But last summer, Kimmal joined a “wish list” where other people offer to buy books for teachers and thier classrooms. It was started by The Bookies Bookstore in Glendale and continues to grow.

Schools can opt to display these books — or not. The list includes biographies of the civil rights icon John Lewis and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Eastside Elementary School fourth-graders Dianna Wright, 9, left, and Madison Wooldridge, 10, created dioramas to illustrate The Wish Stealers for the book fair.

The evening before school resumed for Brevard Public Schools students, some confusion remained over the fate of classroom libraries and book fairs in the district.

Discover rare books and ephemera at the Indianapolis Rare Book Fair. Live music, keynote speaker, and books for sale. A must-visit for book lovers!

A teacher in the United States is fighting to keep her job after reading an Australian children’s picture book to her class.

Parents in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD held a book fair over the weekend. They organized the fair after their school district refused to work with book fair vendor Scholastic any longer.

Scholastic had begun separating some books about race and gender at school book fairs, but it said this week it was halting the new practice.