Getting Started

Prepare for the Fair

• Confirm the dates of your Fair.
• Complete your Book Fair Acknowledgement.
• Decide the operating hours and location of the Fair.
• Select an appointment time for the planning call with your Fair consultant.
• Watch for your Kick-off Kit (it’ll arrive a few weeks before the Fair). Your Planning Guide will have all your essential information!

Build Your Team

Teamwork makes the dream work! Recruit a co-host and volunteers to help before, during, and after the Fair. Reach out to your parent council and teachers for helpers. Don’t forget to invite older students to be part of the team, too!

Volunteers can help you:

• Set up the Fair: arranging cases, unpacking boxes, hanging signs, and more. Extra hands make Fair setup faster and easier.
• Decorate: Want to add extra décor to your Fair? Ask your school’s art classes to pitch in alongside adult volunteers.
• Ring up purchases: Whether running cards or counting coins, volunteers trained on the wireless device keep checkout running smoothly.
• Help kids shop: Volunteers can steer little readers to the appropriate cases, help them make their wish lists, and do the math on their purchases.

Make Sure Every Student Can Participate

When the Book Fair comes to your school, you have the power to provide a book for every kid. Here’s how you can bring the Bookjoy to all your students.

With every purchase at the Fair, your school earns rewards. When you earn at least $2,000, you decide whether you receive your proceeds as cash or Scholastic Dollars, our rewards currency. When you choose Scholastic Dollars over cash rewards, you get double the rewards for your Fair sales. Use that extra profit to buy books for kids.

Set Your Book Fair Goal

You want the Fair to be as successful as possible. Here’s how to set your goals:

• Review your sales history to see what profits previous Fairs earned.
• Check if you have a Scholastic Dollars balance leftover from the last Fair.
• Browse the Scholastic Dollars Catalogue to decide what purchases you hope to make with your profits. When you know what you’re saving for and share it with your school community, you get more support from families to help you reach your goal!
• Use the Goal Chart in your Kick-off Kit to track your progress towards reaching your goal.

Webinars & Special Events

Register for a webinar specially designed for Book Fair Hosts and volunteers to build or brush up on skills to make this your best Fair ever.

Share Your Homepage

Did you know? Your school’s Fair comes with its own homepage! It’s live and ready to share, or you can customize it with special messages and details about Fair events, your goal, and more. Share the link with families to promote the Fair.