
First Book Inspires a Love for STEM with Ford Motor Company Fund and 4-H Clubs
Posted In: Our Partners
October 15, 2019
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
October 14, 2019
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
October 8, 2019
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
October 3, 2019
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… Read More

First Book Launches STEMtober to Highlight New Educational STEM Resources
Posted In: Focus on First Book
October 1, 2019
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
September 26, 2019
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
September 24, 2019
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

All I Ever Wanted… Stories of Children of the Incarcerated
Posted In: Uncategorized
September 19, 2019
"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
September 17, 2019
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

How Educators Use “All Are Welcome” in the Classroom
Posted In: For Educators, Our Bookshelf
September 12, 2019
From arts and craft projects that inspire students to own their uniqueness to conversations of diversity and inclusion, several educators have used All Are Welcome to create opportunities for students to celebrate inclusivity within their community. Read More