speech for Kids
Attendees at BookExpo America will have an opportunity to support the free speech rights of children and young readers when the children’s art auction and reception that formerly benefitted the Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) is relaunched on Wednesday evening, May 25, as a fundraiser for the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books. The event will be held in the Javits Convention Center from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
The ABC auction has long been one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the social calendar of the children’s book industry, attracting booksellers, publishers, authors, illustrators, and other industry professionals. It is not only an opportunity to buy wonderful art but a chance to socialize with friends from around the country. Light refreshments, beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks will be served.
This year’s auction is chaired by author Laurie Halse Anderson. Anderson herself has been a target of censors. Her novel Speak has been challenged in schools by people who object to the fact that it explores the subject of sexual assault.
More than 130 artists have already donated to the auction. A preview is available online [http://www.flickr.com/photos/silent-auction/show/]
Tickets for the auction and reception are $89 ($69 for bookseller members of the ABC Children’s Group) and can be purchased here [http://images.bookweb.org/silentauction.php] Tickets may sell out prior to BookExpo. If not, they can be purchased during a preview of auction artwork in the Crystal Pavilion of the Javits Center on Tuesday, May 24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets purchased onsite will be $99 ($79 for ABC Children’s Group members).
For further information, contact: Chris Finan, ABFFE, (917) 509-0340
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