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Women’s National Book Association names Austin store 2020 winner

"exemplary in all categories"

 

Winners have been announced for the 2020 Pannell Awards, given by the Women's National Book Association and co-sponsored by the Penguin Young Readers Group to recognize bookstores that "enhance their communities by bringing exceptional creativity to foster a love of reading and books in children and young adults." One Pannell Award is given to a general bookstore and one to a children's specialty bookstore.

 

The winner in the general bookstore category is BookPeople, Austin, Texas.

 

BookPeople was cited for the store's "astonishing contribution to Austin, their outreach, their non-stop energy [that] makes them one of the great stores in this country," for being "exemplary in all categories" and for "community outreach [that] goes the extra mile."

 

The children's specialty bookstore winner is Little Shop of Stories, Decatur, Georgia.                                                                                    

 

Each of the two winners will receive a $1,000 check and a framed signed original art piece from a children’s book illustrator.

 

For more about the Pannell Awards, go here: https://wnba-books.org/pannell-award/

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