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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Posted in: For Educators, Our Bookshelf
Millions of students and educators across the country have returned to the classroom with high hopes of success, growth, and excitement. To support them, we chose All Are Welcome - a picture book by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman - as the focus of our back-to-school campaign to help the First Book community of e...
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Posted in: Archive
In honor of the release of the newest Pete the Cat book, Pete the Cat & the Perfect Pizza Party , we’ve brought together our partners to create a fun & delicious prize package to give away every day next week – or as we like to call it – PETE WEEK! Thanks to our partners Harper Collins Children’s Books, Merry Makers, a...
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Posted in: Impact Stories
Ed. Note: Originally posted in April 2016, the significance of abundant, diverse school libraries still holds relevancy today. Libraries are the gatekeepers to cultural, social, and individual growth and must continue acting as an inviting, welcoming development hub for students and teachers. Today’s guest blog post is...
Read more about Imagine A School Without A Library