[ISLMA-Share] Book Fair vendors

Mon May 8 16:50:33 CDT 2017

I concur.  Mid November is ours.  We do a Scholastic Book Fair.  This is my
first year for it, but the other librarians have always used them.  I would
like to check into Anderson's by the way everyone talks, but Scholastic has
been good too!

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On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I've tried scheduling book fairs at many different times of the year ,
> both in conjunction with parent/family events and not.  I've found that the
> best time of year mid-November.  My district holds Parent-Teacher
> conferences on the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving.  My sales are
> always much better  then for two reasons: parents in the building, and
> beginning of holiday shopping time. I use Anderson's Bookfair Company and
> they will send books for all ages as well as gift books, cookbooks, adult
> reads, picture books, awesome non-fiction, etc.
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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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
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