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Manga at school book fairs!




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Annie_Jr



Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:44 pm Reply with quote
I've just noticed that at the high school I teach at, there are a few selections of manga titles. I have never seen manga, much less any form of comic book, at a book fair before. I think the people at scholastic are beginning to understand just how many kids read these kinds of books more than the long novelas everyone comes to love.

BTW: The book fair at my school is having a buy one get 1 free sale. It's really helpful because I bought a copy of Bleach vol.1 for 7.95 and got a free Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (Hardcover). Very Happy
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LilyChan



Joined: 16 Jul 2004
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Location: Arizona
PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:13 pm Reply with quote
I wish we had bookfairs here, but sadly we don't. I bet they would probably have DBZ or Ranma 1/2 there. Not that there's anything wrong with it. ^^;

Anyway, all I can say is -- LUCKY!
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FeralKat



Joined: 06 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:31 pm Reply with quote
I remember visiting an elementry school that was selling Love Hina and Inu Yasha, and a bunch of other age inappropriate stuff a while back... Shocked If they want angry parents...that's the way to go...
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littlegreenwolf



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:48 am Reply with quote
When I was in highschool, I remember being surprised when I saw how to draw manga books at the book fair. seems they've upgraded.
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Annie_Jr



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:44 pm Reply with quote
GREAT! It's only been a half a day at the book fair and all the manga are gone already! What's up with this? And it's the only gap in the whole fair. My guess would be if they had manga bookfairs, the school would be a rich goldmine. Cool
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Kagemusha



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:56 pm Reply with quote
My high school never even had a book fair (our library was shabby as it was). Now that I think about it, neither did my middle nor second elementary school. Great way to promote learning BPS Rolling Eyes
But including manga (or comicbooks) would certainly help sales for schools. Most of the stuff that kids would be interested probobly wouldn't be particuarly usefull for educational purposes, but they'd sell and get kids to read, and that's all the really matters.
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