First Book Blog

First Book's Huggable Hero: Lauren McLester-Davis

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Build-A-Bear Workshop is one of First Book’s generous partners, and we love their Huggable Heroes program, which recognizes young leaders (ages 8 to 18) who are involved with community service projects in their towns and neighborhoods all over the world. Every year, Build-A-Bear Workshop picks ten inspiring young people from... Read more

Disovering Engineering: Predicting the Future

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This week First Book is sharing stories about science and engineering from some of our friends at Lockheed Martin. Today’s guest blogger is Brian Hershberger, an aeronautic engineer with Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (Skunk Works) in Palmdale, Calif. When I visit a school to discuss engineering I always ask... Read more

Discovering Engineering: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Jet

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This week First Book is sharing stories about science and engineering from some of our friends at Lockheed Martin. Today’s guest blogger is Lauren Larimore, an industrial systems engineer with Lockheed Martin in Texas. Howdy! My name is Lauren Larimore and I graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree... Read more

Discovering Engineering: Kids Need to Play With Technology

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This week First Book is sharing stories about science and engineering from some of our friends at Lockheed Martin. Today’s guest blogger is Steven Koski, an electrical engineer with Lockheed Martin. I grew up in Troy, MI in the suburbs of Detroit. I knew about engineering because my dad was... Read more

Discovering Engineering: From Robots to Radar

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This week First Book is sharing stories about science and engineering from some of our friends at Lockheed Martin. Today’s guest blogger is Sarah Brown, a systems engineer with Lockheed Martin in Syracuse, New York. I was exposed to engineering from an early age because both my parents are software... Read more

First Book Has a New Website!

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The following blog post is by Kyle Zimmer, First Book’s president and CEO. I am thrilled to announce the dawn of a new era at First Book:  the official debut of our brand-new website! Our old site had reached “vintage” status, so we hope you will find our new site... Read more

Discovering Engineering: All Around the World

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This week First Book is sharing stories about science and engineering from some of our friends at Lockheed Martin. Today’s guest blogger is Jeff Marier, an aerospace engineer with Lockheed Martin in Syracuse, New York. Looking for some adventure, I joined the Air Force right out of high school and... Read more

Discovering Engineering: From Interior Design to Building Missiles

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This week First Book is sharing stories about science and engineering from some of our friends at Lockheed Martin. Today’s guest blogger is Amanda Tippey, a mechanical engineer with Lockheed Martin in Dallas. I didn’t grow up tinkering with cars or fixing things around the house with my dad. I... Read more

Discovering Engineering: Missions to Mars

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This week First Book is sharing stories about science and engineering from some of our friends at Lockheed Martin. Today’s guest blogger is Karolyn Evans, an aerospace engineer with Lockheed Martin in Colorado. Hi, my name is Karolyn Evans and I’m an aerospace engineer working for Lockheed Martin in their... Read more

The Rocket Scientists of Tomorrow

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Today’s blog post is by Chandler Arnold, First Book’s executive vice-president and director of the First Book Marketplace: Not long ago, First Book introduced a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) section on the First Book Marketplace, our award-winning online site for programs serving kids in need. This special STEM... Read more