Book Orders

Today, our book orders arrived! I sincerely don't know who is more excited, my students or me!! As a parent, I placed an order for a few books for my own kids, and I was anticipating the excitement and quiet reading that was waiting for me when I unveiled the new books at home (and I wasn't disappointed)!

I really love the book order experience!

Today, the order arrived with ten new books from Scholastic as a thank you for the parent orders! I am SO excited to share the titles with my students tomorrow and already added them to our classroom library to be read, checked out, and enjoyed!

I completely respect students and families who are not interested in purchasing books. My family didn't participate when I was growing up. For interested families, in my opinion, it is one of the best deals for purchasing books. Some of the best titles are priced at a $1 or under $4. Series are also priced for group rates. Living in Milaca, I appreciate the reasonable shipping (free) to my school door within a week. Often books arrive in 5-6 days! I try to place an order once a month. Families can go on-line at any time. If you let me know with an email or note, I can access the order and easily place it between the monthly dates I schedule.

A newer option with the Scholastic Book Orders is the Storia ap. When I started, I received five free books when I downloaded their free ap. Then about every month, when I log into Scholastic books, they've been offering a free book. I have to "dig" a little more this year to locate the free books (three free titles this fall). Many of the free books are engaging and popular titles. I have about fourteen books in my Storia library from checking in once a month. If it is a title that I am not too thrilled about, I don't download it. There are things I don't like about the ap. For instance, I can assign books to my individual children. I have three children, including twins. My children like to read the same books, and I don't want to limit their access. So all the books I download, I place under one child's name (I'm not buying additional copies of the same title!!) There are parent options. You can see how long your child read, what they read, and there are comprehension options for each book. I included a picture of our partial home AP library, so you can see the free books they have offered in the past.

Our classroom library, school library, our community library, and even the RATS (Reading Around Town books available at many local businesses) continue to be incredible resources for books. For families looking for specific titles or looking to build their own collections, the book orders are an option.

Happy reading!!