I knew that I wanted to decorate.. and I just knew that I would have time to do it. But then, reality hit and my good friend Madden reminded me.. get these awesome parent volunteers to help!
But wait- before I go any farther- have you seen the AWESOME new layout of my blog? My friend Carrie (aka Heck Awesome) did an AMAZING job redesigning this blog and my Ideas from a Busy Bee! I mean seriously- go check her out @HeckAwesome and her website. I am in LOVE with it (my blog is getting more hits because I keep looking at it :)
The theme for the Scholastic Book Fair this fall was Bookaneers where Books are the Treasure. Did you know that you can shop online too (now, it doe get delivered to me.. but if you live in the DFW or Amarillo area.. I bet I can help you out.. I can't ship.. but I can deliver!)
Lots of pictures in this blog, but I wanted to share what I am going to do different for the next book fair
-have volunteers set up for preview time to help monitor students and offer help
-have volunteers set up books (thinking about having a book fair crew)
-have volunteers help with book buying by making sure that kiddos in line actually have money to spend. (which happens next week.. so I am sure I will figure out more ways to have volunteers help!)
-have volunteers help with check in and check out (still having regular check in and out times)
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| Party city had coins. I am part of the Book Fair organizer page and got this idea! |
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| Look at all of those books! |
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| Changed the circulation desk into a pirate ship. These parents did a great job! |
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| Had another parent change the doors into the library into a pirate. |
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| Had donuts and juice for staff members on Wednesday morning while they made their wish lists. |
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| You can't go wrong when you have the chance to dress like a pirate! |
This weekend is a 3 day weekend, so Saturday I had a chance to attend an author visit at the
South Irving Public Library. A couple of weeks ago, I had my first ARC (advanced reader copy) of a book delivered to the library! Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley is the book I can't wait to delve into this long weekend! But super fun to actually meet the author. If you think the name sounds familiar, her sister wrote Circus Mirandus.
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| Look at these fun cupcakes! |
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| I bought a copy of the book for the Elliott Library! You know I can't pas up a selfie with anyone. |
Looks like you did a great job with your first book fair set up. I understand about it being difficult to ask for help. I could always get plenty of help at the middle school; but not when I moved to the high school. Yep, the kids and teachers begged me to have book fairs at the high school level. Lots more work there; but it was great to see the kids' excitement. :) Enjoy! I hope your week goes wonderfully and you sell lots of books (and earn lots of freebies for your library). Good luck.
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