We recently had the pleasure to interview children’s book author Doreen Cronin. Doreen is the author of nine wonderful, bestselling picture books, including Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Duck for President; Diary of a Worm; Diary of a Spider; Wiggle; and Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, a Caldecott Honor Book.
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I was recently asked about my favorite Washington, DC holiday sights and traditions. Here’s my list and hopefully you’ll add to it.
• The National Christmas Tree
• The Capitol Christmas Tree - which is from my home state of Washington this year!
• Washington Ballet’s performance of The Nutcracker
• A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre
• There […]

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Beloved children’s book author and illustrator Eric Carle — who has penned over 70 books for children, including the classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar — was presented with the John P. McGovern Behavioral Science Award last night here in D.C. in recognition of his contributions to furthering our understanding of American family life.
The evening’s […]

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This post is part of a weekly series of synopses of children’s books, written by First Book staff members.
Submarines, by Sydelle Kramer. Describes work and the living environment aboard a submarine. It is a dangerous job, as you will see when you read about past submarine diasters. Grades K-2.

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We have great news to report! Just last week First Book was recognized domestically and internationally with two very exciting awards.
For the fourth straight year, First Book was named a winner of Fast Company Magazine and Monitor Group’s Social Capitalist Award. The awards were announced in the latest copy of Fast Company Magazine, which features […]

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This holiday season, the Campus Advisory Board at Lewis and Clark State College, Idaho has something for everyone on your list! They are proud to announce that their online autographed book auction is now underway. Simply log on to LCSCAuction.com, fill out a brief profile — no sensitive financial information is necessary — and […]

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As some of you might already know, First Book has been honored with two highly prestigious awards in the last month. Firstly, our President and co-founder, Kyle Zimmer, was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year in the United States by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Kyle will be attending an awards ceremony in early […]

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A few weeks ago I was representing First Book at an event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and I met a very special dog who brings comfort to the hospitalized. When the dog’s owner heard about First Book he commented that his dog likes to read too, and showed me a “READ” tag […]

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Chuck Leavell, longtime keyboardist for the Rolling Stones and spokesperson for the Abundant Forests Alliance (AFA), will be appearing on the Today Show on Tuesday, December 5th, to announce the distribution of 200,000 brand new children’s books through First Book as part of the 2006 Today Show Holiday Toy Drive.
In addition to being […]

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