Teachers: Tell Scholastic That Book Clubs Are For Books
If you are not a teacher, please click hereto 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.
0-25 of 1314 signatures
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Date
Name
Please enter your additional comments to Scholastic below.
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
Elizabeth Yount
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.
1300
August 23, 2009
Sara Thomas
1299
August 10, 2009
Debbie McCoy
Please help us get good books to our students without the distraction of games, movie synopsis books and other items.