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What is an Usborne Literacy Fair?

The goal of an Usborne Literacy Fair is to earn free books for your school, library or educational group.

When sales are $500 or higher, Usborne Literacy Fair returns 30% of sales dollars back to the organization in the form of award-winning Usborne Books. Sales under $500 receive 10% in free books.

How much work for school staff  is a Literacy Fair?

As your Usborne Books consultant, I do most of the work in administering your Literacy Fair. 

Here's what I do...

• bring an extremely wide and varied selection of our wonderful Usborne Books and set up at your school so that most of your sales are cash-and-carry
• remain on-hand throughout the book fair to assist kids, parents, teachers and library staff with their selection, and to answer questions and offer assistance as needed
• do special orders for buyers who want items from the catalogue
• at the end of the Literacy Fair, count the money collected and do your free-book calculation
• individually package any special orders and deliver to the correct staff member or homeroom teacher

I ask the school and teachers to...

• heavily promote the event (we provide materials for this purpose) for a couple of weeks in advance of the Literacy Fair start date
• remind kids a few times about the upcoming event
• if possible, give kids time during the day to come shopping

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Who can participate in a Literacy Fair?		Who can help administer the program?
Any organized group of children
Schools Individual classrooms School divisions	Homeschool Groups Preschools Daycares Church & Community Groups	School Librarians and Library Techs Individual Classroom Teachers Parent Councils or Boards Parent/Community Volunteers Home and School Councils

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