For the last few weeks I have been writing to you about First Book’s partnership with eBay Foundation and the Community Gives campaign.
Last Thursday, I was given the chance to see the first ripples of our powerful partnership’s impact when we delivered the first of 333,000 new books that will be distributed this year to […]

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On my third day of navigating around the sometimes-overwhelming city of Washington D.C., I began my summer internship at First Book. Having heard nothing but positive remarks about the organization and its mission, I enter the office excited and curious to begin my experience here.

I am working within the Community […]

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Although school may be out for the summer, it’s still a great time to take a book with you on your summer vacation, whether it’s time by the pool or on a road trip or long flight.
To help kids in need this summer, First Book and the US Department of Education have launched their 2008 […]

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About 2 ½ months ago I was running around Turner Field in Atlanta, GA gearing up for Opening Day of the 2008 Braves season. I was the Entertainment Manager in charge of all the “hoopla” at home games and special events (i.e. flyovers, fireworks, in game promotions, drum line performances, concerts, interactive games, celebrity […]

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First Book is proud to congratulate Heather Winsby, chair of First Book-St. Louis, in her recent honor of receiving the Junior League’s Drue Lane Webster Volunteer Service Award for outstanding volunteer service in the community.
Junior League St. Louis established the award in response to a contribution given by the honorable William H. Webster in memory […]

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Last night, I had the immense pleasure of listening to leading author and children’s literature historian Leonard Marcus read from his newly published work, Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children’s Literature (Houghton Mifflin Co.) at one of DC’s most popular bookstores, Politics and Prose.
The near-capacity crowd listened intently as […]

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All of us here at the First Book office in DC have been hit hard by the recent death of one of DC’s most familiar figures, author and television host Tim Russert.
Loyal readers of the First Book blog might remember this post from our coverage of Book Expo America 2006, when the meeting was held […]

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Guest Blogger Dale Brown is the Manager of LD OnLine, a website designed to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. LD OnLine features expert advice on learning disabilities and ADHD and a library of research-based information on learning disabilities. Dale is also a well-known author in the learning disability world and her […]

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As our team of four walked into the Thompson School Book Depository warehouse in Oklahoma City on a windy Wednesday morning, we were amazed to see that all of our 230,000 books, 5500 boxes, and 120 pallets had been so thoughtfully organized by title by the warehouse staff. This small, yet incredibly considerate gesture saved […]

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As you can imagine, here at First Book we are very enthusiastic about reading and children’s literature. If there was ever a group of people who pleaded for an extra story at bedtime as children- it was probably us!
That is why I was excited when I recently learned of a fun children’s book […]

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