CDS Annual Book Fair

While the Book Fair effort and inventory has an emphasis on Grades Pre-K through 8, there are books and benefits for readers of all ages. And yes—ANYONE can shop at the Book Fair! All sales provide a benefit to our school, so tell your friends and family if they plan to buy books as holiday gifts to visit our fair in person or online!

Classroom visits are scheduled throughout the week and parents are welcome to shop during their student’s designated time. If you are unable to make it at that time, Wish Lists will be created by each student and will be available to you. Just ask a Book Fair volunteer. Open shopping happens each and every day and you can shop during special events throughout the week. Only PreK students require a parent/guardian present to shop. Information about the PreK shopping shifts will be sent out by the PreK teachers.

See classroom schedule

The online Book Fair is now open and you can set up an eWallet for your child with a click of a button. Funds are immediately available, and if you need to add more during the fair, you can. You can even invite friends and family to contribute to your child’s wallet. Funds placed on your child’s eWallet are non-transferable to other accounts. Unused funds will rollover to a Scholastic Gift Card that your family can use at Scholastic online any time or at a future book fair.

Bookmarks are a CDS Book Fair tradition! This year the Friends of the Library “Gift-A-Book” Program supports Horizons and the Verner Center for Learning. Any book donation earns you a bookmark and a book plate will be placed in the donated item recognizing it as your gift. This year we will also have die cut stickers for water bottles, so your student can choose between a bookmark or a sticker! Buying a book for the “Gift -A-Book” program is entirely optional.

There are several ways to give to teachers and classrooms through the Book Fair for those interested. Many teachers created a classroom eWallet that you can see and add to here. Scholastic Books gift certificates are also available for purchase at the fair, or you can shop directly from teachers’ “Wish Baskets” that are filled with books they selected for their classrooms during the teacher preview. Helping fulfill teachers’ wish lists is a fun way to help stock classroom libraries, and is entirely optional.