Rise Up Reading (2007) (New)
Becky Anderson and her three brothers are the sixth generation of Andersons to run their family's businesses, which include Anderson's Bookshops in Naperville and Downers Grove, IL (an Illinois Family Business of the Year winner); the 131-year-old pharmacy Oswald's; and W. W. Wickel, a children's book wholesaler that handles school book fairs and educational events. A co-owner of all three businesses, Anderson is also the group's marketing and events coordinator. She is the children's book buyer for the bookstores and the sole buyer for the wholesale business. Anderson has won the Charles S. Halsam Award for Excellence in Bookselling presented by the Southeast Booksellers Association and the Women's national Book Association's Lucile Micheels Pannell Award for Best Children's Bookseller in a general bookstore. Anderson has been president of the Great Lakes Booksellers Association, President of the American Booksellers for Children, and a director on the boards of both the Association of Booksellers for Children and the American Booksellers Association.
Here are Becky's recommendations for Children's Book Week 2007:
Rise Up Reading: A Bibliography for Children's Book Week (PDF)
by Becky Anderson
Imagine (2005)
Ellen Mager is celebrating her twenty-third year as the owner of Booktenders' Secret Garden Children's Bookstore and Gallery in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the oldest children's-only bookstore in the tri-state area. Through the store, an integral children's focal point for the community, she works closely with local schools and educational groups in servicing teachers extending their curriculum through trade books. Ellen has taught children's literature programs at the Frostburg University Teachers College literature conference in Maryland and to teachers in the Pennsylvania Writing & Literature Project through West Chester University. She is an active member of the Association of Booksellers for Children as well as the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association.
Here are Ellen's recommendations for Children's Book Week 2005:
Imagine: A Bibliography for Children's Book Week
by Ellen Mager (PDF; 160KB)
Let's Book (2004)
Valerie V. Lewis is a leading children's book consultant and co-founder of Hicklebee's, a thriving, community-based children's bookstore in San Jose, California. She reviews books on CBS's The Early Show and was a regular guest on NPR's Looseleaf Book Company. She served on the Board of Directors of the American Bookseller's Association as chair of the national ABA's Children's Issues committee. A highly popular speaker, Valerie takes her expertise to teachers, librarians, parents, and booksellers across the United States and in Europe. She is also the co-author (with Walter M. Mayes) of Valerie & Walter's Best Books for Children: A Lively, Opinionated Guide, available from HarperResource.
Here are Valerie's recommendations for Children's Book Week 2004:
Let's Book: A Bibliography for Children's Book Week
by Valerie Lewis (PDF; 120KB)