First Book
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Founded in 1992 by Kyle Zimmer, First Book is an international non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. The mission of First Book is to distribute new books to children from "low-income" families through community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs.
First Book has distributed more than 46 million new books, primarily in the United States. It also maintains a legal presence in Canada.
[edit] Programs
- First Book distributes new books and educational materials donated by publishers through the First Book National Book Bank.
- First Book sells new books through the First Book Marketplace.
- After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, First Book launched Book Relief to provide 5 million new books to help rebuild the coast.
[edit] Partners
[edit] External links
- First Book
- First Book National Book Bank
- First Book Marketplace
- Book Relief
- First Book Blog
- The Literacy Site -- a click-to-donate site in the Hunger Site network that supports First Book
