
Help First Book Distribute Books for National Day of Service
Posted In:Focus on First Book
January 14, 2021 First Book is honored to participate in the Presidential Inauguration Committee’s National Day of Service on Monday, January 18, 2021. Join us in our celebration of the 46th President with free books, author readings, and more. Fill Out a Form, Give a Free Book Throughout the day, First Book will ask… Read More

Reach Out and Read of Greater New York Puts Diverse Books in Waiting Rooms
Posted In:Impact Stories, Our Partners
January 11, 2021 The following is a guest blog post written by our partner Reach Out and Read of Greater New York Dr. Faye Kokotos, a pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Montefiore, recently described well-child visits during COVID-19 as an anxiety-ridden experience: “The waiting room is eerily quiet; the… Read More

Supporting you with tough conversations in the days ahead
Posted In:For Educators
January 7, 2021 This has been an unprecedented, tumultuous time – and we all watched in horror yesterday at an assault on our democracy. This violence and chaos in our hometown, and particularly on the Capitol of our beloved country, was beyond the pale and will have repercussions beyond our government. We know… Read More

2020 First Book Title Raves
Posted In:Focus on First Book, Our Bookshelf
December 28, 2020 The third annual “First Book Title Raves” list is here! Check out the 15 titles below, all of which were published in 2020 and earned accolades from our network of 500,000 educators who serve children in need. 2020 Picks Our 2020 Title Raves list was curated based on five-star… Read More

EPIC strives to help vocabulary development in Pueblo, CO with help from First Book
Posted In:Impact Stories, Our Partners
December 14, 2020 The following is a guest blog post written by our partner Reach Out and Read of Greater New York There is no denying, life as we knew it prior to March of this year has been a challenge in so many ways. We have all had… Read More

First Book Launches 2nd Annual #GiveaMillion Fundraiser
Posted In:Impact Stories
November 19, 2020 Holiday Campaign to Raise $1 Million and Provide 1 Million Books to Kids in Need WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2020 — First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise focused on equal access to quality education, today announced that it has launched its second annual #GiveAMillion campaign designed to raise $1 million between… Read More

First Book’s Network of Educators Reaches Half a Million Strong
Posted In:Focus on First Book
November 18, 2020 Guest post written by Kyle Zimmer, President, CEO & Co-founder of First Book Something amazing happened on October 31, 2020. Hopi Relief, a nonprofit established to assist people in the Hopi villages disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, became the 500,000th member of the… Read More

Georgia-based Books for Keeps pivots, innovates, & delivers 68,500 books to students for summer reading
Posted In:Impact Stories, Our Partners
November 4, 2020 The following is a guest blog post written by our partner Books for Keeps. Books are a torch during times of darkness and human searching. In March of this year, as the skies over our world seemed to turn black, and we all wondered what would happen… Read More

Books that Make Math – MATHICAL!
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September 30, 2020 Books unlock new worlds for readers of all ages – and for some students in the Oakland, California area, those new worlds are MATHICAL! That’s because, thanks to support from the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), 93 educators in the First Book Network from California’s Alameda County received credits to… Read More

Pizza Hut Chief Executive Officer Artie Starrs Joins First Book Board of Directors
Posted In:Press Room
September 29, 2020 Sept. 29, 2020 (WASHINGTON) – Artie Starrs, the Chief Executive Officer of Pizza Hut, has joined the board of directors of Washington, D.C.-based First Book, a national nonprofit social enterprise focused on equal access to quality education. First Book and Pizza Hut have worked together for the past four years… Read More