Book Fair Ideas For Schools

While fundraising is a definite benefit to holding a book fair your child s school receives a percentage of all fair sales which it can take in cash or spend on books or other supplies so is uniting kids with literature and bringing the community together in honor of that mission.
Book fair ideas for schools. Promote the readathon schoolwide make sure the reading packets for tracking minutes and pledges are well organized for families and schedule school read ins to build in time for all students to earn those pledges. 3 bring 3 dimes 5 bring 5 dimes and so on. Run a poster design contest with a small prize incentive for students.
Ask volunteers to dress as book characters and greet students in the morning. Print these book fair passes on cardstock laminate them and give them to your teachers during the book fair. My best book fair tip is a little mantra to teach the kids so they remember to bring tax money.
Send out reminders via email and in your school s newsletter. Send flyers home in backpacks prior to the sale and follow up with reminder email blasts. Announce the book fair in the school newsletter and website.
Book fair posters are often available from vendors but you also have access to a school full of artists. Post the book fair dates on your school s outdoor marquee. I also write t.
World book day 2020 falls on thursday 5 march but it s never to early to start thinking ahead and planning events for your school. These book fair passes are a great way to know if students are supposed to be shopping at the book fair or if they just snuck in while running an errand for their teacher. Along with book fair flyer i attach a state tax sheet and this saying for every dollar bring a dime explaining that if they bring one dollar bring a dime to cover cost of tax.
Dec 20 2019 explore ellie fleury s board book fair cool ideas on pinterest. See more ideas about book fair scholastic book fair elementary library. Hold a readathon as an independent fundraiser or coordinate it with the book fair to get kids fired up about reading and raising money for their school at the same time.