Award-winning author, poet, and friend of First Book, Kwame Alexander has a special Valentine’s Day message for you!   Kwame Alexander is one of our Authors in Action! We love working with illustrators and authors like Kwame to bring new books to kids in need. Read More

March is Women’s History Month – a time of year that emphasizes the celebration of women who overcame obstacles to break new ground, change attitudes, and forge a path for others to follow. Here are five of our favorite books that share the stories of our… Read More

The Lemonade War author Jacqueline Davies The Lemonade War was intended to be a stand-alone book—but five books later, The Lemonade War and its entrepreneurial protagonists have prompted kids nationwide to raise more than $150,000 to end childhood cancers, in addition to… Read More

“Imagine being this child: The world is unreliable, you don’t have a place you call home, your parent is often working two jobs trying keep you fed, sometimes there is domestic violence or substance abuse. You are carrying a lot of trauma, and that is just normal life.” That’s what… Read More

Cookie mix, right off the assembly line. Hurricane Irma missed Charleston, South Carolina by about 200 miles, but it did not leave the historic city untouched. The storm’s outer bands came at Charleston with tidal surges reaching 10 feet high, the likes of which the town hadn’t seen since Hurricane… Read More

Friendiversary is all about appreciating your friends, old and new, and remembering the good times you’ve had together. For First Book, one of our oldest and best author friends is Mo Willems, award-winning creator of the Elephant and Piggie children’s book series. Like any old friend, when we… Read More

While babies may not be talking, it doesn’t mean they aren’t learning or soaking in everything around them. Members of the First Book community of educators work in many settings – schools, libraries, healthcare programs and more. We all know that reading is important and access to books is essential. Read More

The fun began in late December, when we here at First Book teamed up with our partner Disney and launched this year’s Magic of Storytelling campaign to celebrate the positive impact that stories have on everyone’s lives. One of our favorite ways to celebrate is with a shelfie!… Read More

Let’s say you’re an educator or program leader serving children in need who needs to fill your bookshelves and stock your classroom. You’ve signed up with First Book… now what? When funding is available through sponsors and partners, we’ll send an email to you to let you know that… Read More

Seeing a child coming to school every day and not having what they need… it’s heartbreaking. A lot of the kids didn’t realize what they didn’t have cause they were so used to not having. When I decided to become an educator, I knew that that was one of the… Read More