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Posted in: Impact Stories
People often ask how I can buy a book for $2.60. First Book Canada's Marketplace is the answer. I work as a school librarian in three schools in rural Nova Scotia. The schools I work in have small student populations, between approximately 50 – 170 students. Of course the library budgets I’m allotted reflect this isola...
Read more about Making Every Dollar Count: Bridging a Librarian's Budget
Posted in: Focus on First Book, Our Partners
What is the Raptors 905 Reading Challenge? The Raptors 905 Reading Challenge is a reading program that gives books to kids. It is celebrating its fifth year. The program started with DeMar DeRozan who partnered with First Book Canada to support 10 schools to read 10 books over the course of 10 weeks! It is now being su...
Posted in: Author Voices
Jennifer Mook-Sang was born with a book in her hand in Guyana, South America. Reading is her passion. When she started reading picture books to her two boys, she realized that writing a book for kids would be the best thing anyone could do. After trying to write a story or two, she discovered it was not the easiest thi...
Read more about The Secret Portal to Happiness: A Conversation with Jennifer Mook-Sang
Posted in: Focus on First Book
Gurdeep Dhaliwal is the Strategic Alliances Manager at First Book Canada. When you first started, what was that like? I completed the Creative Book Publishing Program at Humber College, and through that the opportunity to apply for an internship with First Book Canada came up. From there, I was hired on as a Strategic...
Read more about Behind the Scenes at First Book Canada: Gurdeep