“I am very pleased to be the honorary chair of this year’s Children’s Art Auction at BookExpo America. Every single piece of artwork will help create an atmosphere in which our children have the right, and the freedom, to read.”
-Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Children's Art Auctions Boost Kids' Free Speech Rights
ABFFE's two auctions of children's book art that were held in conjunction with this year's BookExpo America triumphed with the help of the children’s book industry’s core. Best-selling illustrators contributed over a 150 pieces of art while publishers and booksellers good-naturedly competed with one-another for the highest bids. $56,000 was raised to defend the free speech rights of young readers.
“We had a lot of fun this year and the art was superb," ABFFE president Chris Finan said. "We are tremendously grateful to Jarrett, Shannon and Michael and to the artists and bidders who made the auction such a big success."
Keeping the festivities rooted in the freedom to read cause, honorary chair Jarrett J. Krosoczka, recounted his own experience with a biased school principal who claimed that ‘comics weren’t books’. He later wowed the audience with his participation in the Slushpile Family Circus, a circus conceived by Shannon Hale and Michael Buckley and featuring non-literary performances by today’s most sought-after illustrators and authors.
Read more about the 2012 auction at BEA. And even more, here.
Read more about the 2011 auction at BEA.
The Children's Book Art Silent Auctions of ABFFE
ABFFE now holds three silent art auctions each year:
1) January/February at the ABA's Winter Institute
2) May/June at BookExpo America, now with an online auction component
3) Holiday Online Silent Auction. This is an online auction in November/December (previously held during Banned Books Week in September)
Proceeds help support ABFFE’s defense of the free speech rights of kids.
Read more about the 2012 Holiday auction. A thank you to contributors.
Read more about the 2011 auction during Banned Books Week. And even more, here.
"Public bans hurt, but they're not what I worry about. My fear is that a dozen books are secretly banned for every one book that makes headlines. So my perfect world is one in which librarians and teachers always feel that they have the support to fight challenges and to let communities know what's being done in their name."
-Adam Rex
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