I’ve spent the day so far walking around, taking pictures, and picking up some of the cool free stuff that is being handed out. I am amazed at how big BEA is! I’ve been to other events at the DC Convention Center, and none have been anywhere this big. If you wanted to go to […]

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We just had our first author signing and I got to interview Josh Prince, author of the new book, “I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track” by Sterling Publishing! Josh was very friendly and gave a great interview. He said that one of his favorite authors as a child was Maurice Sendak. In fact, […]

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The Children’s Book Council kicked off Friday’s events with the Children’s Book and Author Breakfast. The winners of the “Excellence in Children’s Bookselling” were announced, including DC’s own “A Likely Story”.
Authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson spoke at the breakfast to announce their new book, “Peter and the Shadow Thieves”. This is their second collaboration, […]

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Last night, Book Expo America officially launched First Book’s “Literacy and Justice for All” campaign with a special announcement during Tim Russert’s keynote address.
BEA Show Director Lance Fensterman discussed the campaign in his introductory remarks to the crowd, and playfully encouraged BEA attendees to cast their votes for literacy by voting for literacy “…both early […]

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My feet are sore (even though they warned me to wear comfortable shoes) and I have a headache (probably from not drinking enough water), but I have to say I’m on cloud nine after the fantastic day I had today at Book Expo America!! This is week 7 for me as a First Book-er. […]

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Last night marked the first of many special publisher-sponsored events during BEA that First Book is attending. Yesterday evening, Random House celebrated its new launch of Rabbit Ears® at the beautiful Hay-Adams Hotel’s rooftop terrace.
Rabbit Ears® is RH’s new collection of CDs featuring stories and music for children. (All of the stories are […]

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Big news! We’ll be blogging all weekend long from this year’s Book Expo America at the Washington Convention Center. We’ll have videos, photos and interviews coming all weekend long from some of the biggest names in writing: E.D. Baker, Michael Buckley, Kirsten Miller, David McPhail, James Patterson, Erica Perl, Joshua Prince, Rob Scotton, […]

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With BookExpo America just around the corner, I’m thrilled to announce that the “Literacy and Justice for All” campaign is making its debut on the DC Metrorail system! Wahoo! All this month, you can check it out in 5 DC area Metro stations and inside 100 Metrobuses. Look for First Book’s “Literacy […]

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This week First Book launched “Literacy and Justice for All”, a national literacy awareness campaign to bring new books to children in need. We’re so excited to be partnering with Reed Expo, Charity USA and other organizations on this campaign to draw attention to the importance of literacy. First Book is also […]

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