“Have you been half asleep?
And have you heard voices?
I’ve heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it
It’s something that I’m s’posed to be…
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.” […]

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It was a week before I was set to leave for DC that I finally learned of my internship placement at First Book. I had never heard of First Book before but maintained the belief that everything would work out…it did.
Placed in the communication department to coincide with my major, I was pleasantly surprised […]

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Think you know all there is to know about First Book and read our blog regularly? If your answer is yes, then get excited - we have a contest for you!
First Book is excited to announce our first of several blog contests that we will host throughout the year.
Here’s how it works: find the […]

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Tomorrow I am leaving my job here at First Book, as well as my wonderful Advisory Board volunteers in the states of WA, ND, SD, GA and KY, to pursue a teaching career.  Since I started working at First Book a few months before the blog was born, I thought I would take a moment […]

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Where can you find a sailor, the god of thunder, Mrs. Brady dressed for the town, and a contestant on the Price is Right?  At First Book’s annual Halloween outing to Ben’s Chili Bowl, of course!  In its third year, First Book staff showed off their creativity with their costume-clad outing to the historic DC […]

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As a freshman at American University, I was given the opportunity to have an internship fall semester. Out of the 10+ businesses and organizations I met with, I chose First Book. Waking up at 7am each Wednesday and Thursday is not easy for a college student, but working with First Book makes it worthwhile.
Working with […]

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Today marks a sad day for the First Book Blog!  Clarissa is leaving First Book, and with it takes a vast amount of technical support and leadership that has built the site this last year and a half.
For many of the contributors to this site, this was our first experience with the blog world and […]

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Sunday, April 22 - Tonya and I have arrived safely into Spokane, WA, after stops in the Twin Cities and Seattle. I always forget how big America is until I have to traverse it! As tedious as hours on a plane can be, the breathtaking view of Mount Rainier through the cloud cover […]

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Starting this Sunday, my colleague Tonya and I will be on an outreach trip throughout the state of Idaho. We will be meeting with Advisory Boards, visiting Recipient Groups, and presenting at a Library Conference.
The itinerary is an action-packed 7-day journey from northwest to southeast Idaho, and promises to be full of […]

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Last week we posted questions from the trivia contest we played at our Blogaversary Party. Did you find all the answers? Read on to see the questions and answers.

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