I used to like finding random books in my library on the trolly they used to put returned stock back or put out new stock that had recently arrived. I always looked for that trolly the moment I walked into the place...
It was a lot of fun. I recently talked to the friend I organized it with and we both said those were the best memories we had of school. And I loved school.
Eleanor is lucky that she gets to go to the book fairs at both her school and mine. Sometimes she wants the posters and bookmarks and random diaries but the bulk of my money always goes to books.
@ Sarah: I bet she's like a kid in a candy store... [grin]
@ Marianne: Yup. Educating children is a VERY good investment. If you can get them to love reading you've set them up for life - and their kids too probably!
Oh, for sure. It's always fun, because even though it is the Scholastic Book Fair, different schools get different shipments of books so it's different inventory fro my school ot hers.
@Kitten I can definitely say that my boys benefitted from our attitude. And they say so, as well. @Sarah. When we did the book fairs, we could either choose for them to send us something but we only did that once, then we rather made a whole catalogue ourselves. Between the two of us, we had five children of different genders and age groups. And we both helped in school, so we knew what the kids wanted and didn't have to offer what Scholastics didn't sell in other schools. No other school would have exactly the same books as we offered.
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Stuff I can't even remember now! Book fairs were a great way to stumble on books I'd never seen before, like one on a kid who ran for president.
I used to like finding random books in my library on the trolly they used to put returned stock back or put out new stock that had recently arrived. I always looked for that trolly the moment I walked into the place...
I used to organize the book fair in my sons' school. Oh, the memories. Great times!
Sounds like FUN - and useful too. The more kids with books in their hands (and minds) the better I like it.
It was a lot of fun. I recently talked to the friend I organized it with and we both said those were the best memories we had of school. And I loved school.
Eleanor is lucky that she gets to go to the book fairs at both her school and mine. Sometimes she wants the posters and bookmarks and random diaries but the bulk of my money always goes to books.
We always saw the money going to books for our children as an investiment. And it totally paid out.
@ Sarah: I bet she's like a kid in a candy store... [grin]
@ Marianne: Yup. Educating children is a VERY good investment. If you can get them to love reading you've set them up for life - and their kids too probably!
Oh, for sure. It's always fun, because even though it is the Scholastic Book Fair, different schools get different shipments of books so it's different inventory fro my school ot hers.
@Kitten I can definitely say that my boys benefitted from our attitude. And they say so, as well.
@Sarah. When we did the book fairs, we could either choose for them to send us something but we only did that once, then we rather made a whole catalogue ourselves. Between the two of us, we had five children of different genders and age groups. And we both helped in school, so we knew what the kids wanted and didn't have to offer what Scholastics didn't sell in other schools. No other school would have exactly the same books as we offered.
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