Scholastic book fair set for Horace Mann school
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A wide variety Scholastic Corp. books and educational materials will be offered at this month’s Horace Mann Laboratory School book fair, which begins today in Brown Education Hall on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University.
The Horace Mann Laboratory School Scholastic book fair returns to the Northwest Missouri State University campus this month.
Book fair hours will be 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. today through Friday, Nov. 20, and Monday, Nov. 23, in Horace Mann room No. 135 in Brown Education Hall.
The fair will continue from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, on the third floor of the J.W. Jones Student Union.
“We really just want to get books into the hands of our students,” said Horace Mann Principal Sandy Seipel. “We want our students and their families to have access to books that they are interested in reading and that are appropriate for every student’s reading level.”
Seipel said the school hosts two book fairs each year, one in the spring and one in the fall.
The theme of this semester’s event is “Monster Book Fair: Reading is so much fun you’ll get Goosebumps!”
The phrase is a reference to the popular children’s horror series created by R.L. Stine.
Seipel said the fair is meant to underscore the notion that reading for fun offers long-lasting benefits for children, allowing them to enrich their imaginations and discover new things about themselves and others.
She said such events also encourage parents to help children build a love for reading while developing their reading and learning skills.
“Set an example of reading that your children can follow,” Seipel said. “It doesn’t matter what you read — magazines, newspapers, books — it just matters that you read.”
Seipel recommends that parents find books that interest them as well as their children. She also said it’s a good idea for families to acquire new books occasionally in order to keep up with changing tastes and advancing reading levels.
Horace Mann will receive credits from Scholastic Corp., a major children’s publisher, for each book sold during the fair. These credits are exchanged for books available to children while at school.
“Each classroom at Horace Mann has a classroom library,” Seipel said. “The books in these libraries meet the needs of every student in the class.
“Meeting the needs of each and every child is our goal, and we want students to have access to books that meet their needs and interests.”
In addition to specially priced books, the fair will offer a variety of other educational products.
For more information about the fall book fair at Horace Mann, call 660.5
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Sandy Seipel
