Category Archive: Our Partners

How First Book and the LEGO Group are Reimagining Education

Posted in: Our Partners, Thought Leadership

This blog features an interview with David Pallash, Director of Learning Through Play – Social Responsibility at the LEGO Group. Drawing on his expertise in using play to inspire learning and strengthen social impact, David offers insights from his work at the intersection of education and corporate responsibility. Young people... Read more

First Book, Audemars Piguet, and Ashoka Announce 2025-2026 Community Changemaker Cohort

Posted in: Our Partners

We’re excited to announce the cohort of Community Changemakers—eight incredible teams from across the DC and Chicago metro areas who are turning bold ideas into real change for their schools and communities. Each team has been selected for their powerful vision, creativity, and deep commitment to youth-led impact. With $10,000... Read more

Graphic with two images. The image on the left features two young girls in a classroom and pouring coffee. The image on the right features a older student who is reading a book in the library. Underneath the images is a banner that says, "Time for Change Youth Challenge".

Announcing the 2024 Time for Change Youth Challenge Winners

Posted in: Impact Stories, Our Partners

We’re thrilled to introduce the 17 incredible youth challenge winners from this year’s Time for Change Youth Challenge, a national initiative from First Book and Ashoka that empowers K–12 students to become changemakers in their schools and communities. Across the country, young people stepped up with big ideas—and even bigger... Read more

Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: Building Critical Thinking Skills

Posted in: For Educators, Our Partners

At First Book, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to develop the skills they need to thrive—both today and in the future. That’s why we partnered with General Motors (GM) to create the Critical Thinking Skills & Habits series. These resource guides emphasize critical thinking as one of the... Read more

First Book Teams Up with the Washington Commanders to Bring Books and Playoff Hopes to Students across the DMV

Posted in: Our Partners

Jayden Daniels hasn’t been the only star addition to the Washington Commanders organization. This season, First Book and the Washington Commanders joined forces to bring a love of reading and the excitement of football to local students across the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area, creating a partnership that’s making... Read more

image of four girls standing next to a pop up sign about SIREN, a patent-pending gunshot detector and communicator designed to provide real-time alerts to students, faculty, parents, and law enforcement, cutting down the time it takes to alert law enforcement from 5 minutes to 5 seconds and vastly improving the accuracy of that communication.

Celebrating Young Changemakers: Meet the Winners of the Time for Change Youth Challenge!

Posted in: Impact Stories, Our Partners

First Book, alongside our friends at Ashoka, are excited to announce the winners of the Time for Change Youth Challenge! These young innovators from all corners of the U.S. are being awarded $1,000 grants to bring their inspiring ideas to life and make a positive impact in their schools and... Read more

Time for Change Youth Challenge Announced

Posted in: For Educators, Our Partners

First Book and Ashoka are excited to welcome educators back to the Time for Change initiative by kicking off the school year with a BIG announcement. Time for Change is a multi-year initiative in partnership with Ashoka and Audemars Piguet. We’re working together to equip educators and young people with resources to incorporate... Read more

Nine Historically Accurate and Relevant Holocaust Books for High School Students

Posted in: Our Bookshelf, Our Partners

In collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), we have curated a diverse collection of historically accurate and relevant books for educators to utilize in their classrooms. This collection, tailored for high school students, encompasses a variety of genres, themes, topics, and reading levels to meet a range... Read more

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First Book and the Guru Krupa Foundation Unite to Amplify Educational Resources in New York City and Los Angeles

Posted in: Our Partners

We are thrilled to announce the incredible news of the renewed partnership between the Guru Krupa Foundation and First Book! Thanks to the Foundation’s generous grant, First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to ensuring equal access to quality education for children living in under resourced communities, will be able... Read more

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Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Magic Tree House Collection

Posted in: For Educators, Impact Stories, Our Partners

This year is the 30th anniversary of Mary Pope Osborne’s beloved Magic Tree House series. The incredibly popular series, published by Penguin Random House, has sold over 143 million books worldwide and includes over one hundred titles. Those titles include the Merlin Missions subseries for advanced readers and the Magic... Read more