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There's a Place for You

First Book's award-winning recruiting video for Advisory Boards. Listen to Advisory Board chairs talk about First Book, explain the AB model, and share in the magic of watching children receive their first new books.
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A smiling child is handed a new book by an adult.
Book Relief: A First Book Initiative

In the past two years, Book Relief has distributed five million new books in the five Gulf states affected by the 2005 hurricanes and to programs serving evacuees in an additional 16 states.
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A First Book staff member packs books into boxes in a warehouse.
First Book Speed Read 2005

In a First Book Speed Read™ fundraising event, each person has 15 seconds to "speed read" as many words as possible from a children's book. This video features some of our celebrity "speed readers," such as Rhea Perlman, Eric Close, columnist Joel Stein, and several NASCAR drivers.
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A woman stands in front of a crowd to read from a children's book.

First Book In The News

First Book and Hooked on Phonics on The Early Show

Chip Paucek, president of Hooked on Phonics, and Lynda Lancaster of First Book announce a new youth reading initiative in honor of the reading program's 20th anniversary. This news segment aired on August 17, 2007
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NBC's Today Show celebrates First Book and
The Cat in the Hat's 50th birthday!


This news segment aired on March 8, 2007
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First Book and Build-A-Bear on CBS's Early Show

This news segment aired on March 1, 2007
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Deutsche Welle (German TV)

In 2006, a video crew from German television station Deutsche Welle came by First Book's office to film a profile of First Book as part of their series about the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs. It aired on the Deutsche Welle program Made in Germany and you can view it on their website (it's in English). You will need Real Player to view the video.
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The Cat in the Hat Challenge Program

Newscasters were challenged to wear a Cat in the Hat hat. Each time that hat was worn on-air, it triggered a donation of 5000 new books by Random House to First Book. A total of 225,000 books were donated.
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Two newscasters behind a desk; one wearing a Cat in the Hat hat

First Book Blog - Podcasts and Videos

Podcasts

Includes audio interviews with several children's authors such as Doreen Cronin (Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type) and Laura Numeroff (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie), as well as blog calls with Verizon Yellow Pages Literacy Champion Eric Close (Without a Trace) and Sonia Manzano (“Maria” from Sesame Street).
> First Book Blog Podcasts
Videos

Author interviews from Book Expo America 2006. Includes James Patterson (Maximum Ride), E.D. Baker (The Frog Princess), and others.
> First Book Blog videos
James Patterson

Public Service Announcements

Public Service Announcements for First Book feature celebrities such as Eric Close, John Lithgow, Sonia Manzano, Cedric the Entertainer, and Christopher Meloni.
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John Lithgow
Social Capitalist Award Social Capitalist Award Forbes - Gold Star Charity

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