Vote FIRST BOOK!!

First Book works. Reading makes the difference in access and success.

Great organization!

 I vote for First Book, a network, which is self-sustaining that would solve the issue of access with a 21st century business model.

The best infrastructure spending I can think of is investing in education in areas where it is most needed

First Book promotes more than Literacy - it promotes open thought and in the end it furthers Reason in a World that desperately needs it.

A great opportunity to spread the First Book word!

First book rocks!

First Book is a great organization and provides a much needed service to communities all across the country.

Go First Book! What a better way to teach kids to read than to give them a sense of pride in ownership of BRAND NEW BOOKS! What greater desire can a kid have!

 Wonderful organization, kids need access to reading resources.
 Childrens interest in reading changes their world forever. It will
 give them a chance for education where none may have been
 possible.

My first and second graders were always excited to receive a book of their very own. Usually it was the first book that they ever owned.  They would read it over and over. This was made possible because of First Book.  Wonderful program!

There is nothing like a child having his or her own book to read to discover the world and themselves in the process.

First Book is hands down the best organization around at placing books into the hands of needy kids!

Simply stated ... do you remember the magic of your first new book?  ...  Vote "First Book" so that millions of children can experience the magic of reading!

Invest in our future...begin with our children!

Our Head Start and Even Start children and families are proud to have their own books thanks to First Book. Expanding this program is a great idea. Reading is a fun, family activity that breaks the cycle of illiteracy and poverty.

First Book is the best!  My students can't wait to get their books. It's a joy to see them reading.

I vote for First Book. If we want to keep publishing, reading, books, ideas, narrative, and joy alive, that is...

First Book is the Best! We're a St. Louis non-profit that provides toys and books to families in need during the holidays. All of the 3000 children we serve receive new books from us, donated through First Book. What a great way to make "play" educational, and provide new books to chlldren who often receive only hand-me downs.

Those who love to read, succeed!

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I vote for FIRST BOOK and their idea to launch GLOBAL RESOURCES NETWORK because having knowledge gives humanity the power to change this world for the better! FIRST BOOK is a great organization which when combined with GLOBAL RESOURCES NETWORK will make an excellent organization!

Please consider First Book.  It is a GREAT organization and very beneficial to children.  Thank you!  :)

How can you learn to read without access to books?  First Book is an excellent, smart organization that's really making a difference.

We vote for FIRST BOOK and send a "Heartfelt" thanks to FIRST BOOK, their partners, organizers and volunteers who continuously give the "GIFT of READING". In 7 children's book distributions, 2002-2008, we have given books to over 118,000 children.
Words cannot express the look of excitement seen on the faces of the little children when they are given their very own book to keep. It is a treasure they will cherish and share.

I am voting for First Books because books can open the world to others.

First Book is one of the most important organizations in the world to help promote a better day for the global world; by getting books into the hands of children they can help teach the kids of the world how important it is to be literate and give them a base for whatever education their country does (or doesn't) provide. 

Children need books in order to learn to read.  It is as basic as ABC.
If you give a child a good book, the child will want to learn to read.
First Book has given 4 books this school year to each of the 400 children in our free to working parents after school program in Dallas, Texas.  The value of owning books is evident in each child's attitude toward learning.

First Book is, or should be, a no-brainer.  This is an organization dedicated to ensuring that no child in this country grows up without books.  Reading is power.  Simple as that.

To rid a society of illiteracy requires a team of consistent and dedicated people working for a common cause.  FIRST BOOK is an organization that has proven to work.  A vote of "yes" means a pathway being carved to help children less fortunate obtain new books to stimulate their minds and motivate their actions to want to read. It is a giant step forward in creating a generation of youth who thirst for knowledge and look for books to quinch that thirst.    

FIRST BOOK is great.  It has a proven track record of putting books in the hands of millions of kids who would otherwise never get them.  Vote for FIRST BOOK.

Books will open up worlds for young minds and as they say a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Vote first books!

I also vote for First Book!

I have been privileged to watch children's eyes light up when they receive their books and write their name on the book plate.  They energetically work to sound out the words and describe the pictures, then hug the book to their chests as they leave the room to take "my book" home to show their family.

First Book's model is unique and the number of children they serve keeps growing and growing and growing...

FIRST BOOK has a proven track record of putting books in the hands of millions of kids who would otherwise never get them.  Vote for FIRST BOOK.

I vote for First Book!

Books are posessions of pride for people who have nothing else of any worthwhile value to call their own, books are entertaining, educational and thought provoking for anyone, anywhere and can help to create changes for the better in any location. First Book is helping to create this change.

First Book is awesome! It makes a huge impact and creates change in our world!

First Book is GREAT!!! Put books in the hands of children vote First Book.

I have more than a few decades on me, and I can still remember MY first book (Dr. Seuss' "If I Ran the Zoo").  That book -- and all those that followed -- opened up a world of wonders, created a spirit of empathy, and enabled me to explore horizons far beyond my own small community.  That's why I vote for FIRST BOOK, in the hopes that every child will be able to experience that same sense of wonder. 

The First Book Book Bank is the most amazing program.  You should have seen my school's delight last week when each Grade 2 to Grade 5 student left with a Robert Sabuda pop-up.

First Book Thank you for giving my students they gift they need most- Books!

 

  First Book-I have been with the program almost from the beginning

This excellent organization is able to bring together a corporation of leaders, many dedicated volunteers, and tens of thousands little children by promoting the idea that literacy can inspire us and make us free. 

First Book is one of the best organizations for supporting and promoting literacy.  It has a dedicated cadre of volunteers at the grass roots level that helps puts new books in the hands of children.  I am a librarian in a K-6 school where 53% of the children are eligible for free and reduced breakfast and lunch but we are not a TITLE 1 school--that means we have all the needs and none of the resources that are available in other schools.  

First Book has my Support!!!

This is a wonderful idea. Literacy and education are the foundations of every free country.

A vote for FIRST BOOK is a vote to put Brand NEW books into the hands of children, who may not own a single book. Being able to read opens the world to children and gives them confidence to search for knowledge.  "Those who read, succeed."
Shirley Boeker (volunteer with BRO - a non-profit in St. Louis)

I cannot thank FIRST BOOK enough for the books they provided to students in Santa Ana CA last year! Every school library received a set of new books as well as almost every middle school student. The smiles on the students' faces were priceless. Keep up the good work FIRST BOOK!

If you cannot imagine your children's lives without the joy of reading books like FERDINAND THE BULL and THE WIZARD OF OZand CAT IN THE HAT, then vote for First Book to give childrenwho cannot afford those books the chance to read, to learn, topursue their dreams, and to educate and empower their children to do the same.  Americans cannot go on ignoring the fact that so many of our young are growing up deprived of the ability to educate themselves. 
--posted by Laura Geringer on l2/30/2008@l0:14am

If you cannot imagine your children's lives without the joy of reading books like FERDINAND THE BULL and THE WIZARD OF OZand CAT IN THE HAT, then vote for First Book to give childrenwho cannot afford those books the chance to read, to learn, to pursue their dreams, and to educate and empower their children to do the same.  Americans cannot go on ignoring the fact that so many of our young are growing up deprived of the ability to educate themselves. 
--posted by Laura Geringer on l2/30/2008@l0:14am

If you cannot imagine your children's lives without the joy of reading books like FERDINAND THE BULL and THE WIZARD OF OZand CAT IN THE HAT, then vote for First Book to give childrenwho cannot afford those books the chance to read, to learn, to pursue their dreams, and to educate and empower their children to do the same.  Americans cannot go on ignoring the fact that so many of our young are growing up deprived of the ability to educate themselves. 
--posted by Laura Geringer on l2/30/2008@l0:14am