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Friday, May 16, 2014

Storytime "Indies First" Event on Saturday May 17, 2014 -- co-sponsoring organizations

As publicized in CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR (online edition May 16): Indies First Storytime Day, an event spearheaded by the American Booksellers Association, the organization Every Child a Reader, and the Children’s Book Council, is being held for the first time on May 17. Kate DiCamillo, the author of such titles as Flora & Ulysses and The Tale of Despereaux and who is also the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is the spokesperson for the event, which follows the Indies._________________ http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2014/0516/Indies-First-Storytime-Day-will-be-celebrated-this-weekend

1 comment:

Timothy Shaw said...

These four Michigan Independent Bookstores listed at IndieBound dot-org (2014 list):
MI


Book Beat


26010 Greenfield Rd, Oak Park, MI 48237
Author(s): Christopher Paul Curtis, Wong Herbert Yee, Jean Alicia Elster, Kathryn Madeline Allen, Matt Faulkner, Renee Prewitt, Jenny Risher, Terry Blackhawk, M.L. Liebler, Michael Zadoorian, Susan Whithall, Rick Lieder, Brynne Barnes, Gloria Whelan, Tracy Gallup


Bookbug


3019 Oakland Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Author(s): David Small, Sarah Stewart, Thisbe Nissen


Nicola's Books


2513 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Author(s): Shanda Trent Shutta Crum


Source Booksellers


4240 Cass Ave, Suite 105, Detroit, MI 48201
Author(s): 1pm Mothers Read Outloud