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Provide Books to Kids with Your Picture!

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This week we launched our annual Magic of Storytelling campaign with our partners Disney! Once again, we need your help to unlock a 1 million book donation to the educators and kids we serve. Join our mission to provide books to kids and me by posting a shelfie (a picture of yourself with your favorite book, or a pictu...

Disney to Donate up to 1 Million Books to First Book for 7th Annual Magic of Storytelling Campaign

Posted in: Our Partners, Press Room

Stars Across Disney|ABC Television and Disney Publishing Worldwide Team Up to Inspire the Next Generation Through Stories Today, Disney|ABC Television and Disney Publishing Worldwide announced the seventh annual Magic of Storytelling campaign, which aims to donate up to 1 million books to First Book , a nonprofit that...

First Book Launches $4.7 Million in OMG Books Awards

Posted in: Press Room

Nonprofit social enterprise to award more than one million new books and eBooks to children in need in 33 states WASHINGTON (January 10, 2019) – First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise focused on equal access to quality education for children in need, today announced the launch of OMG Books Awards: Offering More Gr...

How to Diversify Your Bookshelf This New Year

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As the world becomes smaller and increasingly diverse in its cultures and experiences, it is crucial that all children have access to books that serve as both windows and mirrors. Kids who see their own experiences reflected in books gain self-confidence. And when they read about experiences that differ from their own...