Tarkio Elementary School will host the Scholastic Book Fair Monday, September 26 through Friday, September 30. Bookaneer Book Fair, Where Books are the Treasure!, is the theme for our Fall 2016 Book Fair. This is an event geared to excite children about reading and learning. The fair is open to Tarkio and the surrounding community.
The book fair helps our school promote learning while raising money to purchase new books and materials for the library. So far, money raised at the book fair has been used to purchase a story time rug, paperback rack, beanbag chairs, laser printer, audiobooks, book displays, a magazine rack, children’s encyclopedias, die-cut machine, and student chairs for the library! Funds have also been instrumental in providing field trip experiences to children meeting the yearly Mark Twain Ultimate Reading Challenge, as well as, incentives for quarterly awards and schoolwide reading celebrations. Last year our library was able to host an author by Missouri author, Martha Dinsdale! Along with these neat things, our library can purchase books at half the retail cost and earn product vouchers for use in the Scholastic catalog as a reward for participation in book fair promotions and meeting sales goals.
The book fair will offer popular books and educational products for all ages, including the newest titles from more than 150 publishers. All are offered at reasonable prices, so that students can choose books that appeal to their personal interests and parents can add to home libraries. The fair is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Family Night evening hours will be Thursday, September 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. All Tarkio Elementary students will have a chance to visit the book fair and make their own wish lists prior to the Thursday evening family event.
Scholastic now offers an online fair. Shop in the comfort of your own home by visiting scholastic.com/bookfairs or find the link on our school webpage. All orders will be delivered directly to your child’s classroom in a few short days. The online fair will open on September 19 and close on October 7. Parents are encouraged to bring their children and enjoy the Bookaneer Book Fair! The book fair will close on Friday morning by 9:00 a.m. If you are interested in helping with the book fair, please contact Tarkio Elementary at 736-4177.