Note: I am an Independent Educational Rep for Usborne Books and Educational Development Corp.
Have any of you folks tried Usborne Books *Reading is a Gift* for your book fairs?
Usborne Books Book Fairs - Reading is a Gift
You get a LOCAL Usborne Rep who helps you with the book fair. Some do all the set up, sales, break down. Others work along side the volunteers.
Often there is an option of running an online e-Fair at the same time. Bookraisers get you 25% in additional free books for sales of $250-499 and 50% for sales of $500+ for the school. As a fundraiser the school gets 10-30% based on sales. Alternatively you can choose books and cash. This is clearly spelled out prior to the start of the book fair.
The books range in cost from $2.50 - $39.95. They come in paperback, hardback and library bindings. There is a large selection of non-fiction as well as some fiction. The ages are pre-school to high school (I think they particularly excel in the 5-10 years age range).
Usborne book fairs DO NOT sell doo-dads, trinkets, bobbles, and whatjamacallits! There are Learning games, CD-ROMS, and internet linked books (family friendly, child safe websites).
Usborne book fairs can be run for as many or as few days as you like. They can be run in conjunction with a read-a-thon program that returns at least 100% of the pledges back to the students and school in the form of books and/or cash. This read-a-thon program was piloted in schools with majority to 100% free lunch programs. Its so awesome to get kids reading and excited about reading and rewarded with MORE books to keep reading!!
You can contact Usborne for your local Independent Educational Rep or contact me and I will help you connect with someone local to you.
Usborne Books - EDC
Respectfully -
Monique
[ 11-27-2004, 09:08 AM: Message edited by: Rockne ]