Book Fairs

Scholastic Book Fairs are always an exciting time at Brock. We will have a Fair in either November or February each year. Students really take ownership at the Fair by ensuring that it runs smoothly. Grade 5-8 students are welcome to apply to be a Book Fair Helper. Students develop their responsibility and teamwork skills by setting up, helping students find books, tidying, acting as "security" and door greeters, being cashiers, cleaning up, and more. We could not run these Fairs without our amazing student helpers! 

Thanks to your purchases, we are usually able to buy at least two boxes of books from the Fair to be added to the library collection so all students may check them out. Recently, some Book Fair books have been used for our annual Days of Giveaways in December where students may enter a raffle to win a book to take home.

The last couple of years, I have invited an independent bookstore to run a book fair in either November or February. Another Story Bookshop is a wonderful neighbourhood bookstore. They are extremely knowledgeable and always bring a diverse collection of quality books to sell right in our own school. It has been really nice to have both the Scholastic and Another Story book fairs at Brock as it ensures that pretty much everyone can find something they love. 

Please note: Families choose to engage with both the Scholastic and independent bookstore fairs in different ways. Some send money with their child to school (with clear expectations about how they should handle that money), some prefer to attend with their child, and some choose not to attend at all. All are valid choices. Families appreciate being able to support the school directly or indirectly via purchases or moral support of the book fairs. Information about all book fairs will be sent home via email as well as paper letters/flyers.