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! The [...]

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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 book, [...]

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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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I had the pleasure of speaking recently with pop-up book creators, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. Robert and Matthew have each created many breathtaking and award-winning pop-up books, and most recently, they collaborated to create the first two installments of Encyclopedia Prehistorica series, including Sharks and Other Sea Monsters and Dinosaurs. The final book in [...]

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Our special guest in First Book’s podcast series this week is Laura Numeroff, bestselling author of such well loved children’s titles as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Pig a Party. Her latest works, Mouse Cookies & More, A Treasury and When Sheep Sleep, were both published this October. [...]

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Today we hosted a blog call with Sonia Manzano, “Maria” from Sesame Street, and recent author of “No Dogs Allowed.” Sonia discussed the importance of reading, how she developed a love for books and ways to engage children in reading. The Public Service Announcements (PSAs) Sonia mentioned during the call are available on our website. [...]

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