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Our best success is to tie the book fair to the school Open House.  Lots of
contests and activities make for excited kids and thus a successful fair.

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi Lauren,
>
> Congratulations!  If you are going to be in the suburbs, I highly
> recommend Anderson's Book Fair Company.  Their book fair warehouse is in
> Aurora, but they have stores in Naperville, Downer's Grove and La Grange.
> They do a great job at giving you high quality products and are really
> attentive to your requests and needs.  Additionally, when they have authors
> in town for store visits, they offer them up to schools FOR FREE! All you
> have to do is have one book fair a year with them in order to qualify.
> They have big name authors, so it's definitely worth it.  I also do a
> Scholastic Fair each year and while Scholastic has cheaper books and a
> higher profit margin (especially if you take it all in Scholastic
> books/Scholastic dollars), Anderson's is always my favorite.
>
> If you have more questions about Anderson's I'm happy to answer off-list:
> kori.wentzloff at cusd200.org
>
> Kori Wentzloff
> LLC Director
> Edison Middle School
> Wheaton, IL
> (630) 682-2050 ex.6861
> #EdisonPantherPride
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Yah Lauren! Congrats!  Nice to see a familiar face (name?) on here!
>>
>> You can email me at sshallcross at naperville203.org
>>
>> Where is your new school at?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 5, 2017, at 4:41 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
>> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all—
>>
>> Next year will be my first year as a school librarian! Yay!
>>
>> I am looking to host a Book Fair to promote the library and get
>> community/families involved. Could you please share your words of wisdom
>> related to Book Fair planning?
>>
>>    - Favorite vendors? Costs/profits?
>>    - Community events/programs?
>>    - Publicity and marketing that worked well?
>>
>>
>> Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
>> Lauren
>>
>>
>>
>> Lauren Gray
>> Center for Children’s Books, Graduate Assistant
>> App Authors, Research Assistant
>> School of Information Sciences
>> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>> lmgray3 at illinois.edu
>> laurenmichaelgray at gmail.com
>> laurenmichaelgray.weebly.com
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