Guest blogger Mindy Klasky is the author of six fantasy novels, including the award-winning, best-selling The Glasswrights’ Apprentice and numerous short stories. Her latest novel, Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft, is a lighthearted, fictional tale featuring a love-struck D.C. librarian who discovers she’s a witch. A portion of proceeds from the sale of Girl’s Guide will […]

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I had the pleasure of meeting K.M Grant, author of Blood Red Horse (the first book in the de Granville Trilogy), while she signed copies of her books at the First Book booth during BookExpo America. BEA was the last stop on Katie’s US tour before she headed back home to Scotland — and, as […]

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First Book’s Lynda Lancaster was a guest on the television program Education News Parents Can Use. You can view the video online.
On June 19th First Book was invited to participate in the US Department of Education’s monthly TV show Education News Parents Can Use. The theme of this program was “Summer Programs: Keeping Students Reading […]

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Recently, I had a chance to hang out with author Shannon Hale, a Newbery Honor winner and author of five award-winning young adult novels, while working at the First Book booth at BookExpo America.
Shannon took some time out of her busy BEA schedule to sign copies of her bestselling, Newbery Honor book Princess Academy as […]

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On Friday June 1st, author Michael Buckley spent an hour at the First Book booth at BookExpo America, signing copies of the first book in the Sisters Grimm series, The Fairy Tale Detectives.
After the people in the initial line dispersed with their signed copies in hand, those of us staffing the booth got […]

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In celebration of the Cheerios® Race for Books initiative, come join Donna Labonte, wife of racecar driver Bobby Labonte, and the Naperville community and take the First Book Speed Read Challenge!
The First Book Speed Read, presented by Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories®, is taking place at the Jewel-Osco located at 1759 W. Ogden Ave. in Naperville, […]

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Bonnie at BEA
A few weeks ago, First Book attended Book Expo America (BEA), the largest annual book trade fair in the U.S., in New York City.
As part of the show, First Book featured the What Book Got You Hooked? campaign, and had ballot boxes throughout the show floor to encourage BEA attendees to […]

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My first week as an intern with First Book began with a First Book National Book Bank book distribution in Martinsburg, West Virginia. With roughly 500,000 books being given out, I knew this would be no small task for the first day. With the help of the US Coast Guard, Berkeley County Schools, and numerous other volunteers, […]

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With the 5th Harry Potter movie due out on July 11, 2007 and the last book in the Harry Potter series being released at midnight July 21, 2007, Potter-mania is heating up all over the country. This is especially true in Akron, OH.
The First Book-Greater Akron Advisory Board has teamed up with a local […]

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