Scholastic book fair set up

In my time as a librarian, I have literally hosted so many book fairs that I’ve lost count. Ten? Twelve? More? I can’t remember.What I do remember is the overwhelming panic of my first …

Scholastic Book Fair set up: tight space...no problem!

A veteran school library media specialist shares her top book fair ideas to make your next school fundraiser as easy as possible.

Our annual Scholastic Book Fair is held every Spring. This is a busy and fun week where we set-up a "book store" for our school.

The elementary school years of brown bags lunches, gel pens, and recess were a simpler time, for sure. They were the years of having books read to you, and time set aside for you each day for library browsing and independent reading. Sure, we found…

Enchanted forest set up for secondary Scholastic Book Fair.

Book Fair

The Book Fair has arrived and with a bit of effort, it has been set up and is ready for the first shoppers. I was very lucky to have gotten the Book Fair delivered before the bad weather hit my area. A couple of other Media Specialists who were scheduled to have their Book Fair delivered on the same day just missed their delivery by a few hours because the roads were getting too slick for the truck to get through. While this saved me some stress of having to reschedule, I still had to make…

Classroom Wish List set up for book fair. Utilized the book shelves to set up this display and placed the carts on both sides. It was a huge success with the teachers and majority of the books were purchased.

Set up