PHS book fair encourages students to read

by Emily Hines

Mrs. Marowelli and selected students worked very diligently on setting up and preparing for this year’s annual book fair in the school’s community room. Taking part in the book fair, whether it is helping set up or buying the books, is very important.

The importance of the book fair might not be high on the list of some people, but it is for Mrs. Marowelli. “Raising the funds to supply more books to have more choices for kids to choose from is important. The book fair promotes reading to everyone. Often, children will read books more if they are their own,” explained Mrs. Marowelli.

There are absolute benefits from children being involved in the book fair. “Children benefit from the book fair by having their parents encouraging them to read, and that’s showing them that reading is important," said Mrs. Marowelli.

Many books were being sold in the book fair, from old favorites to newly-published books. There were books available for all reading levels, ages, and interests. Other than books, the book fair also offered for sale other items kids love such as, pencils, pens, erasers, posters, videos, and computer software. That selection was not lost on students. “It gives you a wider variety of things than you would normally read. I like it because it’s not just books, you can get bookmarks and textbooks that can help you with your classes if you don’t understand them,” stated freshman Rachel Farley.

The book fair was placed nicely by the volunteer helpers according to genre. “I thought it was very organized. Everything was really placed according to categories,” said freshman Austin Kelly.

Pittsford High School has the annual book fair to raise funds for the school library. The money goes towards buying new books so kids can have more choices on what they want to read.


The down economy isn't just affecting Wall St. and Main St. “Our sales were down this year, but with the economy being down as well, I think people did their best to support us. We have been able to add new books from the profit to our library. I also thank people for coming and buying what they could,” said Mrs. Marowelli.

The book fair has meaning to many people involved and outsiders donating and buying from them. If you did not participate in this year’s book fair, the book fair is annual and will come quickly next year. Make the extra effort and think about how you too can help and participate in the book fair and assist in raising the money for our school library.