This Viral Tweet About The Scholastic Book Fair Is Sparking Up *Tons* Of Discussion, And It’s The Funniest Thing I’ve Seen All Week

If you were like me in elementary school, your favourite time of year was THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR. I’d wait all year for those few hours when I could walk around the library, in awe of the amazing trinkets I could spend $20 of my parents’ money on.

And you might think I’m being dramatic here, but please, do me a favour and just think back to how incredible it felt. To be in third grade and spending money by yourself for the first time? Truly the ride of my life.

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Even if you don’t agree with the hype I’m placing on the book fair, I don’t care — because the internet DOES agree. Over the weekend, this tweet about the fair went viral:
i’m sorry but the scholastic book fair did not inspire a love of reading it created my love of shopping

— Adam (@adamgreattweet) September 15, 2024

Twitter: @adamgreattweet

Like, it’s just so TRUE??? And I’m a book lover at heart — seriously, I don’t know anyone more obsessed with books than myself, even as a kid. But STILL, at the book fair, I always spent more time budgeting on how many fun erasers I could get than choosing a book to buy.

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Anyway, it’s clear this tweet unlocked a memory — and a beautiful one at that. And I’m happy to report that there are now thousands of replies, all heightening the Scholastic book fair nostalgia:

9. My villain origin story is that my mom never let me buy any books with stickers in them because she thought they were too unserious

— Vikas Garg (@Tradervikasg) September 16, 2024

Twitter: @Tradervikasg

11. I fear they do not hit the same for the new generation. Instead of bringing in cash / coins / check you can set up an e-wallet, and there’s no more physical flyer, just digital. Really lost some of the allure https://t.co/FQi9V1s9R4

— Sarah Griffin (@skg_18) September 16, 2024

Twitter: @skg_18

15. Ah yes, the Scholastic Book Fair: where the only thing we read was the price tags and the only math we cared about was how many erasers shaped like animals we could afford. 📚💸

— Suresh (@surestwitz) September 16, 2024

Twitter: @surestwitz

21. me x all those interactive books that had little pockets that you could take out papers, letters, fliers, envelopes, etc

my favorite was a pirate book where the cover had the jolly roger with a red gem in the eye and i still have it to this day https://t.co/ycOzuhWp1W

— LIZZBITZ ☆ ❥ 🎃 (@lizzbitz_) September 16, 2024

Twitter: @lizzbitz_

What do you remember about the Scholastic book fair? Or any elementary school book fair, for that matter? Let us know in the comments below, and follow BuzzFeed Canada on TikTok and Instagram for more nostalgia!