2024-2025 Spring Book Fair 

 Stay tuned for our Spring Book Fair dates
Community Shopping Hours:  Stay tuned for our Spring Book Fair dates

Book Fair Frequently Asked Questions:

  • When is the fair?  We have three fairs a year. One in September, one in February and a buy one get one free fair in May. 
  • When can my child shop? Each morning from 8:15am-8:45am the book fair is open for students in 3rd-5th grade to come shop. K-2 d grade students will have assigned days and times with their teacher and volunteers to help them shop. 
  • Will there be in-person shopping this year?  Yes, each morning from 8:15-8:45 the book fair is open for any student to come shop. We are no longer assigning specific shopping days and we will have 2 evening parent shopping events during our book fair week.
  • Will my child have help shopping?  Students in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade will have designated times where parent volunteers can help them shop and make wish lists for online or evening shopping days.
  • What forms of payment will you accept?  We would love the fair to be contactless transactions only (credit card that the user inserts, Apple Pay, and e-wallet) but we realize that there is value in students being able to shop the fair on their own and most students do not have Apple Pay or a credit card!  We would encourage all families to set up and add money to an e-wallet that their students can use so they do not need to handle (and lose) money that many people have touched but we will accept cash and make change at the fair as well as the touchless payment methods.
  •  Will there be tax on purchases?  Yes, Scholastic is now charging tax on all purchases, so please make sure to send enough with your child to cover the additional cost.  
  • We always gift our teacher a book, how do we do that?  No worries, we always buy our teachers books too and Scholastic has us covered! You can either ship in person during the community shopping time or you can add money to your teacher's E-Wallet account (just like you were adding money to your child's e-wallet for shopping at an in-person fair) and they can turn around and shop for books for their classrooms.  What an easy way to give back!  Click here for instructions on how to add money to your teacher's e-wallet and be sure to ask your teacher to send out their e-wallet link so you and other families can donate a book or two to the classroom library!  
  • If I choose not to have my child shop in-person (nor shop in person myself), how will I get my books?  Great news!  All orders will ship directly to your home so you can use the fair to shop for books to use now or you can even save them for  birthday or holiday gifting since you would not have to hide your purchases from your students at school!  
  • Does this benefit the school? Yes!  For every purchase that you (or family and friends) make during our fair dates, 25% is given back to the school as a fundraiser.   Just make sure you are logged in to your account and the yellow banner at the top of your shopping page says "Scholastic will give back 25% in rewards to BALLANTYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL when you shop."​
  • Can only Ballantyne Elementary students shop the fair?  No!  Anyone can shop the fair and have books shipped to their home (or yours).  Sending the link out to family and friends is a great way to help the school and also give great gift ideas for holiday gifting for your students!
  • Why is a book fair important?  Besides giving back to the school and adding a bit of consistency to your child's school year, a book fair and its new books will make children excited to read and practice their skills.  Just take a look at this chart for how important it is for them to open up a book for at least 20 minutes per day:

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