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I have used both Troll and Scholastic Book Fairs for many years.  I like
Troll because of the profit that I receive.  The materials are in cases
for the most part, the paperwork is simple and the people have always
been nice to work with.  The one problem with using a company year after
year, though, is that some of the books are the same each year.  They do
a pretty good job, though, of sending new materials each year.

This spring, I tried Scholastics newest kind of bookfair- their
Discovery Fair.  It is a non-fiction book fair.  Everything tied in some
way to science, social studies, etc..  It was VERY cool.  The kids and
staff loved it.  I have never had so many positive comments.  The fair
included many books, but also a ton of puzzles, games, creatures to grow
(sea monkeys and brine shrimp), computer software,  and lot of other fun
stuff.  One of the reps came at 7:45 a.m. the first day of the fair and
helped me set up.  They gave me a box of free stuff to use for
advertisement.  They were all very friendly- from the two reps I worked
with to the delivery guy.  My one concern was that things were more
expensive than usual, especially for our area.  I couldn't believe it
when I added up all the proceeds- I sold almost $4400.00 of stuff- more
than $1000.00 more than ever before.  We made a great profit- and I have
signed up for a spring fair for next year.

If you are looking for something new- check this out.  I think you'll
like it!

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Becky West
Media/Technology Specialist
Stanton Elementary School
710 N. State St.
Stanton, MI 48888
(517) 831-5258
(517) 831-8851 (Fax)
blwest@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu
http://hornet.cmontcalm.k12.mi.us/stanton/index.html

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