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• R.L. Stine Helps to Celebrate KPMG’s Family for Literacy 1 Million Book Milestone

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  Renowned children’s author R.L. Stine recently joined First Book in celebrating the distribution of one million books that KPMG’s Family for Literacy has made possible during the first two years of our partnership with the audit, tax, and advisory firm. Just in time for the author’s favorite holiday, the ...
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• Meet the First Book Staff: Bonnie J.

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  Meet the staff members that make the First Book magic possible! Name: Bonnie J. Where is your hometown? Spokane, WA What do you do at First Book? Management of Recipient Group grants from local Advisory Boards, Recipient Group aspects of corporate events and partnerships, small publisher donations, and all ...
  5 days ago

• Want to Win It?

  
  Shooting Stars Mag — Authority: 465
  Well, do you? Im afraid youre going to have to work for it...and that involves money, HOWEVER its worth it! All the money you bid for this book, if you win, will go to the charity First Book. Jeri Smith-Ready is super awesome that shes even going to throw in a NON-marked up copy of Wicked Game if you dont ...
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• Celebrating World Vision and Spreading the Word about First Book

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  I recently had the privilege of being part of World Vision’s grand opening of their warehouse space in the Washington, DC area. Representatives and Senators were present, along with school board members, teachers, community organizers and individuals interested in the organization. As World Vision employees led ...
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• Happy Halloween from First Book

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  Yes, it is that time again!  First Book’s 5th Annual Halloween Celebration was held at the historic Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street. First Book staffers dressed in costumes such as asparagus, Amelia Earhart, and Kermit the Frog paraded through the restaurant, ate our fill and then many of us decided to forgo the ...
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• Heartfelt’s Holiday Season Gears Up with First Book

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  The concept is simple: companies and individuals purchase their holiday greeting cards from Heartfelt Charity Cards , an e-commerce based retailer of charity greeting cards, and 10% of each card sale benefits First Book. The result is significant: over the past five years, First Book’s alliance with Heartfelt ...
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• NZer Eleanor Catton on the Guardian First Book Award shortlist

  
  Christchurch City Libraries Blog — Authority: 132
  Eleanor Catton’s The Rehearsal has made it to the Guardian First Book Award shortlist. This is really exciting news for NZ literature and we’ve all got our fingers crossed for victory. The Guardian reports of her chances in the article Fiction resurgent in Guardian first book award shortlist : The third ...
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• Wish Me Luck

  
  Jungletwins — Authority: 108
  Well… I did it. I finished my novel. Didn’t know I was writing one? Neither did anyone else, except my husband, my one and only reader. He says it’s awesome- it’s his job to say it’s awesome, just as it’s my job to pretend I’m super interested in hearing him talk about accreting binaries and ...
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• First Book award

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Powerful fictional storytelling dominates the shortlist of this years Guardian First Book award, announced today, which includes works that range from a portrayal of Alzheimers to a novel that was the subject of a bidding war between 10 publishers. Three novels, one collection of short stories and a work of reportage ...
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• Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Drive Home the Importance of Literacy in New Jersey

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  Gary Temple and Jackson Avenue First Graders Read Together First Book traveled to Hackensack and back sharing the joy of books this week! First Book partners Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Sons Limited helped bring 1,000 books to children at Jackson Avenue Elementary School in Hackensack, New Jersey on Monday. Not your ...
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• First lines, first impressions

  
  Day By Day Writer — Authority: 121
  I’m behind on my blogging about the North Texas SCBWI conference from this past Saturday. But I have lots of good stuff to tell you about. Today, I’m starting with first lines. Editor Lisa Yoskowitz , with Penguin’s Dutton Children’s Books imprint, began her presentation by showing a number of first ...
  2 weeks ago

• Barclays Donates 2,000 New Books to North Star Academy

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  On Thursday morning, two buses pulled up to North Star Academy in Newark, New Jersey and opened their doors to let their passengers enter the school. Instead of elementary school students, volunteers from Barclays Capital poured out of the buses and walked into the building, ready to spend a morning reading with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kicking Off the Second Annual Book Bash

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  Mayor Nutter reads to KIPP West Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School students It was still dark outside—an indication that we are in fact knocking on winter’s door—when Theresa Harnisch and I met at the office to grab the last few boxes of books, First Book bookplates and goody bags for our press conference ...
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• Wake Up to Reading with Cheerios®

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  This month, Cheerios® is launching its 8th year of inviting families to wake up to reading – with a whopping six million children’s books free inside cereal boxes.   This year’s books, all from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and specially printed in both English and Spanish, are Tea for Ruby ...
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• Luxury and Literati: The Algonquin Round Table Experience!

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  Book lovers everywhere are all talking about the most lavish, luxurious and literary experience of a lifetime: The Algonquin Round Table Dinner . First Book, chosen as Neiman Marcus’ 2009 signature charity, is bringing the best and brightest minds of modern literature to your dinner table.  Inspired by the ...
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• Something Novel For Christmas

  
  Creative Spark — Authority: 119
  Well, I’ve always been more of a “don we now our gay apparel” than a “good tidings we bring” kind of guy anyway, so let me give you the bad news… Assuming you live in a 7-day-a-week shopping country, you’ve got 65 days left for your Christmas shopping , and really, let’s make it the year we learn our ...
  3 weeks ago

• Be Open to Finding the Right Publishing Option For Your Book

  
  The Cuckleburr Times — Authority: 125
  Why is it important to keep an open mind regarding the right way forwards for you and your book? To state what is obvious to some but invisible to others, the short answer is that traditional publishing is simply not appropriate, let alone possible, for everyone! It may be the objective that most people have ...
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• Crumbs Genesis, A Sexy Breasts-And-Knuckles Affair

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 463
  R. Crumb, the bespectacled, gray-bearded artist who is regarded around the world as granddaddy of underground comics, has taken on what might be his biggest subject ever: the first book of the Bible. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us
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• First Book Canada Hosts First Ever Book Distribution in Calgary

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 469
  First Book Canada held their first ever book distribution in the city of Calgary this last week, under the direction of one determined woman named Carol Anne Ruscica and her fearless compatriot Wayne Cochrane. Between me, a First Book newcomer, and distribution veteran Andy Wright, we were on a mission to make the ...
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• Book Review: Follow That Map!: A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scott Ritchie

  
  Quiverfull Family — Authority: 556
  Elaborate compass roses, legends, latitudes, longitudes, scale indicators, and landmark icons; the world of maps is a mysterious, and often-complex one. In  Follow That Map!: A First Book of Mapping Skills , book creator Scott Ritchie brings mapping down to a fun, colourful, and manageable level for young children. ...
  4 weeks ago

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