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Teachers: Tell Scholastic That Book Clubs Are For Books

If you are not a teacher, please click here to tell Scholastic to return to selling books – and only books – through their in-school book clubs or click here to let other teachers know about the petition below.

Lip gloss, video games, jewelry, remote control cars, key chains. Are you troubled that Scholastic is marketing so many products that aren’t books in the Book Club flyers you hand out to students?  Then join teachers all over the country in urging Scholastic to “Put the Book Back in Book Club” by signing the petition below.

Scholastic's book clubs help teachers build classroom libraries and can offer children the opportunity to purchase quality, inexpensive books. Yet a review of Scholastic’s 2008 elementary and middle school book club flyers found that one-third of the items for sale are either not books or are books packaged with other items such as jewelry and toys. 

If you believe that teachers should not be enlisted as salespeople for toys, trinkets, and video games that aren’t educational, please sign the petition below.






Please enter your additional comments to Scholastic below.


In addition to the electronic signatures listed below, CCFC has been collecting signatures from teachers at state and local conferences of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.


0-25 of 1325 signatures
Number Date Name Please enter your additional comments to Scholastic below.
1325 May 24, 2010 Leah Hetebrueg
1324 May 12, 2010 anne harvey
1323 May 12, 2010 h DuBois Bourenane I am an educator and parent and absolutely detest the number of trinkets and non-educational choices in Scholastic fliers. I also disapprove of the large number of television/movie-based books. Scholastic has an excellent opportunity to support love for reading and make it an affordable option for families - why take advantage of that opportunity by providing such inappropriate options?
1322 April 22, 2010 Shayna Burgher Just books please, no video games or junk. Thanks
1321 April 21, 2010 Sara Kaut
1320 April 11, 2010 Molly Schlesinger
1319 March 16, 2010 Christina Barron This is appalling
1318 March 01, 2010 Brook Gardner I believe that it is very important to encourage reading to young children! Parents and Teachers need to work together and promote literacy, however we shouldn't be doing it by selling toys and misc. items with young children's books. Instead of including small trinkets Scholastic could work towards making small/short activities that go along with the story (the idea of file folder activities and story extenders)
1317 February 16, 2010 Cynthia Gerhardt
1316 February 14, 2010 Terri McGee Stop this trend of thinking we have to bribe children to read with toys or rewards, most of them will gladly read on their own and if you continue this type of behaviour, it will only get worse.
1315 February 13, 2010 Katy Farber
1314 February 01, 2010 Kristi Bach
1313 January 30, 2010 Laura Andrighetti
1312 December 22, 2009 Cristen Sands
1311 December 17, 2009 Amber Richison Unfortunately, many of the orders that I receive from parents and students consist mainly of the toy/merchandise rather than the books. This club should work harder to endorse literacy products rather than marketing schemes.
1310 December 03, 2009 Jean Messick A book fair should be about books, not about toys. With each book fair, I am able to offer fewer titles of quality literature, and children are mesmerized by media items and cheap trinkets. Children will actually get excited about GOOD books. You don't have to trick them into it by selling them TV junk. Does anyone at Scholastic ever try to read the junk they are selling?
1309 November 14, 2009 Tracey Bryant Stuckey
1308 November 01, 2009 Michael Cancienne
1307 October 27, 2009
1306 October 25, 2009 Melissa Culbertson
1305 October 23, 2009 Arlene Torok
1304 October 05, 2009 Erin Korthuis
1303 September 30, 2009 siobhan cafferty
1302 September 28, 2009 Melissa Land
1301 August 24, 2009 Angela Ng I appreciate when the students are able to order real books for learning, not the trinkets. Thank you.
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