April 2, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Education will host a Scholastic Book Fair April 5-9 in UAB Education Building Room 131 at 901 13th St. South. Book fair hours will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 5 and 7-9 and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6. The event is open to the public.

The Book Fair will offer special prices on books and educational products, including new releases, award-winning titles, children's classics, interactive software and current bestsellers from more than 100 publishers.

Proceeds from the book fair will benefit the Layla Ghabayen Memorial Award, which honors the memory of a UAB education student who died earlier this year.

Customers also may help build classroom libraries and improve children's reading skills by purchasing books through the Classroom Wish List and One for Books^® programs to benefit the YWCA of Central Alabama

For more information, contact Beth Smith, UAB School of Education, director of special events and community relations, at 205-910-1585 or e-mail bsmith01@uab.edu.

About the UAB School of Education

The UAB School of Education offers undergraduate and/or graduate degrees in early childhood, elementary and secondary education, urban education, physical education, health education, special education and educational leadership. The school also offers degree programs in counseling, fitness leadership, health promotion, exercise science and exercise physiology.