Browsing Through the History of School Book Fairs

(via Mental Floss)  Memories of grade school often involve valued teachers, friends, athletic achievements, and square slices of sheet pizza. And for millions of kids, there is another indelible bit of nostalgia: It’s the week when a school gymnasium or auditorium was temporarily given a facelift, collapsible steel shelves were wheeled in, and the area was suddenly alive with fresh reading material. For a few days or a week, school became a place to conduct a bookworm’s business. It was all because of the school book fair.