The IDPF has just announced IDPF Digital Book 2011 program will feature multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning best-selling sci-fi authors Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear to talk about their first year's experience with The Mongoliad, their ground-breaking project in direct-to-consumer/community-augmented serial publishing. http://mongoliad.com/
The official source for BookExpo announcements and news delivered by BEA Show Director Steve Rosato.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Landed in London
If you do anything often enough - one year blurs into the next. Still - I can't believe it has been 2 years since I was last at London Book Fair - it does not seem possible.
I look forward to a packed week of meetings that will put the finishing touches on some BEA efforts for 2011 and will conclude with the 'hand over' ceremony when LBF 2011 Market Focus country Russia officially transitions forward to BEA's 2012 Global Market Forum's featured country.
Maybe because there is comfort in community, but seeing some old friends and familiar faces on the flight and heading through passport control makes it seem like I was just here. Speaking of which - this line is monstrous - yikes! The familiar faces help soften what I miss at home with my wife and boys (opening day for Little League was the loss for this trip).
I look forward to sharing learnings this week and news that I come across. If you are at LBF - find me at Booth G435
Sincerely,
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Steven Rosato
Event Director-BookExpo America srosato@reedexpo.com
Sent from my BlackBerry
I look forward to a packed week of meetings that will put the finishing touches on some BEA efforts for 2011 and will conclude with the 'hand over' ceremony when LBF 2011 Market Focus country Russia officially transitions forward to BEA's 2012 Global Market Forum's featured country.
Maybe because there is comfort in community, but seeing some old friends and familiar faces on the flight and heading through passport control makes it seem like I was just here. Speaking of which - this line is monstrous - yikes! The familiar faces help soften what I miss at home with my wife and boys (opening day for Little League was the loss for this trip).
I look forward to sharing learnings this week and news that I come across. If you are at LBF - find me at Booth G435
Sincerely,
------------------------
Steven Rosato
Event Director-BookExpo America srosato@reedexpo.com
Sent from my BlackBerry
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Here's the BUZZ!!!!
BEA’s “original and ultimate taste-making events,” the Buzz Forums are the most notable and significant venues at BEA for launching new books and creating awareness for titles which might not be included in other high profile BEA programming such as the Author Breakfasts. Insightful and passionate, the forums typically attract a large audience of booksellers and media who are eager to hear about, and then talk about, the new titles which have been singled out for discussion and presentation. This year, BEA will present three separate panels, including Editors Buzz (adult), YA Editors Buzz and Middle Grade Editors Buzz.
The BEA Editors Forums are as follows:
Monday, May 23 4:30 – 5:30 pm Room 1E13
BEA Editors Buzz
THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach, Little, Brown and Company – Michael Pietsch, VP & Publisher
THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday – Alison Callahan, Executive Editor
THE UNDERSIDE OF JOY by Sere Prince Halverson, Dutton – Denise Roy, Sr. Editor
RUNNING THE RIFT by Naomi Benaron, Algonquin – Kathy Pories, Sr. Editor
BIRDS OF PARADISE by Diana Abu-Jaber, W.W. Norton - Alane Salierno Mason, VP & Sr. Editor
WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Jenna Johnson, Sr. Editor
Tuesday, May 24 2:00 – 3:15 pm Room 1E15
BEA (Young Adult) Editors Buzz
THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER by Michelle Hodkin, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Courtney Bongiolatti, Editor
AU REVOIR CRAZY EUROPEAN CHICK by Joe Schreiber, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Margret Raymo, Sr. Executive Editor
DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Turner, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – Alvina Ling, Executive Editor
DOWN THE MYSTERLY RIVER by Bill Willingham, Tor & Forge Books/ Macmillan – Susan Chang, Sr. Editor
THE CARRIER OF THE MARK by Leigh Fallon, HarperCollins Children’s Books - Erica Sussman, Sr. Editor
Wednesday, May 25 2:00 – 3:15 pm Room 1E15
BEA (Middle Grade) Editors Buzz
Insightful and passionate, this intimate editorial exchange will provide you with an editor’s perspective on some of the Fall’s new Middle School discoveries and potential breakouts
THE UNWANTEDS by Lisa McMann, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing – Lisa Abrams, Editor
WILDWOOD by Colin Meloy, Balzer + Bray - Donna Bray, VP & Co-Publisher
ICEFALL by Matthew Kirby, Scholastic Press - Lisa A. Sandell, Executive Editor
APOTHECARY by Maile Meloy, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers - Jennifer Besser, VP and Publisher
THE ASHTOWN BURIALS #1: THE DRAGONS TOOTH by N.D. Wilson, Random House Children’s Books – Jim Thomas, Editorial Dir.
The BEA Editors Forums are as follows:
Monday, May 23 4:30 – 5:30 pm Room 1E13
BEA Editors Buzz
THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach, Little, Brown and Company – Michael Pietsch, VP & Publisher
THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday – Alison Callahan, Executive Editor
THE UNDERSIDE OF JOY by Sere Prince Halverson, Dutton – Denise Roy, Sr. Editor
RUNNING THE RIFT by Naomi Benaron, Algonquin – Kathy Pories, Sr. Editor
BIRDS OF PARADISE by Diana Abu-Jaber, W.W. Norton - Alane Salierno Mason, VP & Sr. Editor
WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Jenna Johnson, Sr. Editor
Tuesday, May 24 2:00 – 3:15 pm Room 1E15
BEA (Young Adult) Editors Buzz
THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER by Michelle Hodkin, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Courtney Bongiolatti, Editor
AU REVOIR CRAZY EUROPEAN CHICK by Joe Schreiber, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Margret Raymo, Sr. Executive Editor
DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Turner, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – Alvina Ling, Executive Editor
DOWN THE MYSTERLY RIVER by Bill Willingham, Tor & Forge Books/ Macmillan – Susan Chang, Sr. Editor
THE CARRIER OF THE MARK by Leigh Fallon, HarperCollins Children’s Books - Erica Sussman, Sr. Editor
Wednesday, May 25 2:00 – 3:15 pm Room 1E15
BEA (Middle Grade) Editors Buzz
Insightful and passionate, this intimate editorial exchange will provide you with an editor’s perspective on some of the Fall’s new Middle School discoveries and potential breakouts
THE UNWANTEDS by Lisa McMann, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing – Lisa Abrams, Editor
WILDWOOD by Colin Meloy, Balzer + Bray - Donna Bray, VP & Co-Publisher
ICEFALL by Matthew Kirby, Scholastic Press - Lisa A. Sandell, Executive Editor
APOTHECARY by Maile Meloy, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers - Jennifer Besser, VP and Publisher
THE ASHTOWN BURIALS #1: THE DRAGONS TOOTH by N.D. Wilson, Random House Children’s Books – Jim Thomas, Editorial Dir.
Monday, April 4, 2011
The Kids Are Alright at BEA
Pardon the purloined subject line, it seemed appropriate and I like the word play. Two items of good news to share with BEA fans. The BEA Search It/Find It tool (SiFi as I like to call it) went live last week. This will make it easy for anyone to navigate for what they are looking for at BEA.
The second news item is the main topic of this post. This provides a lot of detail and all the highlights for Children's programming at BEA thanks to so many of our wonderful partners. People will be buzzing about many of these programs long after BEA is over this year:
The ABC Children's Group at ABA, the Children's Book Council, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Reed Exhibitions and BookExpo America did an aoutstanding job in putting the following programming together:
ABA Day of Education Sponsored by the Ingram Content Group and located in the E Hall of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. ABA’s full day of free, educational programming is targeted at ABA bookstore and provisional members, but is open to all BEA attendees.
Sessions designed for children’s booksellers include:
• Conversion Strategies for Turning Mind Share into Market Share
The recently released Bowker/PubTrack survey highlighted that independent children’s booksellers are highly prized for their knowledge of children’s books, yet overall sales continue to erode as other channels capture consumer dollars. This session will focus on how to improve your chances of both capturing sales while customers are in the store and closing the mind share/market share gap.
Moderated by Kristen McLean, consultatnt to the ABA Children’s Group at ABA (Miami, FL)
Diane Capriola, Little Shop of Stories (Decatur, GA)
• Selling Non-book in the Children’s Department
Creativity is the key! This panel discussion will touch on how non-book items can be sold through creative merchandising, marketing, and events. A few top-selling items will be displayed.
Moderated by Becky Anderson, Anderson’s Bookshop (Naperville, IL)
Beth Puffer, Bank Street Bookstore (New York, NY)
• Creating Events for Children
This session will leave you with a notebook full of creative ideas for kids’ events! It will provide a brief overview of best practices as well as an example of an outstanding event from start to finish. Attendees will also have the opportunity to break into groups to learn from each other, and will then come together for a room-wide discussion.
Cynthia Compton, 4 Kids Books (Indianapolis, IN)
• Children’s Roundtable
A veteran children’s bookseller will moderate this roundtable discussion for store owners and managers of children’s sections. Come and learn from each other! Space is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
Moderated by Shelly Plumb, Harleysville Books (Harleysville, PA)
• The Digital Market and the YA Audience
The recently released Bowker/PubTrack survey tells us that there is a correlation between the YA audience’s use of social media and their consumption of digital books. Join a discussion exploring how booksellers can leverage this information to connect with their YA customers.
Moderated by Kristen McLean, ABA (Tarrytown, NY)
Jacob Lewis (Figment.com), Meghan Dietsche Goel, BookPeople (Austin, TX)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Children’s Book and Author Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / Javits - Special Events Hall
Cost: $40 including breakfast / $20 theatre seating (no-breakfast)
Advance registration required*
This year’s popular breakfast will open with a welcome from Katherine Paterson, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and will feature Brian Selznick, author of Wonderstruck (Scholastic); Sarah Dessen, author of What Happened to Goodbye (Viking); and Kevin Henkes, author of Little White Rabbit and Junonia (Greenwillow). Julianne Moore, author of Freckleface Strawberry: Best Friends Forever (Bloomsbury), will serve as master of ceremonies. The breakfast is presented in cooperation with the Children’s Booksellers and Publishers Committee, which includes representatives from the American Booksellers Association and the Children’s Book Council.
*To purchase tickets visit the BEA website or call BEA customer service at 800-840-5614.
Preview: Artwork From the ABC Children’s Group at ABA Silent Auction to benefit the ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books
See a stunning exhibit of original children’s artwork from some of today’s greatest authors and illustrators, including Kevin Henkes, Bruce Degan, Laura Vacarro Seger, Peter Sís, Roxie Munroe, Judy Schachner, David Small, and many more! While you’re there, pick up some raffle tickets for a chance to win an original piece, and (if they haven’t sold out) purchase tickets for Wednesday night’s fabulous Silent Auction. All proceeds go to support a great cause—the newly created ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books. Sponsored by Reed Exhibitions & BookExpo America.
Speed Dating With Children’s Authors
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. / Javits 1E09/10
Cost: Free. Advance registration required*
Open to Booksellers, Librarians & Other Children’s Book Professionals
Get to know 19 children’s book creators up close and personal! Authors and illustrators will move from table to table, stopping for quick get-to-know-you chats. This is a fun and easy way to get up to “speed” on some of the latest and greatest projects of the season.
Scheduled to appear:
David A. Adler, Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra (Holiday House)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Trial By Fire / Every Other Day (Egmont)
Jane Hampton Cook, What Does the President Look Like? (Kane Miller)
James Dashner, The Death Cure (Random House)
Laura Lee Gulledge, Page By Paige (Abrams)
Jeff Hirsch, The Eleventh Plague (Scholastic)
Carrie Jones, After Obsession (Bloomsbury)
Alan Katz, Mosquitoes Are Ruining My Summer; Me Me Mine; Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking (Simon & Schuster)
Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back (Candlewick)
Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me (HarperCollins)
Kate McMullan, Myth-o-Mania series (Capstone)
Jennifer Roy, MindBlind (Marshall Cavendish)
Marie Rutkoski, The Jewel of the Kalderash (Macmillan)
Clete Smith, Aliens on Vacation (Disney)
Ashley Spires, Binky Under Pressure (Kids Can)
Susan Stockdale, Bring on the Birds (Peachtree)
Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Little, Brown)
Linda Urban, Hound Dog True (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Meg Wolitzer, The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman (Penguin)
Presented by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA and the Children’s Book Council.
*To reserve your spot, please e-mail 2011speeddate@cbcbooks.org with your full name, store, library, or company affiliation, store address (street, city, state, and zip), and email address.
BEA (Young Adult) Editors Buzz
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. / Javits 1E15 - Cost: Free - Open to all
Insightful and passionate, this intimate editorial exchange will provide you with an editor’s perspective on some of the fall’s new YA discoveries and potential breakouts.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
BEA (Middle Grade) Editors Buzz - 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.- Room 1E16
Insightful and passionate, this intimate editorial exchange will provide you with an editor’s perspective on some of the fall’s new Middle School discoveries and potential breakouts.
Tea With Children’s Authors
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. / Room 1E12 - Cost: $15 *Advanced registration required.
Join us for the third edition of this popular program, which gives librarians and booksellers a chance to chat with some of the industry’s brightest stars in a more relaxed and casual environment. Each author will join a table of book enthusiasts for refreshments and an open-ended conversation about the author’s life and work. A children’s bookseller will moderate each table. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sponsored by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA and the Children’s Book Council. (Sponsors reserve the right to review all reservations for eligibility.)
Scheduled to appear:
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, The Bridge to Neverland (Disney)
Anna Dewdney, Llama Llama Home with Mama (Penguin)
Mordecai Gerstein, Dear Hot Dog (Abrams)
Beth Kephart, You Are My Only (Egmont)
Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers, We Are America (HarperCollins)
Christopher Paolini, Inheritance #4 (Random House)
Jerry Pinkney, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Little, Brown)
Judy Schachner, Skippyjon Jones: Class Action (Penguin)
Marilyn Singer, Tallulah's Tutu; A Stick Is an Excellent Thing (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races (Scholastic)
R.L. Stine, The First Day of School … Forever! (Macmillan)
Scott Westerfeld, Goliath (Simon & Schuster)
* Tickets are available through the American Booksellers Association, by clicking here.
ABC Children’s Group Silent Auction and Reception
5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in Rooms 1E09/10/11 of the Javits Convention Center.
Advanced registration required. Tickets are available through the American Booksellers Association, by clicking here.
The ABC Children’s Group at ABA presents the Annual Silent Auction of one-of-a-kind art from America’s beloved children's book illustrators, this year to benefit the new ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books. (Check back soon to view an online preview.)
Join Honorary ABC Auction Chair, Laurie Halse Anderson, author of the critically acclaimed novel Speak, and the independent bookselling community as the ABC Children’s Group at ABA presents its annual auction of one-of-a-kind art from some of America’s most beloved children’s book illustrators. The amazing caliber of the artwork is always a draw, but this year there’s an even more important reason to support the event—for the first time all proceeds benefit the newly created ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books, which fights censorship in many ways around the country. So join us for some wonderful mingling, refreshments, and bidding on another fantastic bumper crop of art, all for a great cause.
Find out more about the important work of ABFFE and the newly created Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books at http://www.abffe.org.
Advance tickets for the Silent Auction and Reception area available through the American Booksellers Association.
Cost: Bookseller members of the ABC Children’s Group at ABA: $69 / All others: $89 *Tickets are subject to availability. If tickets are still available, they will be sold at the Preview and Silent Auction on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets purchased onsite will cost $79 for ABC Group members and $99 for all others.
The second news item is the main topic of this post. This provides a lot of detail and all the highlights for Children's programming at BEA thanks to so many of our wonderful partners. People will be buzzing about many of these programs long after BEA is over this year:
The ABC Children's Group at ABA, the Children's Book Council, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, Reed Exhibitions and BookExpo America did an aoutstanding job in putting the following programming together:
ABA Day of Education Sponsored by the Ingram Content Group and located in the E Hall of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. ABA’s full day of free, educational programming is targeted at ABA bookstore and provisional members, but is open to all BEA attendees.
Sessions designed for children’s booksellers include:
• Conversion Strategies for Turning Mind Share into Market Share
The recently released Bowker/PubTrack survey highlighted that independent children’s booksellers are highly prized for their knowledge of children’s books, yet overall sales continue to erode as other channels capture consumer dollars. This session will focus on how to improve your chances of both capturing sales while customers are in the store and closing the mind share/market share gap.
Moderated by Kristen McLean, consultatnt to the ABA Children’s Group at ABA (Miami, FL)
Diane Capriola, Little Shop of Stories (Decatur, GA)
• Selling Non-book in the Children’s Department
Creativity is the key! This panel discussion will touch on how non-book items can be sold through creative merchandising, marketing, and events. A few top-selling items will be displayed.
Moderated by Becky Anderson, Anderson’s Bookshop (Naperville, IL)
Beth Puffer, Bank Street Bookstore (New York, NY)
• Creating Events for Children
This session will leave you with a notebook full of creative ideas for kids’ events! It will provide a brief overview of best practices as well as an example of an outstanding event from start to finish. Attendees will also have the opportunity to break into groups to learn from each other, and will then come together for a room-wide discussion.
Cynthia Compton, 4 Kids Books (Indianapolis, IN)
• Children’s Roundtable
A veteran children’s bookseller will moderate this roundtable discussion for store owners and managers of children’s sections. Come and learn from each other! Space is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
Moderated by Shelly Plumb, Harleysville Books (Harleysville, PA)
• The Digital Market and the YA Audience
The recently released Bowker/PubTrack survey tells us that there is a correlation between the YA audience’s use of social media and their consumption of digital books. Join a discussion exploring how booksellers can leverage this information to connect with their YA customers.
Moderated by Kristen McLean, ABA (Tarrytown, NY)
Jacob Lewis (Figment.com), Meghan Dietsche Goel, BookPeople (Austin, TX)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Children’s Book and Author Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. / Javits - Special Events Hall
Cost: $40 including breakfast / $20 theatre seating (no-breakfast)
Advance registration required*
This year’s popular breakfast will open with a welcome from Katherine Paterson, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and will feature Brian Selznick, author of Wonderstruck (Scholastic); Sarah Dessen, author of What Happened to Goodbye (Viking); and Kevin Henkes, author of Little White Rabbit and Junonia (Greenwillow). Julianne Moore, author of Freckleface Strawberry: Best Friends Forever (Bloomsbury), will serve as master of ceremonies. The breakfast is presented in cooperation with the Children’s Booksellers and Publishers Committee, which includes representatives from the American Booksellers Association and the Children’s Book Council.
*To purchase tickets visit the BEA website or call BEA customer service at 800-840-5614.
Preview: Artwork From the ABC Children’s Group at ABA Silent Auction to benefit the ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books
See a stunning exhibit of original children’s artwork from some of today’s greatest authors and illustrators, including Kevin Henkes, Bruce Degan, Laura Vacarro Seger, Peter Sís, Roxie Munroe, Judy Schachner, David Small, and many more! While you’re there, pick up some raffle tickets for a chance to win an original piece, and (if they haven’t sold out) purchase tickets for Wednesday night’s fabulous Silent Auction. All proceeds go to support a great cause—the newly created ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books. Sponsored by Reed Exhibitions & BookExpo America.
Speed Dating With Children’s Authors
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. / Javits 1E09/10
Cost: Free. Advance registration required*
Open to Booksellers, Librarians & Other Children’s Book Professionals
Get to know 19 children’s book creators up close and personal! Authors and illustrators will move from table to table, stopping for quick get-to-know-you chats. This is a fun and easy way to get up to “speed” on some of the latest and greatest projects of the season.
Scheduled to appear:
David A. Adler, Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra (Holiday House)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Trial By Fire / Every Other Day (Egmont)
Jane Hampton Cook, What Does the President Look Like? (Kane Miller)
James Dashner, The Death Cure (Random House)
Laura Lee Gulledge, Page By Paige (Abrams)
Jeff Hirsch, The Eleventh Plague (Scholastic)
Carrie Jones, After Obsession (Bloomsbury)
Alan Katz, Mosquitoes Are Ruining My Summer; Me Me Mine; Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking (Simon & Schuster)
Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back (Candlewick)
Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me (HarperCollins)
Kate McMullan, Myth-o-Mania series (Capstone)
Jennifer Roy, MindBlind (Marshall Cavendish)
Marie Rutkoski, The Jewel of the Kalderash (Macmillan)
Clete Smith, Aliens on Vacation (Disney)
Ashley Spires, Binky Under Pressure (Kids Can)
Susan Stockdale, Bring on the Birds (Peachtree)
Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Little, Brown)
Linda Urban, Hound Dog True (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Meg Wolitzer, The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman (Penguin)
Presented by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA and the Children’s Book Council.
*To reserve your spot, please e-mail 2011speeddate@cbcbooks.org with your full name, store, library, or company affiliation, store address (street, city, state, and zip), and email address.
BEA (Young Adult) Editors Buzz
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. / Javits 1E15 - Cost: Free - Open to all
Insightful and passionate, this intimate editorial exchange will provide you with an editor’s perspective on some of the fall’s new YA discoveries and potential breakouts.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
BEA (Middle Grade) Editors Buzz - 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.- Room 1E16
Insightful and passionate, this intimate editorial exchange will provide you with an editor’s perspective on some of the fall’s new Middle School discoveries and potential breakouts.
Tea With Children’s Authors
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. / Room 1E12 - Cost: $15 *Advanced registration required.
Join us for the third edition of this popular program, which gives librarians and booksellers a chance to chat with some of the industry’s brightest stars in a more relaxed and casual environment. Each author will join a table of book enthusiasts for refreshments and an open-ended conversation about the author’s life and work. A children’s bookseller will moderate each table. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sponsored by the ABC Children’s Group at ABA and the Children’s Book Council. (Sponsors reserve the right to review all reservations for eligibility.)
Scheduled to appear:
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, The Bridge to Neverland (Disney)
Anna Dewdney, Llama Llama Home with Mama (Penguin)
Mordecai Gerstein, Dear Hot Dog (Abrams)
Beth Kephart, You Are My Only (Egmont)
Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers, We Are America (HarperCollins)
Christopher Paolini, Inheritance #4 (Random House)
Jerry Pinkney, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Little, Brown)
Judy Schachner, Skippyjon Jones: Class Action (Penguin)
Marilyn Singer, Tallulah's Tutu; A Stick Is an Excellent Thing (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races (Scholastic)
R.L. Stine, The First Day of School … Forever! (Macmillan)
Scott Westerfeld, Goliath (Simon & Schuster)
* Tickets are available through the American Booksellers Association, by clicking here.
ABC Children’s Group Silent Auction and Reception
5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in Rooms 1E09/10/11 of the Javits Convention Center.
Advanced registration required. Tickets are available through the American Booksellers Association, by clicking here.
The ABC Children’s Group at ABA presents the Annual Silent Auction of one-of-a-kind art from America’s beloved children's book illustrators, this year to benefit the new ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books. (Check back soon to view an online preview.)
Join Honorary ABC Auction Chair, Laurie Halse Anderson, author of the critically acclaimed novel Speak, and the independent bookselling community as the ABC Children’s Group at ABA presents its annual auction of one-of-a-kind art from some of America’s most beloved children’s book illustrators. The amazing caliber of the artwork is always a draw, but this year there’s an even more important reason to support the event—for the first time all proceeds benefit the newly created ABFFE Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books, which fights censorship in many ways around the country. So join us for some wonderful mingling, refreshments, and bidding on another fantastic bumper crop of art, all for a great cause.
Find out more about the important work of ABFFE and the newly created Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books at http://www.abffe.org.
Advance tickets for the Silent Auction and Reception area available through the American Booksellers Association.
Cost: Bookseller members of the ABC Children’s Group at ABA: $69 / All others: $89 *Tickets are subject to availability. If tickets are still available, they will be sold at the Preview and Silent Auction on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets purchased onsite will cost $79 for ABC Group members and $99 for all others.