Author and Actress Teams Up With Nonprofit First Book to Read to Local Children, Gives Away Copies of New Book

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Sep 10, 2013, 12:02 ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

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Children's author and award-winning actress Julianne Moore reading her new book with a child at a community center in Harlem to celebrate the start of a new school year. Moore appeared at Round the Clock Nursery with Kyle Zimmer, president and CEO of First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides new books and educational materials for kids in need. Moore read from her new book, 'My Mom is a Foreigner, But Not to Me' to pre-K students and their parents, and gave each participating child a signed copy of the book.

The event, intended to promote the importance of books and reading at back-to-school time, was co-hosted by First Book. The books were provided by Moore's publisher, Chronicle Books.

For additional details, contact Julia Hornaday at First Book, [email protected] or 202-639-0114

SOURCE First Book