The Women’s National Book Association has revealed the nominees for its 2019 WNBA Pannell Award, which is presented annually to two bookstores—one general bookstore and one children’s specialty store—that enrich their communities by inspiring a love of reading. The award is co-sponsored by Penguin Young Readers Group.
The nominees in the General Bookstore category are: 57th Street Books in Chicago; Appletree Books in Cleveland Heights, Oh.; Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Philadelphia; Books Inc. in San Francisco; BookShop Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Calif.; Casa Camino Real Book Store in Las Cruces, N.M.; East City Bookshop in Washington, D.C.; Gathering Volumes Bookstore in Perrysburg, Oh.; Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati; Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, Calif.; Let’s Play Books in Emmaus, Pa.; Main Street Books in Davidson, N.C.; Octavia Books in New Orleans; Peregrine Book Company in Prescott, Ariz.; Rakestraw Books in Danville, Calif.; Rediscovered Books in Boise; Skylight Books in Los Angeles; The Book Cellar in Lake Worth, Fla.; The Book Tavern in Augusta, Ga.; The Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick, Vt.; The King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City; Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, Wash.; Titcomb’s Bookshop in East Sandwich, Mass.; Toadstool Bookshop in Milford, N.H.; Towne Book Center in Collegeville, Pa.; Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, Calif.; Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown, Conn.
The nominees in the Children’s Specialty Bookstore category are: Books of Wonder in New York, N.Y.; Charlie’s Corner in San Francisco; Hicklebee’s Book Store in San Jose, Calif.; Hooray for Books in Alexandria, Va.; Linden Tree Books in Los Altos, Calif.; Monkey See, Monkey Do... Children’s Bookstore in Clarence, N.Y.; Second Star to the Right Books in Denver; Square Books Jr. in Oxford, Miss.; The Briar Patch in Bangor, Me.; and The Reading Bug in San Carlos, Calif.
The winners will be presented at the BookExpo Children’s Book and Author Breakfast on May 31 in New York City. Each of the two winning stores will receive a $1,000 check and a signed original piece of artwork by a children’s illustrator.
