Today marked another great moment for First Book. Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers — that is, MR. Walter Dean Myers to the fans of Sharon Creech’s Love That Dog — signed copies of his new book from HarperCollins Children’s Books, The Harlem Hellfighters. Mr. Walter Dean Myers sat down to chat with me for what […]

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I can’t get over how many books there are at the BookExpo. Many of the exhibitor’s booths have piles of books, free for the taking, because they want to promote their books to the booksellers that are looking for new books to sell.
As a charitable partner of Book Expo America, First Book has the privilege of […]

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This morning I had the opportunity to interview children’s author, E.D. Baker, before she was signing copies of The Frog Princess series at First Book’s booth. This interview was Ms. Baker’s first video interview, and she was really excited to tell us more about her series as well as her thought process behind her […]

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We opened the morning with a James Patterson book signing at our booth. His book, Maximum Ride, has been wildly successful - and it was easy to tell by the number of people waiting in line to meet him…
James, like many other authors, was very generous to give us an interview after the signing […]

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Yesterday, we hosted a book signing with Michael Buckley at our booth at Book Expo America. His book, Sisters Grimm, has been very popular at BEA - people are still asking about it at the booth!
We were able to interview Michael and he did a great job - check out the video below…

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The BookExpo is still going strong. Lots of people are coming by our table right outside of Hall D (children’s book exhibitors) to cast their vote for Literacy & Justice for all. The location that gets the most votes in our poll will receive the next 50,000-book distribution from the First Book National Book Bank.
You […]

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We interviewed author Dave McPhail - author of Pig Pig Grows Up and Lost! - at Book Expo America today. Thanks for the interview and the book signing at our booth Dave!
Video below (transcript forthcoming…)

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We were able to interview author Kirsten Miller at Book Expo America - thanks Kirsten for doing the interview!
Video is posted below and a transciption is forthcoming…

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Yesterday Queen Latifah helped kick off BookExpo America by giving the keynote address to the African American Program for Book Selling Professionals. Queen Latifah has just written a children’s book, Queen of the Scene, published by Laura Geringer Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
The book is a wonderful story about a little girl who rules […]

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I’ve spent the day so far walking around, taking pictures, and picking up some of the cool free stuff that is being handed out. I am amazed at how big BEA is! I’ve been to other events at the DC Convention Center, and none have been anywhere this big. If you wanted to go to […]

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