What to give your favorite aunt (or anyone else) for Christmas? Fruit cake? A reindeer scarf? Those mittens that are attached together with yarn? How about the gift of reading to kids in need, in her name? That’s right, every $2.50 you donate provides a brand-new, high-quality book for a... Read more
Books are bigger in Texas! This week, a National Book Bank team is in Dallas, TX to provide books to local programs and beyond. Thanks in part to World Vision and their donation of warehouse space, there will be a total of 400,000 books being distributed from the great state... Read more
I wanted to take the opportunity to let you know that the books we received from your organization last spring were appreciated more than I can possibly convey. I work for the University of Texas at Dallas and we hold day camps for homeless children each summer. For the first... Read more
We are grateful for the many volunteers, donors and supporters who help us get millions of books to kids in need each year. Enjoy your holiday and make sure to grab a great book this weekend! Read more
This morning at Martha’s Table, an amazing community program serving homeless families in Washington DC, First Book distributed our 100 millionth brand-new book. (Check out this great story on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.) That’s not a typo. Since the organization was founded in 1992, First Book has provided... Read more
Last night, four First Book employees, with help from American Federation of Teachers’ volunteers, ventured to a small alley in the financial district of New York City to unload, label and sort 30,000 children’s books for victims of Hurricane Sandy. The American Federation of Teachers and their local New York... Read more
We are excited to share the big news that our friends at TD Charitable Foundation are stepping up with $114,000 in grants to put books in the hands of kids in need! The TD Charitable Foundation and First Book have provided new books to 50 schools and programs for the... Read more
As first-responders are working to provide these families with electricity, water, and other critical resources, First Book—in partnership with our local volunteers and partners—is raising funds to restock school and home libraries. After distributing more than 5 million books in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we know new books can... Read more
UPDATE: The vote has ended! Over 13,000 people cast their ballots for their favorite children’s book, and we’ve announced the winner! Thanks to everyone who participated! We’ve updated this blog post with the complete list of titles, for posterity’s sake. # # # At First Book, our mission is to... Read more
At First Book, everything we do is focused on putting new books into the hands of kids in need; that’s the big idea. But there are some other important ideas that go into that. One of these is the concept of ‘civic consumption’. If consumers, as a group, make buying... Read more