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I Do, We Do, You Do: Hands-on Math Resources for You and Your Students

Posted in: Focus on First Book

If you're an educator, “I Do, We Do, You Do” may already be a strategy implemented in your classroom. For those who might not be as familiar, this is the basic concept of this teaching strategy: “I Do”: Educator explains the concept and demonstrates the skill. “We Do”: Educator and the class practice together. “You Do”...

Six Reasons to Join First Book's Book Club

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 helpful resources to...

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 meals at the...

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 literacy initiative that focuses on the promoti...

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 educators and children we serve with eve...

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. As a Pakistani American immigrant with a love of English literature, I’ve always found translations of stories a fascinating subject. I remember as a child watching a Pakistani movie dubbed into English, and...

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. This month's theme is Books that Changed Us for the Better . These titles mean a lot to the team, and we're sure they will resona...

All I Ever Wanted… Stories of Children of the Incarcerated

Posted in: Author Voices

This blog post was written by guest blogger Erika Duncan, Founder and Director of Herstory Writers Workshop . At any given time, there are 2.7 million children with one or two parents in prison or jail in the United States. Some are told that “Mommy is in school” or “Daddy is in the army.” Others are told nothing. Othe...

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

Posted in: Author Voices

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 partner and a First Book favorite author, T...

I Do, We Do, You Do: Hands-on Math Resources for You and Your Students

Six Reasons to Join First Book's Book Club

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

What Educators Want to Ask Presidential Candidates

The 2019 Estela &amp; Raúl Mora Award Winner and Honorees

First Book Launches STEMtober to Highlight New Educational STEM Resources

Building Inclusive Classrooms with YASMIN en Español

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

All I Ever Wanted… Stories of Children of the Incarcerated

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

The 2019 Estela & Raúl Mora Award Winner and Honorees

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