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CCFC's Guide to Commercial-Free Book Fairs

 

Hold a Book Fair at Your School Without Corporate Marketing or Media Tie Ins!

 

Are you tired of all the items for sale at your book fair that aren’t books--such as toys, video games, posters, and fashion accessories? Do you think that school book fairs should promote reading without promoting TV shows and movies? 

 

 

Commercial items and media tie-ins from a typical school book fair

 

 

Commercial-Free Book Fair is the perfect way to:

  • Raise funds for a school in a manner consistent with its educational mission.

  • Promote literacy.

  • Provide an alternative for children who are already inundated with marketing for
    media-linked products.

  • Enrich classroom and library book collections.

  • Provide books to students–including the opportunity to purchase books for
    those who may not have the funds to buy them.

  • Support a local business.

CCFC's Guide to Commercial-Free Book Fairs includes a directory of independent booksellers who support book fairs.  (Booksellers who would like to be included in future editions of the guide should email ccfc(at)jbcc.harvard.edu.)

 

Download the Guide

 

(This .pdf files require the Adobe Acrobat reader; to download a free copy, click here)

 

 

RESOURCES

>Dear Scholastic Books: A Letter from Mrs. Neery's 4th Grade Class  (a video by  MemeFILMS)

 

>Taking consumerism out of school book fairs (Boston Globe, 11/20/06)

 

>Putting the Book Back in Book Fair (Mothering.com, 1/07)

 

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