Your Book Fair Alternative

Blue Ribbon Book Fairs is a full service school book fair company serving elementary schools, Christian Schools and Catholic Schools. We support your goals and value your time. Our friendly staff will gladly set up your event in the space you choose. That way, you can focus on the fun part of the book fair!

Blue Ribbon Book Fair highlights:

Free set up & pack up. Easy to use forms and point of sale.

Customized set up (cart and table mix) for your available space. Some schools choose all carts so they can easily move the fair from classroom to gym.

Teacher Discounts (off the lowest discounted price).

STEM and STEAM categories in every fair - Natural World, Future Tech, Applied Science plus Art & Design.

You say NO JUNK, we'll send you NO JUNK.

Easy to use cash registers. No need to track inventory. Makes for shorter lines and less frustrated volunteers.

Most books at the book fair are discounted. Some up to 75% off of retail!

Supporters can purchase prepaid digital gift certificates for students. (Like a digital wallet)

Your school will receive a complimentary landing page with details about the book fair and instructions how to purchase digital gift certificates.

Use your credit to choose books from thousands of titles. New for 2022-2023, use your credit to purchase library bound class sets from Mid America Books.

Free promotional posters and parent letters. New themes each season.

Free access to Readola's professionally crafted reading curriculum and lesson plans.

Titles from multiple publishers, we don't promote our own published works. Upon request, we include titles from the top Christian publishers.  Got a great idea for a book? Submit your idea to us.

Free use of our Scout the Reading Retriever costume (as available) to promote the book fair!

NO PRESSURE! I can't believe how some companies treat schools. It's our privilege to be in your building. We'll always treat you, your staff, your families and your students with respect.
 
Looking for a Catholic School Book Fair or Christian School Book Fair? Blue Ribbon will build a customized event just for you!

What We Believe
  • Children are a gift from God.
  • Educating children is a Sacred Calling.
  • Supporting educators is our privilege!
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Blue Ribbon

is back!

After over two difficult years, Blue Ribbon is back in business and ready to serve your community and school!

Don't believe the detractors! You know by now that big corporations don't like family owned small business. Please don't believe derogatory anonymous posts about our company!

PLEASE REMEMBER - Blue Ribbon is one of the original independent school book fair companies and still offers the best rewards for schools - cash and books!

Blue Ribbon offers titles from a multitude of publishers, we don't publish (and promote) our own books.

Discounts, discounts, discounts!

We aim for an average price of $5 per book. Up to 75% of all titles are discounted!

Non-fiction, Friends & Family, STEM & STEAM, Sports & Adventure plus lots of other categories.

When you say NO JUNK, we send NO JUNK!

Teacher rewards - teachers can get up to 50% off personal purchases.

Blue Ribbon now includes Readola Unites!

We Care About Teachers!

Teacher Discounts. Plus, free teaching tools from Readola Unites.

Easy to Use

Easy to use cash registers, Square payment tablet, prepay gift certificates and a one page form to wrap up the sale!

You control the content

If you have specific titles you want - or don't want - just let us know. And when you say no junk, we send no junk!

Local and Family Owned

Instead of multinational billion dollar corporations based thousands of miles away from the Midwest, you have the opportunity to support a small business right here in your community.

Great Values

Up to 75% of Blue Ribbon titles are discounted off of retail. Our goal is for every kid to find a great book. Blue Ribbon takes great value a step further, offering substantial discounts to your wonderful staff.
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Amazing Books

Blue Ribbon sources books from hundreds of publishers and suppliers. Our goal is to bring value priced items so that all kids and families can enjoy the book fair. But here's the great news - based on our relationships with the leading names in publishing, your kids don't have to settle. We've got the top authors and pages for all ages!

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