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.  

Council Delegates from local RISD PTAs coordinate the collection, sorting, and delivery of gently used books and other items such as DVDs, comic books, board games & video games. It takes the effort of volunteers at all levels of local and council PTAs to make this project the successful fundraiser and community service that it is.  
If you are looking to sponsor this event, click here or you can contact Used Book Fair Chair with any questions

FOrms for participating schools

 

Below are forms for Local PTA's participating in the Used Book Fair

 

Intent To Participate

Tally Sheet

 

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)

Ideas For Collecting Books

  

Book Categories

Unfortunately we can not 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

 

 

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.

  

2023 Used Book Fair Success