Summary: <p><em>"I've spent my whole adult life chasing the high of a Scholastic Book Fair." - </em><a href="https://twitter.com/Merman_Melville/status/783050907839787008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fkeelyflaherty%2Ftweets-youll-only-laugh-at-if-you-were-born-before-1990" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@merman_melville</a></p> <p><em>"U kno when u get a whiff of something and ur like ah yes this smells exactly like the scholastic book fair of 2008 in the afternoon on octob—" </em>- <a href="https://twitter.com/iIovedogs123/status/834247106332327936" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@ilovedogs123</a></p> <p><em>"[wedding]<br></em><em>'and now the groom will read his vows'<br></em><em>me: you make every day feel like a scholastic book fair" </em>- <a href="https://twitter.com/elleryonline/status/884453577347018753" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@elleryonline</a></p> <p>We've seen viral post after viral post about how much people love — and love reminiscing about — the Scholastic Book Fair. But what makes it so memorable?</p> <p>This week, we set out to record some of the magic.</p> <p><strong>Additional resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/iIovedogs123/status/834247106332327936" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Read Brooke Huerter's tweet</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/toky0_martian/status/981565561175007233" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Read Kwazi Henderson's tweet</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Learn more about Scholastic Book Fairs</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Guests:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <strong>Brooke Huerter</strong> is a sophomore at Marquette University</li> <li> <strong>Kwazi Henderson</strong> is a software engineer from Austin, Texas</li> <li> <strong>Alan Boyko</strong> is the president of Scholastic Book Fairs</li> <li> <strong>Kevin Stange</strong> is a truck driver for Scholastic Book Fairs</li> <li> <strong>Theresa Thompson</strong> is a library media specialist at Eastside Elementary School in Rogers, AR</li> <li> <strong>Nancy</strong> <strong>Holodak</strong> is the Head of the Lower School at Rumson Country Day School</li> <li> <strong>Jayne Geiger</strong> is the Head of School at Rumson Country Day School</li> </ul><p><strong>Special thanks:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Music composed by Lucas Elliot Eberl</li> <li>Sound mix and recording by Daniel Jordan</li> <li>Edited by Mackenzie Cutruzzula</li> <li>Produced by Emily Morrow </li> </ul>
