The Education and Teaching Library in Willard Hall is hosting their own Scholastic Book Fair, in hopes of helping teachers get materials and help reignite a love for reading amongst the students on OSU’s campus.
“We’ve been planning this for a couple of months,” said Rebecca Weber, a faculty member with the Education and Teaching Library. “We thought it would a good idea to help student teachers, and it is a fun way to create some nostalgia and have a good time.”
Although the opening day was rainy, Weber said they are hoping most of their traffic will come next week.
“We will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day until next Friday,” Weber said.
Weber said the library is hoping to host the Scholastic Book Fair annually to promote reading reading to students and to help provide teaching supplies to student teachers.
Karolana Foister, a staff member, said the staff had to contact Scholastic and tell them what they were planning to do. From there, Scholastic asked what type of event they wanted to host and then sent the materials.
“Everything from books, to displays, to advertising,” Foister said. “From there, we set it up and whatever doesn’t sell, we pack back up and send to Scholastic. We get to keep the profits for the library.”
Students who visited the book fair had two things in common: a previous love for reading and a desire to experience the nostalgia that comes from visiting the book fairs they loved as children.
“I always loved going to the book fair as a kid and remembered the nostalgia it gave me,” said Abby Watkin, a social science junior.
The Scholastic Book Fair was a major event for schools. Remembering the excitement that came from getting out of class to go browse books and spend the money parents gave students to delve into the worlds the books provided, is something many can relate to.
“The book fair was always fun because you got to pick out the fun stuff like erasers and the spy pins,” Watkin said. “I always loved getting the books as a kid and wanted to experience that again.”
Taylor Post, a management information systems junior, said she learned about the Scholastic Book Fair from an email sent out by the university.
“It wasn’t really well advertised,” Post said. “If it wasn’t for the email, I would have never known.”
Whether students enjoy classics such as Jane Austen like Watkin or fantasy books like Post, the Scholastic Book Fair offers a variety of books.
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