[CALIBK12] Book Fairs-Miss Nelson

[Janet Melikian]

My response from contacting Mrs. Nelson's a little over a year ago was
also not favorable.  They, at that time, did not seem to offer much in
the way of high school selections and seemed to feel the only books that
would sell at the high school level would be required reading novels.
We have a Scholastic Fair each year before Christmas and do well
although I would love to see even more titles and fun things for high
school students.  

 

Janet Melikian

Teacher Librarian

Central High East

Fresno

 

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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Darla Brown
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:20 AM
To: Janie Scott; calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Book Fairs-Miss Nelson

 

Hi Janie: Actually, Mrs. N is based in Fresno...quite a distance from La
Jolla. As they drive to you for delivery and re-orders-as opposed to
FedEx-ing-I  can't begin to imagine how that would work.

 

I used Mrs. Nelson in my junior high, and it was a success. I loved the
selection of numerous publishers as opposed to only Scholastic, and the
bigger selection of hard-covers. But I had much less success with my
pre-Christmas high school book fair this year. First, I was told that
they "don't send the rolling cases to high schools." Trying to fit
everything on tables was difficult to say the least. When I told them
immediately that this was a problem, they offered to bring me some wire
"bookshelves." They arrived Wed. evening after I'd already gone home
(fair was Mon.-Fri.). Though I re-ordered my out-of-stock items daily,
only once did I receive a re-order-of harmonicas and hackey-sacks, not
books. Mrs. N advertises help w/ set-up, take down, and accounting. None
of that occurred. As a matter of fact, I couldn't get anyone to return
my calls on the last day of my fair, so I didn't know whether to take my
"percentage" of books out before taxes or after, and of course I
couldn't begin packing until that was done. It was a bit of a mess.

 

I have not tried Scholastic at the high school level, but I think I may
be forced to give it a go next school year.  

 

Mrs. Darla Brown, LMT, M.Ed.

Teacher Librarian

Garces Memorial High School

"Home of Athletes and Scholars"

661-327-2578 x133

dbrown at garces.org

 

 

From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Janie Scott
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:52 PM
To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: [CALIBK12] Book Fairs-Miss Nelson

 

While we are on the subject, we just started talking about switching
from Scholastic to Miss Nelson next year.  Can anyone give me
information about how that has worked for you? Particularly if you are a
good distance away (we are in La Jolla and they are LA based, I
believe).

 

Thanks for your wisdom,

 

Janie Scott

Librarian, 

 

The Children's School

2225 Torrey Pines Lane

LaJolla,Ca 92037

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