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Scholastic Fall Book Fair 11/12 - 11/13 during conferences only

Scholastic Book Fair Fall 2025

The book fair is back.  Visit https://www.scholastic.com/bf/harlanelementaryschool6  for online fair information or to browse titles that might be coming to Harlan. 

If you would like to fund a teacher's e-wallet to help buy books for their classroom click here.  You can click on a teacher's name and it will take you to their e-wallet account, you add the amount you would like to donate and then they will shop for books from the fair.

Stock up on books for the Winter and help Harlan purchase more library books/materials for all students to read and listen to.

 

Battle of the Books 2026

Battle of the Books, a reading-enrichment program sponsored by Baldwin Public Library, aims to promote reading among fourth and fifth-grade BPS students. To participate, students collaborate with an adult coach and select five books from a designated list. They will then engage in a contest where they will compete against other teams by answering trivia questions related to the books they have read.

The event itself will occur on March 14th at 10 a.m. at Wylie E. Groves High School.

Key Dates
Monday, Dec. 8 Kickoff & book titles announced
Monday, Jan. 12 Team registration opens
Sunday, Mar. 1 Team registration closes
Saturday, March 14 Battle Day
Battle of the Books 25-26
Battle Day 25-26

These are last year's titles - new titles will appear December 8th.  STUDENTS MUST SECURE THEIR OWN BOOKS IF THEY WISH TO PURCHAS THEM ON THEIR OWN.  BATTLE BUNDLES ARE NOT AVAILABLE THIS YEAR. 

Battle of the Books 25

Baldwin Presentation Link below:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSMVOd0ZPpHj-pBh65eWBiPoLB_775DWwz3vmPDvyWPj2lIxhgahy9cwq2Id9hcUg/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 

March is Reading Month - Harlan Elementary Presents One School, One Book - 2025-2026 COMING SOON - NEW INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED HERE WHEN READY

 

 

2025-2026
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October

November

Author Visit coming to Harlan October 23, 2025
Josh Funk October Author Visit
Books by Josh Funk

https://www.joshfunkbooks.com/

2025-2026
Author Book Breaks

The Birmingham Education Foundation (BEF) has awarded all BPS elementary schools a grant to provide book breaks to our students. This program features virtual author visits where students can hear from world renown authors, submit questions for the authors and engage with English language arts curriculum in new ways.

Fall Author Talks

Spring Author Talks