American Wants and USA Today
Thanks to our Twitter followers, First Book made it to the Top 100 list of charities that America Wants!
One Last Storytime
When Wava Furlong first started out as a librarian, Maurice Sendak and Eric Carle were just appearing on the literary scene. After 28 years sharing her love and knowledge of children’s books at the library, she shares one last storytime.
Literacy Quilts Help Kids Get Comfortable With Books
Retired teacher Eloise Lukoni creates quilts that represent the stories they read, and giving them away to the children.
Kate DiCamillo Wins A Book Award
Author Kate DiCamillo won a Minnesota Book Award for Young People’s Literature on Saturday night for “The Magician’s Elephant”.
It’s Volunteer Week!
We just wanted to give a warm thank you to our Advisory Boards for all the work they’ve done with fundraising and granting out new books to children in low-income families. Don’t forget to say thank you to your favorite volunteers this week.
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