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Colleen Ludington is a children’s book author, mother of two and community volunteer, and has helped distribute 144,000 new books to children from low-income neighborhood in Charlotte. N.C. over the last five years. “It’s not just awesome,” she said. “It’s really rewarding.” Read more
Last week, First Book staffers, along with volunteers from our friends at Barclays, visited Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School in New York City, and brought along some books. Read more
Welcome to the second installment of the First Book Blogger Book Club, wherein book bloggers share their thoughts about a young adult book that we carry on the First Book Marketplace. It’s a way to let people know about the great titles that schools and programs serving low-income kids can... Read more
This week is National Volunteer Appreciation Week, and we want to take a moment to say “Thank you!” to all the First Book volunteers – the interns who give their time and knowledge at the First Book offices, the volunteers who come out to our reading parties and book distributions,... Read more
April is a big month for literacy; not only do we get to celebrate National Poetry Month and National Bookmobile Day, we also get to celebrate National Library Week! We are especially passionate about libraries at First Book; many books from the First Book Marketplace end up on library shelves across... Read more
Wu Qing, a political leader and and renowned human rights advocate, visited the First Book office yesterday to tell us a little about her work in China. One of the many hats she wears is that of an educator: helping rural women in China find their voice in a society... Read more
Today’s post is by guest blogger Laurie Isop, winner of the 2009 Cheerios New Author Contest: Trying to get published is like trying to get your garage band signed by a record company. You spend months, even years, hoping for “the big break”. And the children’s market, like the teen... Read more
Did you know that it’s National Poetry Month? That’s right; April is the month that we celebrate our favorite poems and poets. Do you remember the first poem that inspired you or touched your life in the way that only poetry can? This month, we invite you to celebrate the... Read more
J.A. Konrath, who writes a series of popular thrillers, announced last week that if the electronic version of his book Origin made it into the Top 100 on Amazon’s Kindle store, he’d donate $500 to First Book. Origin cracked the Top 100 easily, and, true to his word, Konrath sent... Read more
First Book loves March Madness! We even have a “friendly” bracket competition going on in the office – although President Obama’s bracket was beating all of us the last time we checked. Even in the midst of the drama and excitement of the tournament, we recognize that basketball teaches so... Read more