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RISD Council of PTAs Used Book Fair
February 6-8, 2025 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
February 9, 2025 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
1313 West Shore Dr, Richardson, TX 75080
(previously Greenwood Hills Elementary)
Fill a bag for $25
Purchase a bag when you arrive and FILL it with books!
The RISD Council of PTAs Used Book Fair began in 1982 and provides funds for the RISD Council of PTAs. Proceeds from the bookfair support scholarships for graduating seniors and continuing education for teachers, in addition to supporting our local PTAs.
FOrms for participating schools
Below are forms for Local PTA's participating in the Used Book Fair
2025 Flyer (English & Spanish - 2 pages)
Tax Donation Receipt (to give to individual book donors who may ask)
Bookmarks for Students (English & Spanish - 2 pages)
BOOK DROP OFF TIMES
1313 West Shore Dr, Richardson, TX
Door is around back (SW corner of school)
Please call/text before coming 214-422-0705
Monday, January 20th, 3:00 - 5:00
Wednesday, January 22nd, 10:30 - 12:30
Wednesday, January 22nd 4:30 - 6:00
Saturday, January 25th, 10:30 - 12:30
If these times don't work, please email usedbookfair@risdpta.org to schedule a different time.
Schools participating in the Used Book Fair can sign up for Drop off times between Jan 31-Feb 3: Book Drop Off Sign-Up
Last Day for Drop Off - February 3rd
Book Categories
Unfortunately, we cannot accept the following items:
The following are the categories at the Used Book Fair:
Children's Books
PRE-S - Children’s Preschool Books: Picture books with no or few words, Golden Books, Read Aloud books, books with large lettering
BB-F Board, Fabric, & Oversized Books: Non-Paper books or very large books
ELE-LR Elementary Leveled Readers: Books that typically have a 1,2,3 to determine reading level
ELE-SB Elementary Storybooks: Children's book with 1 story - no chapters
ELE-CH Elementary Chapter Books & Series: Stories for ages 7–10 that are written primarily divided into short chapters. Some have a series
ELE-NF Elementary Non-Fiction: Non-Fiction (factual)books for elementary < 12 years of age
YA-F Young Adult Fiction: Fiction targeting ages 12-18.
All Other Categories
AV&G Audio Visual & Games: CD Books, DVDs, Records (LPs), recent software, computer games, Xbox, Nintendo, PlayStation, etc.
BIO Biography: Books about a person's life
BUS Business: Management and running of a business, or in the financial aspects of a business.
C&V Classics & Vintage: Hemingway, Mark Twain, Shakespeare, School assigned books
CB Cookbooks
CHT Christmas: Books about Christmas - only English. Other languages go in FL
C&P Childcare & Parenting: Books about parenting or raising a child. Potty training, Sleep training Etc..
COM Comic Books: Comic books or any illustrated books (graphic novels)
FA Fine Arts: Art, Drama, Dance, Music, Poetry
FL Foreign Language: Books or AV&G written in any language except English
GF-HA General Fiction Adult Hardback: All Adult Hardback Books - except Romance (ROM)
GF-PB General Fiction Adult Paperback: Adult Paperback –includes mystery/suspense, western and science fiction - except Romance (ROM)
HF&S Health, Fitness, & Sports: exercise, diet, medical, sports, games
HGP History, Government, & Political Science: Historical events, systems of governance and power, political books, constitutions and laws.
H&G Home & Garden: gardening, home improvement, antiques, auto repair, needlework, how-to-books, includes humor (joke books)
P&A Pets & Animals: Books about animals or pet training
REL Religion: bibles, religious books, bible study
REF Reference: dictionaries, thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedias, medical journals
ROM Romance Novels: Romance Adult Fiction - paperback and hardback
SCI Science: Biology, Geology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, etc.
SP&CT Special Books & Coffee Table Books: Coffee table books, antique/rare books, etc.
SS Social Science & Self Improvement: Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Self-Help, etc. (Mental Improvement)
T Travel: Rick Stein, Frommers, Travelocity, Books about Locations
TXT Textbooks: School or College Textbooks or Testing Books (ACT, GMAT)
Local PTAs must categorize, count and properly sort their books to get credit for their donation
When sorting books put your books / items in a banker's box, copy paper box, or similar size boxes.
Questions? Want to donate books? Need a donation receipt? Contact 4th VP Used Book Fair
USED BOOK FAIR TRAINING & VOLUNTEER
Join us for a quick Used Book Fair Training session on December 5th, 2024 at 9:00 AM to learn everything you need to know to run a successful UBF campaign at your school.
Sign up to Help with the Used Book Fair: Sign-up Genius
Sign up for at time to Drop off your Collected Books: Sign-up Genius
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