Searching for that perfect gift for birthdays, graduations and other special occasions? Then check out First Book’s new line of Shop to Support products. Find the catchy slogan “A Book Today, a Friend Forever” logo on a variety of products ranging from notebooks to Sigg water bottles, and golf shirts to baby bibs. A portion [...]
Entries Tagged as 'BEA 2006'
New Shop to Support Products!
June 29th, 2009 · No Comments · BEA 2006, Books & Reading, General
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Tell us: What Book Got YOU Hooked?
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments · BEA 2006, Books & Reading, General
Just in time for summer, First Book is once again launching the campaign that celebrates the books that first made reading fun. Now through September 15, visit FirstBook.org to share the memory of the first book that made you love reading and you’ll get to vote for the state to receive 50,000 brand new books [...]
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A Tribute to Tim Russert
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Authors & Illustrators, BEA 2006
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 [...]
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A First Book staffer looks back…
January 10th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Advisory Boards, Around the First Book Office, BEA 2006, Book Distributions, Books & Reading
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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Celebs Cast Their Votes for Literacy!
June 10th, 2006 · No Comments · Authors & Illustrators, BEA 2006, General
One of the fun aspects of BookExpo America every year is the unusual opportunity it presents for that great American pastime: celebrity spotting. You can be cruising down the aisles or attending an event and end up rubbing elbows with all sorts of unexpected folks. For instance, that unassuming guy in the Hawaiian shirt, strolling [...]
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Time Lapse Video & Inteview Round-Up
May 22nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Authors & Illustrators, BEA 2006, Video
If you haven’t read already, we had an amazing presence at BEA this year. I want to thank everyone, everyone, who helps make First Book such a success at what we do. I setup a small web cam at our booth this year to try to capture some of the activity that goes into making [...]
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The Last Day of BookExpo America
May 22nd, 2006 · 4 Comments · BEA 2006
Even though it was Sunday, the final day of BEA, you could still feel the passion and excitement in the air. It’s a book thing! Wendy and Tabitha opened the Sunday Book and Author Breakfast by announcing the “Literacy and Justice for All” winning state — Louisiana. They were joined on stage by First Book [...]
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Interview with Author Erica Perl
May 21st, 2006 · 5 Comments · Authors & Illustrators, BEA 2006, Video
Author Erica Perl stopped by the First Book booth to sign copies of her books, Ninety-Three in My Family (out soon) and Chicken Bedtime Is Really Early. She gave a great interview afterwards – while she was wearing a chicken hat! Be sure to check out the beginning where she reads from her book, Chicken [...]
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Literacy & Justice for All Winner is Louisiana!
May 21st, 2006 · 6 Comments · BEA 2006
Our staff cheered as we finished the final vote tallies late last night! First Book could not be more excited that all y’all who voted chose to support our Book Relief initiative by choosing Louisiana as the state where we will hold the next 50,000 book distribution! The 50,000 books will be sent to a [...]
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