Our "Literati Book Fair Marketing Must Have Kit" Arrived! Let's Build The Buzz!

 

Our Literati Book Fair is coming up in October, and we couldn’t be more excited to host our biggest book fair yet in our new school library!

In fact, last week our Literati Book Fair Marketing Must-Have Kit arrived!

Come take a look inside at all of the amazing things Literati sends to help us build the buzz, market our book fair, and make it a huge success!

At the top of the box is a flyer that with the Marketing Must Have Kit Instructions on how to use everything in the kit. 

First up is the Literati Book Fair Guidebook for coordinators and volunteers. 

It is packed with everything you need to plan and host a successful book fair from setting goals weeks before the fair and organizing volunteers to decorating, creating a special experience for students and families, managing teacher wishlists, and so much more. It truly helps take you from planning to opening day and everything in between! 

As I was reading through the Guidebook, I noticed this year’s Marketing Must-Haves for promoting your book fair.

I just love the Campfire Magic theme, and I’ve been gathering all kinds of ideas and materials to bring the theme to life in our library for our book fair. There are so many fun possibilities, 

and these marketing materials are going to make it even easier to create that special Campfire Magic experience for our students and families.

There are posters, 

bookmarks, 

flyers, 

signage, and more. 

One of my favorite things is the Teacher Wishlist Trail Maps! As teachers create their wishlists, I’ll add their lists as QR codes, making it super easy for families to scan and shop their teacher’s wishlist during the book fair.

Our Literati Book Fair is going to be so much fun! And thanks to everything included in the amazing Marketing Must-Have Kit, we have everything we need to build the buzz, create excitement, and make this year’s book fair extra special for our school community!

Tomorrow, we’ll start filling out the posters, getting the Teacher Wishlist information to our teachers, and putting together the family letter to go with the flyers.

I’ll be sharing every step of the way, so stay tuned, friends! 

You can learn more about bringing Literati Book Fairs to your school community here.

A Dot Day Guessing Contest To Kick Off Our Celebrations!

 

It's Dot Day Week, one of our favorite celebrations of the year.  We have celebrated International Dot Day for 18 years at Van Meter.  It's such a special way to celebrate creativity as we make our mark in so many different ways throughout the week. 

When everyone comes to school tomorrow they will see the Dot Day poster up around the library and on our BenQ interactive board in the daily slides. 

You can grab it here if you need one!  Feel free to change it up to fit your Dot Day celebrations. 

We are going to do a Dot Day Guessing Contest with a jar of orange pom pom's. I made a poster that you can find here in Canva. 

I made these little paper slips they will write their name and guess on.  They will put them into the plastic container that I usually do our This or That in each week. You will find the paper slips here. 

I can't wait to see what everyone is doing in their libraries too this week.  

Have a wonderful Dot Day, friends. 

You've Been Book'd With Books To Share This Fall!

 

Fall is right around the corner and there is a wonderful lineup of fiction and nonfiction books to share with our readers, and all of you. 

I brought together 23 books in a special Follett Content Titlewave list that I included in the You've Been Book'd With Books To Share This Fall. 

You can click on each book cover here in the choice board to find the book in Titlewave, and the entire list is there too. 

Have a fun fall season, friends. I can't wait to hear what books you have for fall too!