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Country Roads, Take Me Home: First Book Goes All Out for West Virginia Kids

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“Our kids don’t get to have dreams, aspirations, hopes. They can’t even think about college; it’s not in their minds. That’s why these books are so important. Books are the beginning of everything. You learn about other places, you learn about the world.” — Angela Fedele of the WE CAN... Read more

Feel Great, Do Good

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The goal of any great bedtime story is to inspire sweet dreams. Unfortunately, millions of children never have the opportunity to enjoy a bedtime story because they don’t have books to call their own. First Book and our partner, philosophy ™, believe that every child deserves a bedtime story. That’s why philosophy™... Read more

Sign Up to Get Books for Your Students!

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It’s Back to School Week! If you know of any programs or schools that serve children in need, tell them to sign up with First Book. Eligible programs receive access to the First Book Marketplace, offering new books at 50 to 90 percent off retail prices. And if schools or programs serve... Read more

It’s Back to School Week!

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We had an awesome summer and we hope you did too! The highlight of our summer was our record-breaking distribution of two million books throughout the country in preparation for the new school year. Two million books sounds like a huge number, and it is, but there are millions of... Read more

Happy Birthday, Mr. Schu!

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Today’s blog post is by Erica Perl, First Book’s director of publisher relations and the author of many delightful children’s books. This Sunday is a very special day. It is the birthday of a friend of First Book and of mine, an inspired educator, blogger and children’s books advocate: John... Read more

A Big Announcement … Disney Donates EIGHT MILLION BOOKS to First Book

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We hope you’re sitting down, because we have some big news. Today at D23, the annual gathering of the world’s Disney fans, in Anaheim, Calif., our friends at Disney announced that they were donating 8 million new books to First Book. And we will put every single one of those... Read more

Shop at dd’s DISCOUNTS & Donate to First Book

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Today’s guest blog post is from Julia Falkenstern, a Strategic Alliances coordinator at First Book. Julia works with First Book’s corporate partners to ensure that children from low-income families throughout the country have the opportunity to own new books. This past Saturday marked the kickoff of the third annual dd’s DISCOUNTS... Read more

More Books to Kids! Help First Book Win $10,000 from The Case Foundation

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The Case Foundation is celebrating the end of summer with a back-to-school sweepstakes on Facebook. The winning nonprofit will receive $10,000. So if you want to help First Book get more books to more kids, visit the Case Foundation’s Facebook page and “like” them, then cast your vote for First... Read more

First Book: My Full Circle Experience

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Today’s guest blog post is brought to you by Betty Tam. Betty has served as an intern for First Book over this summer. She is a Senior at the University of Connecticut and share our passion for childhood literacy issues. Last Wednesday I ventured with First Book’s Senior Director of National... Read more

Greetings from Beautiful Lansing! 450,000 New Books Going to Kids Around the Country This Week

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The First Book team has had a busy summer, bringing books to Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Claysburg PA and the National Mall in Washington DC – with more to come. We do lots of major books distributions, and we try to hold them across the country so that schools and programs... Read more