WOMEN’S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES

NOMINEES FOR THE 2019 WNBA PANNELL AWARD 

Since 1983, the Women’s National Book Association has awarded one of the most prestigious honors in children’s bookselling in the United States. 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 and books in children and young adults.

The SIBA member stores nominated for the 2019 WNBA Pannell Award are:

General Bookstore Category

Main Street Books (Davidson, NC)

Octavia Books (New Orleans, LA)

Park Road Books (SIBA’s current Bibb Pick) (Charlotte, NC) 

The Book Cellar (Lake Worth, FL)

The Book Tavern (Augusta, GA)

Children’s Specialty Bookstore Category

Hooray for Books (Alexandria, VA)

Square Books Jr. (Oxford, MS)

Along with the WNBA, Penguin Young Readers Group co-sponsors the award, which was established in honor of Lucille Micheels Pannell, founding member of one of the WNBA chapters. Established in 1917, the Women’s National Book Association is a national organization of women and men who work with and value books. For more than hundred years, the WNBA has worked to promote reading and support the role of women in the community of the book. For more information, go to www.wnba-books.org.