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Meet Keondra 23 Aug 2013 | 09:19 pm
I want to tell you a story about Keondra. In a few days, Keondra will start second grade at Harrowgate Elementary School in Chester, Virginia. She cannot wait to be back in the classroom. When she b...
Get Your Child Reading With The Early Childhood Ready to Read Collection 21 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
Krista Dawson, who has been getting books from First Book for years, works with preschool children in Richmond, Virginia and recently responded to us with a great list of books that she uses to get ki...
11 Books for Back To School 4-8 yrs 1 Aug 2013 | 07:05 pm
Elephant and Piggie: I Broke My Trunk – Mo Willems Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best...
One Thousand Brand New Books to Kids From Military Families from Pi Beta Phi 30 Jul 2013 | 08:01 pm
“I really loved being able to do something hands on for First Book. Knowing that the backpack I put together at the convention gave each child five new books was extremely rewarding.” - Pi Beta Phi ...
Help Your Favorite Teacher Get New Books for Back-to-School 24 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
Is there a teacher in your life who works with kids in need? First Book needs your help in connecting 5,000 new teachers, librarians, reading specialists and school administrators with brand new book...
Books of Their Own to Take Home: The Guru Krupa Foundation & Summer Reading 23 Jul 2013 | 08:59 pm
When Estrella Elementary opened their doors in 2010, they had barely any books available to students. A Title I school located in an impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood, Estrella can only supply a l...
The Lack of Diversity in Children’s Books, Charmingly Illustrated 9 Jul 2013 | 08:48 pm
Click to view larger version The lack of diversity in children’s books is a serious problem, and one that First Book is working to solve through The Stories for All Project. This terrific piece by ar...
Mary Pope Osborne supports First Book through Classroom Adventures 2 Jul 2013 | 08:33 pm
Mary Pope Osborne, longtime friend and partner of First Book, is offering her readers the opportunity to apply directly for free collections of her beloved titles through her very own Classroom Advent...
First Book at the Clinton Global Initiative: Expanding Diversity in Children’s Literature 2 Jul 2013 | 01:10 am
“The issue is cultural relevance,” said Jane Robinson, First Book Chief Financial Officer, addressing a room of Clinton Global Initiative attendees, all experts in the field of education. “Children ne...
My Brown is Beautiful, See it Please (Guest Post) 1 Jul 2013 | 09:22 pm
Many Thanks to Jasmine Villaverde-Mickens, Literacy Program Manager in Education, for this post. First graders at CentroNía’s DC Bilingual Public Charter School made self-portraits — with strokes of ...
