Scholastic Book Fairs

Submitted by rthomas on Thu, 03/17/2011 - 15:18.

AT–A–GLANCE

VISIT THE SITE

Visit the Book Fairs website:
scholastic.com/bookfairs

What is it?

Scholastic Book Fairs helps schools across the country encourage a lifelong love of reading in all children. Through partnerships with schools, parents, and community organizations, Book Fairs give students access to affordable, popular books that will inspire them to read and to keep reading long after they leave the classroom.

Who's it for?

PreK-9

More Information

Teryl McLane
tmclane@scholastic.com
(800) 874-4809 x8282

Allyson Barkan
abarkan@scholastic.com
(212) 389-3469

IN THE NEWS

TODAY SHOW
An inspiring segment about how Scholastic Book Fairs brought two elementary school librarians together during a time of crisis

REFINERY29
A feature about the everlasting impact of the Scholastic Book Fair

BOOK RIOT
An article outlining the steps to make sure the Scholastic Book Fair at your school runs smoothly

“There is nothing our students look forward to more than our Scholastic Book Fairs... The Book Fair provides a sense of normalcy that we all need, especially our students! It's also a time to bring a lot of fun and excitement to the simple things in life, like reading a great new book! Scholastic Book Fairs are a tremendous part of our school's culture.”

— Rhonda Jenkins, LMC Director at Kendall Elementary, Naperville, IL

Press Releases

Programs

Through Scholastic Book Fairs’ All for Books® program, local businesses, community members, and parents can make donations to schools in their neighborhood to help buy books for school libraries and to purchase books for students who otherwise would not be able to afford them. Through the Scholastic Possible Fund, Scholastic Book Fairs matches the contributions with a donation of up to one million dollars in books to the Kids In Need Foundation and other organizations that help children in underserved communities.

Research and Success

Scholastic firmly stands behind the cause of increasing access to books today as much as we have since we were founded over 100 years ago with the mission to encourage the intellectual and personal growth of all children, beginning with literacy. Scholastic Book Fairs depends on collaborations with schools across the country to be able to pursue its mission of ensuring that children in every community have access to books and learn to love to read.

According to the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report: 8th edition, 93% of kids ages 6 to 17 say their favorite books are the ones they picked out themselves, and 92% of kids ages 6 to 17 say they are more likely to finish a book they have picked out themselves.
According to the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility home library size has a very substantial effect on educational attainment.