Location | Contacts | History
The Rockcliffe Book Fair was started some 49 years ago to
promote the love of reading in children and to raise funds for the
school library. Since then, it has become a wonderful annual event: it
supports children’s reading and literature, it’s a great way to pick up
used books at very reasonable prices and it’s a fantastic community
event.
Children’s reading and literature
One of the fundamental objectives of the Rockcliffe Book
Fair continues to be to promote the love of reading in children and the
Book Fair is a much anticipated event at the school. Every year, the
Rockcliffe Book Fair sponsors children's authors and storytellers to
come and read to individual classes during Book Fair. Happily for the
public, some of the authors stay behind for public book signings at Book
Fair. Over the years, the Book Fair has been lucky to have many
talented and wonderful children’s authors read to the classes and do
public signings – including Dennis Lee, Wallace Edwards, Joan McCurdy
and many others! Also, every year we pick a school theme for Book Fair:
this year’s theme is "Read-cycle".
As for the proceeds from the Rockcliffe Book Fair, they
go to support the school’s literacy and other programs. In addition,
every year Book Fair provides grants to other Ottawa area schools to
support their literacy programs.
A great place to find a deal and the books to catch your interest!
Of course, for Book Fair shoppers,
the Rockcliffe Book Fair means thousands
and thousands of used books for sale,
adult and children’s books, fiction and
non-fiction, all sorted into categories
for easier selection. It’s a great place
to find titles that have been long out
of print, to pick up current bestsellers
that have only been read once, or to
find copies of the classics!
A great community gathering place
But for many, the Book Fair is more than just one of
Ontario’s best used Book Fairs! For years it has been a great community
gathering place – a place to bump into old friends and neighbours! In
addition browsing for books, you can enjoy delicious lunches or desserts
in our Café du Monde – come and sample some cuisine from around the
world as well as home baked goodies and a refreshing cup of coffee or
tea. A special children’s craft corner means that you can enjoy a
relaxing bite to eat while your child crafts with others! A delicious
way to round off your shopping experience!
....and thank you
Finally, a thank you to all of you who have so kindly
donated books to the Rockcliffe Book Fair. We collect them all year and
are happy to take any of your used adult and children’s books, audio and
video-tapes, records, games and puzzles! It’s a great way to recycle
books – not only does the school benefit, as do other schools in the
Ottawa area, but at the end of Book Fair, leftover books are passed on
to others. Last year, some of the books went to Northern Ontario (in
conjunction with Ashbury College and through an initiative of the
Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario) and to other parts of the world,
including Afghanistan and Cameroon.
Donations of books can be dropped off at the Rockcliffe Park School during school hours (8am to 4pm)
outside the front door. It is marked book drop-off. Thank you for your support!
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