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Press Room

Current news and media resources highlighting our ongoing efforts to ensure quality education for children in need.

Who We Are

At First Book, we’re on a mission to ensure that all children, regardless of their background or zip code, can succeed and reach their full potential. Our purpose is as bold as it is urgent: To create systemic change. To ensure equal access to quality education. To empower every educator and all the children in need whom they serve.

Media Contact: Staci Harris

Our Model of Change

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First Book Network

Comprises North America’s largest community of individual educators working on the frontlines with children in need at schools and programs across the U.S.

First Book Marketplace

Provides the First Book Network with 24-hour, year-round access to an award-winning repository of affordable and new books, educational resources, and basic necessities curated for kids in need ages 0-18.

First Book Research & Insights

Advances education and poverty research by generating original data that amplifies educators’ voices, drives First Book’s models, and informs content on the First Book Marketplace.

First Book Accelerator

Turns current research and evidence-based strategies from leading experts into actionable tools that are shared with our network — so educators don’t have to wait months or years to use innovative best practices in their classrooms and programs.

Media Contact

Staci Harris | sharris@firstbook.org

2022-2023 Impact In Review

As First Book advances its mission in our 32nd year, the stakes for our nation’s children and educators have never been higher. The lasting effects of the pandemic have intensified the challenges for children in historically under-resourced communities, exacerbating educational disparities and deepening inequities. Drawing on decades of experience, First Book continues to redefine what it means to support education. By applying innovative, data-driven strategies from the private sector, we are addressing systemic failures and creating scalable, self-sustaining solutions.

6.5 Million
Children Served Annually
62,000+
NEW Network Educators
25 Million
Books & Resources Distributed in 2022 and 2023

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