Contests will generate plenty of enthusiasm about your Book Fair. Everybody loves the chance to win something. Creative contests before and during the Book Fair are not only fun, but create extra publicity. Students guess how many jellybeans are in the bag during your Family Event. Or show off how many books have been sold at the fair by placing a jellybean in the bag for each book purchased.
Kids love to see their creativity displayed.
So, use contests to promote the Book Fair, while helping to decorate it. At one school, students painted self-portraits holding their favorite books. Entries were displayed on the walls at the Book Fair. Recruit students to write reviews of favorite books. Select one review from each grade and read excerpts during announcements each day, starting a week before the fair.