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Posted in: For Educators
This guest post was written by Joey Mathis, a First Book Marketing and Communication intern. She is currently an undergrad student at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. In 2021, the U.S. surgeon general declared a youth mental health crisis. The rates of decline in the youths’ mental wellness have been growing fo...
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Posted in: For Educators
This guest post was written by Haley Brown, a First Book marketing and Communications Intern. She is currently an undergraduate student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Children can flourish and grow in happy, loving, and safe environments — its why educators work so hard to make classrooms a sup...
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Posted in: Focus on First Book, For Educators
This guest post was written by Joey Mathis, a First Book Marketing and Communication intern. She is currently an undergrad student at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia . Are you looking for a way to have a positive impact on the world? You can start by helping a child in need. Today, children face a variety of ba...
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Posted in: For Educators
This guest post was written by Haley Brown, a First Book marketing and Communications Intern. She is currently an undergraduate student at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. At First Book, we believe that to achieve educational equity, we must approach learning through a fact-based and truthful evalua...
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Posted in: Focus on First Book, For Educators
Joey Mathis is a First Book Marketing and Communication intern. She is currently an undergrad student at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, each year the average public school teacher spends over $500 of their own money on necessary supplies and books for...
Read more about Six Reasons to Join First Book's Network of Educators
Posted in: Our Bookshelf
This guest post was written by Joey Mathis, a First Book Marketing and Communication intern. She is currently an undergrad student at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. The Pride book list was curated by Lee Butler, First Book's Senior Cataloging Manager. Every June, First Book celebrates Pride Month as part of o...
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Posted in: For Educators, Our Partners
Educators are continuously confronted with a growing and diverse range of student needs, necessitating a responsive and individualized approach to teaching. In recent years, the prevalence of literacy challenges, particularly among English language learners and students with learning differences, has increased signific...
Read more about How Microsoft’s Literacy Tools Improve Reading Comprehension in Classrooms
Posted in: Our Partners
This post was written in collaboration with the Mind in the Making team. As life begins to return to pre-pandemic days, more and more demands seem thrown our way—more appointments, events, commutes, and things on our to-do list. With our busier schedules come lots of pressures. Sometimes it’s hard to stay focused—and i...
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Posted in: Author Voices
Marissa Meyer is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles, Heartless, The Renegades Trilogy, and Instant Karma , as well as the graphic novel duology Wires and Nerve. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Pacific Lutheran University and a MA in Publishing from Pace University. In addition to w...
Read more about Q&A with Marissa Meyer: Celebrating 10 Years of Cinder
Posted in: First Book research & insights
Since 1992, First Book has distributed more than 225 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low-income communities. First Book currently reaches an average of 5 million children every year and supports more than a third of the estimated 1.3 million classrooms and programs...
Read more about Research & Insights: 2021 Highlights & Network Impact