On Friday, First Book was featured on the National Public Radio business & economics program, Marketplace!
The story highlights our work with publishers and literacy groups around the country to provide books for children in need. It includes interviews with First Book’s President, Kyle Zimmer; Alexandra Nash from Candlewick Press; and Cynthia Kirkpatrick, […]

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I recently had the privilege of speaking with Joshua Prince, author of I Saw an Ant in the Parking Lot, from Sterling Publishing.
Joshua is one of the many authors who will be doing a book signing at the First Book booth at BookExpo America, the annual book industry convention that is being held this week […]

 

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We recently had the pleasure to interview children’s book author Doreen Cronin. Doreen is the author of nine wonderful, bestselling picture books, including Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Duck for President; Diary of a Worm; Diary of a Spider; Wiggle; and Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, a Caldecott Honor Book.
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As some of you might already know, First Book has been honored with two highly prestigious awards in the last month. Firstly, our President and co-founder, Kyle Zimmer, was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year in the United States by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. Kyle will be attending an awards ceremony in early […]

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I recently had the honor of speaking with award-winning children’s author Martin Waddell, who is widely regarded as one of the finest contemporary writers of books for young people. Some of Martin’s books include Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? and Farmer Duck, both of which were awarded the Smarties Book Prize. Recently honored […]

 

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We are excited to have as our special guest in First Book’s podcast series this week Susan Wojciechowski — award-winning author of numerous books for children, including: the Beany series, the ALA Notable Book of the Year The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, and The Best Halloween of All.
During her interview, Susan discussed her […]

 

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We are thrilled to present our special guest in First Book’s podcast series this week, Kate DiCamillo — award-winning author of many well-loved children’s titles, including: the Mercy Watson series, the Newbery Honor-winning Because of Winn Dixie and the Newbery Award-winning The Tale of Despereaux. Most recently, Kate was honored with the Horn Book […]

 

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As part of our continuing celebration of Children’s Book Week, First Book recently had the pleasure of speaking with Megan McDonald, author of the wildly popular Judy Moody series in addition to the new series about Judy Moody’s little brother “Stink.” Megan is also getting high praise for Ant and Honeybee: What a Pair! […]

 

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First Book recently had the privilege of speaking with award-winning children’s book author Amy Hest, the highly versatile author of more than thirty books for young readers. Among Amy Hest’s books are Mr. George Baker, illustrated by Jon J Muth, and the beloved Baby Duck stories, illustrated by Jill Barton. This February, Amy’s newest […]

 

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First Book was delighted to be joined recently by Peter Reynolds, the author and illustrator of such award-winning books as The Dot and Ish. His latest work, which just published this September, is entitled So Few of Me. Peter is also the illustrator of the wildly popular Judy Moody series, authored by Megan McDonald and […]

 

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