I:55 carefully selects the best age-appropriate, family-friendly books for your school community. When you purchase from us, you’re not only getting quality books, but you’re also helping us deliver meaningful book fairs to schools across the country. Plus, if your school partners with I:55, a portion of your sales goes right back to your campus to support its needs.

We work very hard to work with your preferred dates, however, we do operate on a first come first served basis. Enter your preferred dates into our Fundraiser Application. If dates are full a message asking you to select new dates will be displayed.

We understand that the unexpected sometimes happens. If you need to change, cancel, extend, or delay your book fair dates, please contact our customer service team as soon as possible. In rare cases the school may be responsible for reimbursing any marketing and/or shipping expenses.

We have found that the best fairs last one week. Many schools set up their book fair on Friday afternoon so it is ready to open first thing Monday morning, then start packing up Friday around lunch time so it is ready for pick up Friday afternoon.

Yes, because of shipping costs for in-person book fairs, we do have a required minimum net sales amount that must be reached to earn commission. For a full, traditional I:55 Book Fair, the minimum is $4,000. For a mini book fair, the minimum is $1,500. Once the minimum is reached, commission will be applied to the total net sales. We also offer an online-only book fair option, which has no minimum sales requirement to earn commission.

Throughout the process you will work with our I:55 customer service team members who are dedicated to helping you make this your best book fair ever! Here's what you can expect:

1. 6+ weeks before your fair - Schedule your book fair
   Complete the Fundraiser Application to add your book fair to our calendar.
2. 4-6 weeks before the book fair - Generate excitement I:55 sends marketing material for you to use in promoting your fair. Start developing excitement with activities, art projects, social media posts, and advertising. Start planning for the location and logistics of the book fair.
3. 1 week before the book fair – Share the Book Fair Flyer Send home and email the I:55 book fair flyer to families and potential book fair patrons. Increase social media posts, classroom announcements, and book fair activities in preparation for the fair.
4. 2-4 days before the book fair - Receive inventory Your book fair will be delivered by a 3rd party shipping company. Watch for emails with the details of this delivery. Once you receive your book fair inventory, you can begin to set up your book fair "store" and host preview days if desired.
5. It’s Book Fair Time!- Make sales!  You’ll run all sales – cash, check, credit card, debit card, or gift card – through the POS register. All sales will include applicable sales tax but don’t worry, the POS register will figure this amount for you. You will deposit the cash and checks and remit one payment to I:55 for any cash and checks you collect. The user-friendly POS registers make taking payments a breeze! 
6. 0-2 days after the book fair - Return inventory
   Pack up the remaining inventory and I:55 will arrange for it to be returned in the same manner in which it was delivered. Watch for emails with all the important details.
7. 1-2 weeks after your book fair - Invoicing I:55 will email your final invoice showing your sales, commission and any monies owed from cash and check payments collected that need to be remitted to I55.

Since we utilize third-party freight companies, our customer service team will communicate with you and the shipping company to schedule both delivery and pick up times that are within normal operating business hours. Please note that deliveries typically take place in the morning and pick-ups typically occur in the afternoon. 

Delivery: I:55 will schedule your book fair shipment to arrive at your school three business days prior to the start of your event. This allows ample time for setup and provides a buffer in case of any delivery delays. We will email your scheduled delivery date 4–6 weeks before your book fair begins. Please review and confirm that this date works with your school calendar. 

Full Fair Pick Up: Pick up will be scheduled for the first business day after your book fair ends. For most schools this will be Monday afternoon following a Friday end date. You will be responsible for packing your book fair back into the boxes, placing them on the pallet, and wrapping the pallet with pallet wrap before the scheduled pick-up time. 

Mini Fair Pick Up: You will need to pack up the remaining books into boxes, weigh the boxes and send the total number of boxes and weights to our customer service team. We will email UPS return labels for you to apply to the boxes. If your school has regular UPS pick-ups, you may include the boxes in the next pick-up. Otherwise, you will need to drop off the boxes at a UPS drop off site. If you would prefer to schedule a UPS pick-up instead of dropping off the boxes, the school will be responsible for the associated pick-up costs. 

Most often the book fairs are delivered using a third-party freight company. You are responsible for receiving the delivery, moving the boxes to the book fair location, and setting up the products for display.

At this time, we do not offer rolling bookcases for displaying our products. Books will arrive in labeled cardboard boxes, which you will unpack and arrange for display. Please save all boxes for return shipping. 

We provide display containers for all novelty items, and reusable cardboard book displays are available for purchase here

You and your team of volunteers will be responsible for setting up the book fair. Please unpack the boxes and arrange your table displays, saving all packing materials for return shipping. You will need to provide your own tables, bookshelves, or book carts for displaying the fair. 

For best results, we recommend: 

• Full Fair: 10–12 eight-foot tables 
• Mini Fair: 7–10 eight-foot tables 

For inspiration, browse our book fair photos on the I:55 website or visit our social media pages. Book fairs are a wonderful opportunity to showcase your creativity and make the event truly memorable! 

Yes! Books at our book fairs are sold at their regular retail price. Your book fair inventory will include a wide range of books starting at $4.99. Additionally, we often include a selection of discounted clearance titles with our book fairs.

The base collection for every book fair will contain multiple copies of hundreds of wholesome, secular titles for kindergarten through 8th grade. As in years past this base collection will be weighted heavily in books for lower elementary ages. Now, in addition to the base, schools hosting full, traditional book fairs will select TWO add-ons. The choices for the add-ons are Pre-school, Middle School, Christian, Classical, Spanish, and Contemporary. We hope these options will give your school/organization the opportunity to customize your fair to best fit the needs of your student population. 

Regarding individual book requests, we do not pre-screen special requests, so these titles are not included in our book fairs. However, you are welcome to use your commission to purchase any book we are able to source from our vendors. 

Your books will arrive in cardboard boxes, organized and labeled by category. You are responsible for unpacking and setting up the display. Please save all boxes and packing materials, as they will be needed for return shipping. 

To display your fair, you’ll need to provide your own tables, bookshelves, or book carts. Based on the size of your school, we recommend: 

• Full Fair: 10–12 eight-foot tables 
• Mini Fair: 7–10 eight-foot tables 

All novelty items will arrive with their own display bins. While we do not currently offer rolling carts or bookshelves, reusable cardboard book displays are available for purchase here. 

Please browse the book fair pictures on our website or visit our social media pages for great inspiration. I:55 book fairs are a great opportunity to let your creativity soar! 

The books are sorted by category before being packed into boxes. Each box is then labeled with the category name so you can organize the books by table before you even take them out of their boxes.   

Please refer to the list of categories with target age range and category description below. 

Novelties are all our non-book items (e.g. pencils, erasers, pens, bookmarks, wearables, etc.)

The total number of titles depends on the type of book fair you choose and your projected sales. A traditional, full book fair typically includes around 400–500 different titles, with multiple copies of each title based on your sales projection. For a mini book fair, you can expect about 150–200 different titles, with approximately 3 copies of each.

Our categories are listed below along with the general age range and a short description. Click the category name to view products in that category.

EASY CHAPTER BOOKS

6 – 10 Years, Under 100 pages, short chapters and large font for kids just starting to read chapter books.

Ex. I Survived, Diary of a Pug

CHAPTER BOOKS

8 – 12 Years, 100+ pages, longer chapters, medium font for kids reading independently.

Ex. Gordon Korman

MIDDLE GRADE

10 – 14 Years, 200+ pages, full-length chapters and regular font; content more appropriate for kids 10+.

Ex. Jennifer Nielsen, Alan Gratz

TEEN

13 – 17 Years, 200+ pages, full-length chapters and regular font; content more appropriate for teens.

Ex. The Giver

LEVELED READERS

4 – 8 Years, Guided reading with increasing levels of difficulty for those just starting to read.

Ex. I Can Read Series

BOARD BOOKS

1 – 4 Years, Books with thick cardboard-like pages.

STORYBOOKS

3 – 8 Years, Read-to-me books with color illustrations.

CLASSICS

12 – 18+ Years, Stories that have stood the test of time.

Ex. Tom Sawyer, The Chronicles of Narnia, Charlotte’s Web

CHRISTIAN LIVING

4 – 17 Years, Devotionals and spiritual development books for all ages.

BIBLES (Online Only)

All Ages, The Word of God in various versions and formats for kids, teens, and adults.

HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY

4 – 18 Years, Non-fiction books about historical events and people's lives.

Ex. Who HQ

REFERENCE

4 – 18 Years, Everything else! Joke books, LEGO books, cookbooks, world record books, poetry books, how-to books, etc.

BOXED SETS

All Ages, Boxed sets of the most beloved series. These make GREAT gifts!

SEASONAL

All Ages, Books specific to a season: Christmas, Easter, or Fall.

NOVELTY

All Ages, Novelties are all our non-book items (e.g. pencils, erasers, bookmarks, wearables, etc.).

Shipped via USPS and larger orders are shipped via UPS.

For in-person fairs only, we ship marketing & promotional materials about 4-6 weeks before your book fair. You will receive an email from us with the shipment details once the marketing ships. Both in-person and online only book fairs will have access to our library of digital resources to help promote their book fair.  

We provide book fair posters, a banner, yard signs, and flyers for the students to take home. View our current flyer here. Additional resources are in the digital resources library.

Absolutely! Current book fair admins can find all the graphics for our current theme and our logos on the admin homepage. We even have social media templates to make this process fun and easy! Browse our resources or contact our customer service team if you need ideas for promoting your book fair. Don't forget to tag us @I55Bookfairs!

We always do our best to make sure your school has enough products at your book fair. If you do sell out of a product you can order it through the POS register to be shipped either to the school. Full instructions will be in your book fair resources.

Yes, I:55 provide bags for check out.

Yes, your register will arrive already set up to add your local sales tax amount to the item price. Please contact your customer service rep if your register is not adding sales tax, or if the tax rate is incorrect.

NOTE: Even if your school is tax-exempt, the individual buyers at your book fair are not tax-exempt. All transactions in your register will be charged sales tax.

Please contact your customer service rep if your school or another tax-exempt organization would like to purchase books under their tax-exempt status.

I55 will remit the collected sales tax to the appropriate jurisdiction.

Your Book Fair sales, or any portion of your fair sales, can only be considered tax-exempt if your school is legally exempt from taxation and you have a current valid tax-exempt certificate containing a tax-exempt ID number for your school. Under most circumstances, even with proper documentation, only purchases made by your school with school funds for your school's use can be exempt from sales tax.

Yes. The register can process credit/debit cards, but you may also accept cash or checks (made payable to your school). You may want to have a cash box or other type of place to put cash & checks you collect. I:55 does not send cash boxes.  

We generally recommend you have $100 per register in the below denominations. Of course, if you expect a large number of cash transactions, you may want more, or if you expect mostly credit card transactions, you won't need as much. 2 rolls of pennies ($1) 1 roll of nickels ($2) 1 roll of dimes ($5) 1 roll of quarters ($10) 22 1-dollar bills ($22) 8 5-dollar bills ($40) 2 10-dollar bills ($20) 

All transactions – cash, check, credit, debit, and gift card – need to be entered in the POS register.  

We use Shopify POS GO as our register system. They are about the size of a large cell phone and are very user-friendly. They require a consistent, strong Wi-Fi signal. To operate, simply scan the bar code and the item is added to the sale. We include a POS instruction manual and online videos to help you navigate the POS system. Additionally, our customer service team is always available to assist you as needed. 

Yes! We use Shopify POS GO as our register system. The devices are lightweight, portable, easy to set up and user-friendly. They require a consistent, strong Wi-Fi signal. To operate, simply scan the bar code and the item is added to the sale. Please note: the register is about the size of a large smartphone and does not include a place to store cash/checks. If you plan on accepting cash and checks, you may want to have a cash box on hand for this purpose as I:55 does not provide one. 

Usually, we send 1-2 registers for each $5000 in projected sales. And since the system is cloud-based, we can turn any Android or Apple device into a register if the need arises. If you feel you need more than the number provided, please contact our customer service team. 

Yes, all schools are set up with the ability for online sales. Contact our customer service team if you need your school's custom shop page link.

During your book fair, you may use your commission toward purchases by completing the transaction through your POS register. For step-by-step instructions, please refer to the Shopify POS User Manual. 

After your fair has ended, your commission can be used for online purchases. For more information, please refer to the communication provided by I:55 Customer Service or contact us directly at 979-450-7265 for assistance. 

When you sell books at your book fair you collect cash and check payments (credit card payments come directly to I:55). After your fair you will receive an invoice from I:55 for the cash and check payments you collected. 

If you choose to cash out of your commission, we deduct the cash commission earned from what you collected in cash and check payments, so the amount on the invoice might be less than the amount of cash and check payments you collected. The difference is your book fair cash commission. If you collect less cash & checks than the commission you earn, a commission check will be mailed to the school 1-2 weeks after your fair. 

If you choose to keep your commission on your account with I:55, you will be invoiced for the full amount of cash and check payments you collected. Your commission balance will appear as a credit on your account to use toward book purchases.  

With I55 you can choose whether you want to cash out your earnings, hold them on your account for future book purchases, or a combination of both. 

Traditional Full Fair: If your book fair net sales total is $4000 or greater, you will earn 20% commission. Your school will have access to our B2B store which contains thousands of deeply discounted books for you to purchase.    

Mini Fair: If your book fair net sales total is $1500 or greater, you will earn 20% commission. Your school will have access to our B2B store which contains thousands of deeply discounted books for you to purchase.    

Online Only Fair: There are no minimum sales requirements for an online only book fair to earn 25% commission. Your school will have access to our B2B store which contains thousands of deeply discounted books for you to purchase.    

We occasionally put books on clearance on our main website and send these discounted books to our book fairs. Additionally, school administrators who are actively partnering with I:55 in book fairs will have access to the I:55 B2B store that contains thousands of deeply discounted titles.  

At the book fair, the POS register system has an option to apply a discount/coupon to the sale. It is at the discretion of the book fair administrator if they want to provide discounts for teachers or volunteers. However, please note that any items you choose to discount on the POS will be deducted from your commission. 

Yes! You can purchase gift cards here and redeem them at any I55 book fair or on our website. Consider gifting one to your favorite teacher or librarian! 

For instructions on selling and redeeming gift cards on Shopify POS please check the Shopify POS User Manual. 

At this time, we do not offer a monthly book club. This is on our to-do list and we hope to have it up and running sooner rather than later.

Although we do not participate in AR, most of our Pre-K–8th grade books are listed on the AR list. You will see less of our 9th–12th grade books on the AR list.

Yes, in addition to books we also carry Bibles, posters, journals, novelty items, and more.

We have books in our online store for all ages and reading levels from board books to grand-parenting! You can browse our current available inventory here. 

Our typical fair is tailored to grades K-5th. If you have a specialized student population, please, contact our customer service team and indicate such on the Fundraiser Application. 

At this time we do not offer ebooks or audiobooks.

Our current promotion as of April 2025 is free economy shipping on orders over $75 and $5.99 Flat Rate Economy Shipping for orders $74.99 and under. Purchases made with book fair commissions are excluded from the promotion and shipping for these orders is calculated by Shopify at the time of purchase.

Our current promotion as of April 2025 is free economy shipping on orders over $75 and $5.99 Flat Rate Economy Shipping for orders $74.99 and under. Purchases made with book fair commissions are excluded from the promotion and shipping for these orders is calculated by Shopify at the time of purchase.

If you shop after clicking through your school's I:55 landing page, your school will get credit for the sale.

All items are shipped directly from our Bryan, TX warehouse to your doorstep.

Absolutely! One meaningful way to support your school is by purchasingI:55 gift cards for staff members. These gift cards can be used to buy items from their wish lists or from our online store, making it easy to contribute in a practical and appreciated way. We cannot currently take monetary donations or “round up” at the Shopify POS register.