Registration 
FCB program participants include educators, librarians, business leaders, authors and illustrators, parents, students and experts in the field of children's literature and literacy education.

FCB enrollment provides opportunities to participate in a variety of programs and workshops while supporting our outreach work in under-resourced schools in the greater Boston area. There is a membership level to meet your needs:

Conversations with... series individual enrollment: $65/program year (Sept.-May)
  • Admission to five events in speaker series, along with New England Voices
  • Opportunity to earn 10 Professional Development Points (PDP's)
  • Substantial discount on What's New in Children's Books? half-day conferences
  • Notices and invitations to special FCB events and other area children's books events

Institutional Enrollment: $100/program year (Sept.-May)

  • Designed specifically for schools and libraries
  • Eight passes total to use at the five Conversations with... series events over the program year
  • Member-level discount for up to five attendees at the What's New in Children's Books? half-day conferences
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Donations provide important funding for our author and illustrator visits and residencies in under-served schools, as well as for educational workshops for teachers and librarians. We welcome financial contributions of any size. The FCB has been designated by the IRS to be a 501(c)(3) corporation, and all financial contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

Some ideas for contributing to the FCB:
  • $50 sponsors two college students in membership to the FCB.
  • $100 sponsors a school or library institutional membership.
  • $250 provides resource materials for professional development workshops.
  • $500 underwrites an author/illustrator presentation at a workshop event.
  • $1,000 purchases classroom sets of new books to accompany an author/illustrator visit to an under-resourced school.
  • $1,500 underwrites a fiction-writing workshop for fifth graders in one school district.
  • $2,500 sponsors an author/illustrator visit to an urban school serving 300-500 children and teachers in grades K-8.
  • $5,000 underwrites a half-day professional development workshop in an under-resourced school district.
At this time we cannot accept donations of used books, automobiles, or computer equipment.

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