[CASL-L] Book Fair Ideas-Not Scholastic

[Anderson, Kirsten]

I’m glad to see they reverse their decision. As a parent and a librarian it
was hard not to want to support the already booked fairs at my schools and
yet also support those authors. I hope their “pivot” is a true improvement
and not just buzz words.

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Maureen Schlosser via CASL-L <
casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:

> Thank you, Leslie! I don’t know who or what finally changed their minds,
> but I’m glad they did. How they could even think that their segregated
> collection was a good thing to do is beyond me.
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> On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 8:41 PM, Leslie Poulos <l_poulos at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> Just an FYI-as a result of a petition and as a result of a petition and
> feedback from many people feedback from librarians and authors,  Scholastic
> has changed its policy. See letter below.
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> On Oct 22, 2023, at 5:25 PM, Maureen Schlosser via CASL-L <
> casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
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> Thank you, Everyone, for your book sale recommendations.
> A librarian by the name of Josh Ryan sent me a curated list of book
> vendors along with pros and cons about each one. It's pretty fabulous!
> What Are the Best School Book Fair Companies? -
> <https://www.picturebookbrain.com/best-school-book-fair-companies/>
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> What Are the Best School Book Fair Companies? -
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> Picture Book Brain
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> What are the best school book fair companies? Here are the best nationwide
> and regional school book fair compani...
> <https://www.picturebookbrain.com/best-school-book-fair-companies/>
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> Maureen Schlosser
> Author: Lessons Inspired by Picture Books for Primary Grades
> <https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/lessons-inspired-picture-books-primary-grades-aasl-standards%E2%80%93based-learning-series>
> Blog: Library Lessons With Books
> <https://wordpress.com/view/librarylessonswithbooks.com> and
> KnowledgeQuest <http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/author/mschlosser/>
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> On Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 12:31:44 PM EDT, Maureen Schlosser via
> CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
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> Does your school run a successful book fair that does not use Scholastic?
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> If so, I would love to learn about it.
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> With Scholastic's decision to create an opt-in diversity collection, my
> sister would like to drop Scholastic from her district.
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> Thank you for your help!
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> Maureen Schlosser
> Author: Lessons Inspired by Picture Books for Primary Grades
> <https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/lessons-inspired-picture-books-primary-grades-aasl-standards%E2%80%93based-learning-series>
> Blog: Library Lessons With Books
> <https://wordpress.com/view/librarylessonswithbooks.com> and
> KnowledgeQuest <http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/author/mschlosser/>
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-- 
Kirsten Anderson-Halbert (Mrs. Anderson)
Library Media Specialist
Deans Mill/West Vine St Schools
Stonington, CT
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