[ISLMA-Share] Book Fair vendors

Tue May 9 13:51:58 CDT 2017

Unfortunately, Anderson's doesn't do downstate.  I called a few months ago
when my book fair was relegated to tabletop by Scholastic and was given the
bad news.  They only work in the Chicago area.

John Moranski
Librarian
Springfield High School

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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
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>>>>> 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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