Idearc Inc. is a new, multi-platform company with a big idea: connect buyers with sellers in ways that make consumers better shoppers and businesses more successful. Idearc Media's community mission is to create communities of readers where our employees and customers live and work. We partner with organizations that supply books to underserved children, promote reading, provide reading mentors and tutors, improve libraries and use technology to encourage reading.

Idearc Media Brings First Book To You! First Book and Idearc are working together to bring new books to children from low-income families in communities across the United States. Register with First Book! Register with First Book and gain access to award-winning new books for free and to deeply discounted new books and educational materials. First Book Advisory Boards: First Book Advisory Board volunteers fundraise in their communities to provide grants of new books to local programs that serve children from low-income families. First Book Marketplace: The First Book Marketplace is an online store offering programs serving children from low-income families the ability to purchase award-winning books at greatly reduced prices. First Book National Book Bank: The First Book National Book Bank distributes brand-new books, donated by publishers, free of charge to programs serving children from low-income families, or for a minimal shipping fee.

First Book is a nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. We provide an ongoing supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. First Book and Idearc, together, are spreading the magic of reading to children in need.

First Book Advisory Boards

First Book Advisory Boards, located in more than 270 communities in the United States, provide programs serving disadvantaged children the opportunity to purchase books from special catalogs offering thousands of quality children's book titles. A typical First Book Advisory Board grant lasts for one year and offers each child in the program a steady diet of books (usually one book per month), all at no cost to the children or the program.

All First Book Advisory Board grant applications are reviewed at the local level. After registering with First Book, please contact the nearest Advisory Board to see if it is currently accepting grant applications. The Advisory Board will supply you with a grant application.

Eligibility: To be eligible to receive books through an Advisory Board, organizations must:

• Be registered with First Book.
• With the exception of Title I or Title I eligible schools and military family support programs, organizations recieving books through a First Book Advisory Board grant must serve children where at least 80% are from low-income households.
• Be within the Advisory Board's geographical service area.
• Complete and submit a First Book Advisory Board grant application.

First Book Marketplace

The First Book Marketplace is an online store that enables programs serving children from low-income families to purchase children's books at deeply reduced prices. The Marketplace offers a broad range of high quality and award-winning titles for children ages 0-18, including board books, picture books, novels, reference books, and bilingual titles. The average price for a Marketplace title is less than $1.80, including shipping and handling.

Eligibility: To be eligible to purchase books from the First Book Marketplace, organizations must:

• Be registered with First Book.
• To be eligible to receive books through the First Book Marketplace, an organization must meet the minimum eligibility requirements.

First Book National Book Bank

The First Book National Book Bank distributes large quantities of publisher-donated brand-new books to programs serving children from low-income families. There are 25 to 30 book distributions hosted by the First Book National Book Bank annually at a variety of sites across the United States. The books are free to programs that are able to pick them up or just $0.25 per book to have them shipped. Because distributions are based on generous donations from our publishing partners, there is no set schedule or list of upcoming locations for book distributions.

After registering with First Book, you will receive email notifications alerting you when book distribution applications are available. If you are interested in obtaining books from an upcoming book distribution, you will need to complete and submit an online application. Specific instructions on how to do this are included in emails sent to registered programs.

Eligibility: To be eligible to receive books through the First Book National Book Bank, organizations must:

• Be registered with First Book.
• With the exception of Title I or Title I eligible schools and military family support programs, organizations receiving books through the First Book National Book Bank must serve children where at least 80% are from low-income households.
• Complete a First Book National Book Bank book distribution application.

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