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We are just a few comments away from donating 500 books to children who need them most! Help us reach 250 comments in our Books for Books Blog Contest and, thanks to Fang Duff Kahn Publishers, you could win a copy of the latest title in the City Secret series–Books: The Essential Insider’s Guide.

Read more about the contest and share your favorite lessen-known book here. The winner will be announced tomorrow afternoon, so go ahead–post now!

Remember that off-the-beaten-path, Mom and Pop restaurant that a friend of a friend told you about? Chances are it was the best meal of your life.

In support of life’s little known treasures, Fang Duff Kahn Publishers created the newest addition of their City Secrets series, Books: The Essential Insider’s Guide, a book to help you find those unsung books you might otherwise never discover.

Books: The Essential Insider’s Guide features book recommendations from an all-star lineup of authors, editors, and humorists, including Pulitzer Prize-winning Oscar Hijuelos and Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter. These fabulous in-the-know contributors present to you a list of underappreciated books from every genre imaginable: fiction, memoirs, and yes, even crime—writing. No more book store bumbling! No more bestseller boredom! A whole world of literary magic awaits you…

And now . . . (drumroll, please) . . . the best part!  For every copy of Books: The Essential Insider’s Guide sold, Fang Duff Kahn will donate 2% of the purchase price to First Book, and help put a book directly in the hands of a child in need.

Okay, so I just might have drumrolled too early, because I forgot to mention the other best part: our Books for Books Blog Contest!  By participating in our blog contest, you can help get even more books to kids and inspire little readers everywhere. Here’s how it works:

1. Respond to this blog post between November 12th and December 1st by answering “What is your favorite overlooked book?”
2. Then, link this blog to Twitter, Facebook, send it over listservs, tell your friends (and maybe even your enemies too) because . . . if we can reach 250 comments, then Fang Duff Kahn Publishers will donate 500 BOOKS, to the kids that need them most.
3. Still not convinced? The person who posts the most overlooked book will win their very own copy of Books: The Essential Insider’s Guide. On December 1st we will announce the lucky winner right here on the First Book Blog.

“But,” you say, “I don’t have a favorite almost forgotten, underappreciated book!” Well, that’s okay (although if that is true you should highly consider buying Books: The Essential Insider’s Guide)! You can feel free to talk about your favorite, better known book as well.

So don’t even think about clicking that back button on your browser!  Help children in need experience the magic of their very first book!