How old is too old for the book fair? Never!

Remember the good old elementary school days going to the book fair back? Your mom would give you a crisp $10 bill (if you were lucky) and you and your classmates went wild for the best books and trinkets (but mostly the trinkets).

From December 5–9, the Scholastic book fair was back in our very own high school library.

The book fair hasn’t changed much from when we were younger (which was a welcome relief to book fair fans). It’s still sponsored by Scholastic and book options are just as broad. You can buy just about any genre you can think of.

A wide variety of age levels was also present—kids, tween, young adult, and adult—which made the book fair a great opportunity to buy Christmas gifts.

Middle schoolers got to take time out of their English class to visit the book fair.

Although the book fair was primarily aimed toward the middle schoolers, it was open for shopping for anyone anytime the library was open.

“The book fair, it’s great. You walk in there and there’s books, but even better: invisible [ink] pens,” shared sophomore Brady Young.

High schoolers could go to the book fair during study hall or lunch to purchase a book or relive the nostalgia of the beloved book fair (including the invisible ink pens!).

“This year’s fair is a middle school-focused fair. I was really impressed with the items we did receive; we sold out of a ton of things, and it was a great success,” said librarian Mrs. Erin Bechdel.

The fair supports a good cause, too. Forty percent of the earnings from the book fair stay in our school library. The profit will go toward’s the library’s programs and new materials from Scholastic.

Let’s hope the book fair returns next year (and they remember how much we love those little animal-shaped erasers).