First Book Blog

First Book Inspires a Love for STEM with Ford Motor Company Fund and 4-H Clubs

Posted in: Our Partners

We at First Book have aimed to provide the educators and students we serve with the tools and resources they need to teach and learn STEM concepts. Earlier this month, we launched STEMtober – a month-long celebration of all things science, technology, engineering, and math – to better highlight new... Read more

What Educators Want to Ask Presidential Candidates

Posted in: Focus on First Book

As the presidential debates begin to heat up, we asked educators what they would ask the presidential candidates. Here’s what’s on their minds: Their kids are coming to school hungry. “How will you help end, this year, food scarcity…specifically, food for kids during the summer when they cannot access free... Read more

Hands-On STEM, Delivered on Foot

Posted in: First Book Community Highlight, Focus on First Book

Walking Books Library loves STEM materials from First Book; the library dog does not. This post is written by a guest blogger – First Book community member Kelly Stearns, Director of Walking Books Library in Maine. Walking Books Library, based in rural Maine, was created to engage people not regularly... Read more

The 2019 Estela & Raúl Mora Award Winner and Honorees

Posted in: Focus on First Book

In honor of her parents, The Estela and Raúl Mora Award was established in 2000 by renowned author and poet Pat Mora. The award honors libraries and programs that celebrate Children’s Day, Book Day, El día de los niños, El día de los libros (also known as Día), a family... Read more

First Book Launches STEMtober to Highlight New Educational STEM Resources

Posted in: Focus on First Book

When you hear the name, “First Book,” STEM resources like coding robots might not be the first (or second) thing you think of. The First Book community of educators know us mostly for our collection of high quality, new, free or low-cost books. But because we aim to provide the... Read more

Building Inclusive Classrooms with YASMIN en Español

Posted in: Author Voices, Our Bookshelf

Today’s blog post is written by guest blogger Saadia Faruqi, author of the YASMIN series of early reader titles. Read more

First Book Staff Recommends: Books That Changed Us for the Better

Posted in: Our Bookshelf

Every month, First Book's team of children's & young adult literature experts on staff (or as they like to call themselves, THE BOOK NERDS) choose their favorite titles from the Marketplace. September's theme is Books that Changed Us for the Better. Read more

First Book Research & Insights: Support for Toxic Stress of Poverty Most Important Learning Tool for Kids in Need

Posted in: First Book Research & Insights, Press Room

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All I Ever Wanted… Stories of Children of the Incarcerated

Posted in: Uncategorized

"All I Ever Wanted…" is a very special book, written by nine young people with parents in prison and one older woman looking back, with the goal of helping others to know how it feels to go through the rites of passage of childhood and adolescence without a father or mother, and how it feels to suddenly find out the truth. Read more

Q&A with Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Author Partner, Tom Angleberger

Posted in: Uncategorized

What could be better than pizza and books? For us at First Book, not much! Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! program will provide 10,000 books to classrooms for the 2019-2020 school year via First Book to encourage students to find joy in reading. We spoke with this year’s BOOK IT! author... Read more