The Scholastic Book Fair, the still-trucking darling of the nostalgic internet, is in trouble. For weeks, librarians have been reporting an odd experience: When they went to order books for this ...

When Scholastic’s book fair returns to elementary schools this year, some books on race and LGBTQ+ issues might be stored in a separate box. Some might be removed entirely.

Scholastic is separating dozens of books focused on race and LGBTQ+ themes into a collection that elementary schools can decide whether to offer or exclude from their book fairs, the publisher ...

For children's books on LGBTQ, race, Scholastic had a solution. Librarians weren't happy Scholastic is placing some books with LGBTQ themes and discussions of race and racism in a special collection.

On average, a Scholastic book fair tends to make $6,000, which makes the average school profit $1,500 or 3,000 Scholastic dollars, Stone said. In total, schools earn about $200 million through ...

Book fairs run by publisher Scholastic are a staple at schools across the U.S., with the pop-up sales events allowing students to shop for new titles without leaving school property.

The battle over books has taken a new front. The season for Scholastic Book Fairs has kicked off, a time when students shop for books at annual pop-up fairs in their own hallways.

Elementary schools can choose to exclude certain books with content related to racism and LGBTQ identities when hosting this year’s Scholastic book fairs, the children’s book publisher said.

For Book Fairs, Scholastic Will Separate Titles That Deal With Race and Gender. Schools can opt to display these books — or not. The list includes biographies of the civil rights icon John Lewis ...

When it comes to Scholastic, the undisputed giant of school book fairs, missteps around whether they’ll provide the full range of books in districts that have imposed restrictions on titles that ...

The Scholastic Book Fair so far has been held at schools in Kettering, Northmont and Riverside, the school districts said. None reported knowing about the “Share Every Story” display.

Her school library at Northside Elementary School, in Chapel Hill, N.C., had long hosted for-profit book fairs, and while they tried to mitigate inequities—by handing out coupons for free books ...