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Airplanes, Space Shuttles, Drones…Oh My!

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During National Aerospace Week, First Book is sharing stories about science and engineering from some of our friends at Lockheed Martin, sponsors of First Book’s Springboard to STEM program. Today’s guest blogger is Ray Burick, Vice President of P-3 Programs and Greenville Operations, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company.  Airplanes. Space shuttles.... Read more

Los Angeles Author Events With Jane Lynch, Dave Barry and Deepak Chopra to Benefit First Book

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If you live in the Los Angeles area, or will be visiting this fall, or are up for a road trip, you’ll have three chances to spend an evening with some amazing authors … and get new books to kids in need at the same time. Jane Lynch, Dave Barry... Read more

Cambria Wines Fights Illiteracy

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Today’s blog post comes from Katie Jackson of Cambria Estate Winery in Santa Maria, CA. Katie’s family started Cambria in northern Santa Barbara County 1986, and they are very excited to be one of First Book’s partners in promoting literacy this September and October! Literacy is something that my family has... Read more

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