First book staff members got to meet Roscoe Orman (Gordon on Sesame Street) when he came by our booth to vote on Saturday.
Posts in category BEA 2006
Interview with William Boniface
May20
2006
Written by Rachael V.
2006
Written by Rachael V.
Superopolis is the home of the character Ordinary Boy, but today the man who captured his story – William Boniface – joined First Book to talk with us for a while. Mr. Boniface gave both directions to Superopolis and his insights on his book The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy amidst a conversation about his own aspirations for reading, his inspirations, and his work.
Check out the interview below…
Interview with Walter Dean Myers at BEA06
Written by Today marked another great moment for First Book. Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers — that is, MR. Walter Dean Myers to the fans of Sharon Creech’s Love That Dog — signed copies of his new book from HarperCollins Children’s Books, The Harlem Hellfighters. Mr. Walter Dean Myers sat down to chat with me for what was perhaps the highlight of my BEA 2006 experience. Listen to the interview to hear about his thoughts on James Baldwin, what it’s like to be a character in a book, and more!
Books, Books, Everywhere
May20
2006
Written by Clarissa P.
2006
Written by Clarissa P.
I can’t get over how many books there are at the BookExpo. Many of the exhibitor’s booths have piles of books, free for the taking, because they want to promote their books to the booksellers that are looking for new books to sell.
As a charitable partner of Book Expo America, First Book has the privilege of gathering up a whole bunch of leftover books on Sunday (so they don’t have to be shipped back to where they came from!) and distributing them to programs serving children and adults from low-income families here in Washington, D.C.
BookExpo exhibitors who are interested in donating their leftover books to should do the following:
1. Box up your leftover books
2. Pick up a MHA/Material Handling Form from floor managers, the show office, Freeman associate/Material Handling Form desk, or First Book’s booth #5120.
3. Return your completed form to one of the above locations, indicating your booth number, company name, “First Book” written in the “ship to” section of the form (no address necessary), the number of cartons to donate, and your signature
4. Affix a First Book charitable contribution sticker to your boxes and just leave them at your booth — they will be picked up after the show.
There is no cost to the exhibitor for the handling of this donation. Exhibitors with questions are encouraged to come to First Book’s booth #5120 on the children’s floor to ask any questions!
First Book interviews E. D. Baker
Written by This morning I had the opportunity to interview children’s author, E.D. Baker, before she was signing copies of The Frog Princess series at First Book’s booth. This interview was Ms. Baker’s first video interview, and she was really excited to tell us more about her series as well as her thought process behind her writing.
The Frog Princess series is based on the “frog prince” story, but with a unique twist. Ms. Baker told me about how she spends a lot of time thinking about the idea and theme before she even begins writing. She then tries to focus in on creating the world and the characters in her stories. It was great to get an inside look on the writing process, from the author herself.
Ms. Baker is a former teacher, but she said that her true passion is writing. She told me that rather than writing to win awards, she is driven to write books that kids really want to read. Be sure to watch the whole interview by clicking below.
First Book Interviews James Patterson
Written by We opened the morning with a James Patterson book signing at our booth. His book, Maximum Ride, has been wildly successful – and it was easy to tell by the number of people waiting in line to meet him…
James, like many other authors, was very generous to give us an interview after the signing – and he said some great things about First Book. Thanks to James for doing the signing and interview on behalf of First Book!
First Book interview with Michael Buckley
Yesterday, we hosted a book signing with Michael Buckley at our booth at Book Expo America. His book, Sisters Grimm, has been very popular at BEA – people are still asking about it at the booth!
We were able to interview Michael and he did a great job – check out the video below…
Don’t Forget to Vote!
May20
2006
Written by Clarissa P.
2006
Written by Clarissa P.
The BookExpo is still going strong. Lots of people are coming by our table right outside of Hall D (children’s book exhibitors) to cast their vote for Literacy & Justice for all. The location that gets the most votes in our poll will receive the next 50,000-book distribution from the First Book National Book Bank.
You can also vote at our booth #5120, or at one of the many ballot boxes located throughout the convention center. If you’re not at the convention, go to the front page of our blog to cast your vote online.
James Patterson was at our booth earlier this morning, signing his latest book Maximum Ride. After the signing, we did a video interview of Mr. Patterson which will be posted in the blog shortly, so stay tuned. Also coming up today we have book signings with E.D. Baker, William Boniface, and Walter Dean Myers.
EDIT: The winner was announced on July 21 — Louisiana.
Interview with Dave McPhail at BEA
We interviewed author Dave McPhail – author of Pig Pig Grows Up and Lost! – at Book Expo America today. Thanks for the interview and the book signing at our booth Dave!
Video below (transcript forthcoming…)
Kirsten Miller Interview at BEA
We were able to interview author Kirsten Miller at Book Expo America – thanks Kirsten for doing the interview!
Video is posted below and a transciption is forthcoming…