FNN Early Birds Book Club

04/09/2026

March 2026. FNN Early Birds Book Club hosted book parties for almost 1,400 of our youngest scholars grades preK-2 at Friendship Public Charter School. Everyone got to choose a free book to take home, share with their friends in story circles or make videos telling about their new books. Special thanks to Our Kids Read and Capitol Hill Community Foundation for your continued support!!! Stay tuned. FNN's Biggest Book Blowout Ever is coming this May.

03/29/2026

March 6, 2026. FNN Early Birds had lots of fun at book parties to celebrate Read Across American Week at Chamberlain Elementary. Thanks to a generous grant from Capitol Hill Community Foundation, 222 prek-2nd graders got to pick a free book to take home. Then some of our youngest scholars videotaped book reviews to show off their new books to family and friends. Watch the videos at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f52ry6sbfdQ&list=PLBYNmPZaB-Zte9hNFNQYzpY8T444gupKF&index=158

12/18/2025

FRIENDSHIP NEWS NETWORK HOLIDAY BOOK PARTIES ARE UNDERWAY! 🤩😍🥰🤓😎🥳🥸 All prek-2nd graders at all Friendship Elementary Schools and Friendship Online picked a favorite book to take home and even got to meet Santa. Thanks to each and every volunteer who stopped by to read and everyone who donated more than 1,400 books...especially Our Kids Read, The Rashid Family Foundation, The Guttman Family Foundation, and the Capitol Hill Community Foundation. Stay tuned for more book parties to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday the week of March 2.

04/09/2025

04/09/2025

MARCH 2025 The FNN Early Birds Book Club held parties for all our scholars in grades prek-2. Everyone in every classroom got a brand new book to take home. Teachers, parents and older scholars joined in to read in story circles. Check it out!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🥰🥰😎😎

03/26/2025

DECEMBER 6, 2024 The FNN EARLY BIRDS BOOK CLUB at Friendship Chamberlain Elementary had a blast at their holiday book parties🥳🥳🥳 sponsored by Friendship News Network. Everybody got to pick a brand new book to take home. Afterwards, they made video book reviews on their youtube channel to tell about their books🤩🤩🤩. Many thanks to the Capitol Hill Community Foundation 😍😍😍 who have provided all the books for the parties since 2018!

09/25/2024

July 2024. This summer, FNN EARLY BIRDS BOOK CLUB met Friday afternoons after school at Friendship Chamberlain Elementary. All prek-2nd graders picked favorite books to take home. They had lots of fun at their book parties with parents, teachers and staff. Come back for their new video book reviews this October. Thank you Capitol Hill Community Foundation for making all of this possible!!!!!

03/19/2024

DECEMBER, 2023. Our youngest scholars (grades prek-2) had lots of fun at The FNN Early Birds Book Club holiday party at 6 Friendship Elementary Schools in Washington, DC. Everyone picked out a favorite book to take home for the holidays. Teachers, parents, volunteers and older students were on hand to read the new books, munch cookies and act silly. Special thanks to the Capitol Hill Community Foundation, The Rashid Foundation, the Guttman Foundation and Friendship News Network for sponsoring all the parties!!!!

06/08/2023

BOOKS FOR THE SUMMER FROM THE FNN ONLINE BOOK CLUB! Our youngest scholars (grades prek-2) at Friendship Armstrong, Blow Pierce and Southeast Elementary Schools had lots of fun choosing their new books to show off and take home for summer. At Blow Pierce, they even took the party outside. Staff and parents were on hand for story circles and cookie-munching. See you next year!!!!!!

05/26/2023

May 25, 2023. The FNN Online Book Club at Friendship Chamberlain Elementary had it's last book party for the school year. Each of our youngest scholars in grades prek-2 had lots of fun picking a favorite book to take home for the summer. Thanks to the Capitol Hill Community Foundation for all the books! See you next year!

03/23/2023

December 9th, 2022. The FNN Online Book Club started the holiday season off at Chamberlain Elementary with book parties for all prek-2nd grade students. Thanks to a generous grant from the Capitol Hill Community Foundation each student got to take home a favorite book to keep. They're now in the process of making video reviews of their favorite books coming soon.

03/23/2023

March 2, 2023. Students, teachers and guest had lots of fun at classroom book parties to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday at Friendship Chamberlain Elementary. Each student picked a favorite book to take home. Coming soon: Video book reviews.