Frequently Asked Questions

The Teacher Book Wizard is the first suite of "book search" tools designed expressly for educators' needs. With Teacher Book Wizard, educators can find children's books to meet their instructional needs, suggest titles to motivate independent reading by their students, customize searches by reading level and interest level, level their books, or get free book-based teaching resources. The Teacher Book Wizard also lets teachers create and save their book lists online.

No. The Teacher Book Wizard has information on over 50,000 of the best children's books from all publishers.

Yes. Anyone can use the Teacher Book Wizard to find children's books, level their books, get author information and free book-based teaching resources, and create and share book lists.

Using the Teacher Book Wizard is free. Anyone can search for books or find free book-based teaching resources. If you wish to save a book list, you must register as a teacher or parent and sign in on Scholastic.com. Registration is free and comes with a variety of benefits; there is no obligation to buy or order anything.

No. You don't need to register or sign in simply to search for books or book lists and access free teaching resources. However, to save a book list you must register on Scholastic.com as either a teacher or a parent and sign in to your account. With regard to purchasing books, at this time Teacher Book Wizard is linked only to Scholastic's online Teacher Store, which restricts purchases to registered teachers.

No special software is required. Any computer with Internet access and a Web browser can use the Teacher Book Wizard.

Not yet. But we know how important this is for our Club teachers, so we will soon include information on Book Club availability.

We know teachers want to search for books in different ways to suit their different purposes, so the Teacher Book Wizard gives you three ways to search: Quick Search, BookAlike™, and Leveled Search.

Simply enter a title, author, or keyword. Then, you can "filter" or narrow down your search results by selecting categories or criteria in the left-hand column. Quick Search is great for researching book-based teaching resources, author information, and reading levels.

Think of BookAlike as being your "librarian helper." Just enter the title of a book to find other books that are similar to it. You have the option to use the slider to find books that are "alike" but at higher or lower levels of reading difficulty. This is a great way to find more books likely to interest a student who enjoyed a particular book.

Leveled Search is an advanced search, with a special emphasis on customizing a search by reading level. Use Leveled Search to specify reading and interest levels, or select a search by genres, topics, and book types designed for the way teachers think about books.

Reading Level Systems are methods for assessing the reading level of a book. The Teacher Book Wizard includes levels for the four most commonly used systems: Grade Level Equivalent and the Lexile Framework for Reading, Guided Reading, and DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment). Learn more about leveled reading. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4477

At the top of Teacher Book Wizard pages, select the system your school uses. Your search results will display the level of the books in that system. Book detail pages display reading levels in all four systems.

First sign in to your Scholastic.com account — registration is free. Go to "My Book Lists" at the upper right of the page. Click on "Create a Book List," name your list, and you're done.

You may also create a book list "on the fly" from a search-results page or a book-detail page by clicking on "Save to Book Lists."

Yes, you can add a comment to any of your book lists. You may also add comments about individual titles on your list. You can choose whether or not to display any comments you have entered by checking the box labeled "Show Book Comments" at the top left of your list.

Yes. The Teacher Book Wizard gives you four different ways of formatting the way your list displays, depending on what you want to do with the list. The four list formats are: Educator, Send-Home Sheet, Title/Author List, and Purchase Order.

The Educator display provides the most complete information, including title, author(s), series, book cover, genre, topic, reading level, book type, and buying options. It's the format you probably want to use when creating, and modifying, a book list.

The Send-Home Sheet displays a list in a format most suitable for giving to a parent or student. The title, author(s) and book cover will display. Reading levels, genre, topic, book type, and buying options will not display.

The Title/Author List displays only the title and author, perfect for printing a long list.

The Purchase Order format displays your list as a purchase order. It shows only those books on the list that are available through Scholastic's Teacher Store. (The books not for sale are not deleted from your list, just hidden in this view.) You may enter the quantities you want for each title, and the Teacher Book Wizard will calculate total cost for you. Enter your PO number and shipping and billing information, print the form, and mail or fax the form to Scholastic.

You can either purchase the book online, through the Scholastic Teacher Store, or by using the Purchase Order list format to create a purchase order that can be mailed or faxed to Scholastic. Read more information about the Purchase Order list format above.

To purchase online, select the Educator view of your book list. If a book is available for sale in our Teacher Store, a Buying Options button will display in search results, and on the book detail page. Click on the button to set a quantity and place the book in your Teacher Store shopping cart. You can then check out through the Teacher Store. You must be registered as a teacher to purchase books in the Teacher Store through the Teacher Book Wizard.

You can add any of your own book lists to the List Exchange by signing in to your Scholastic.com account and clicking on "My Book Lists" at the top right of the page. Select the book list you wish to share and then click on the button that says, "Share on the List Exchange." You will be asked to select the grade or grades for which the list is appropriate and to enter a brief description of the list. Your list will become available as a shared list in the List Exchange within 24 hours.

The description of your book list is used to help find your list when others search the List Exchange. In your description, use keywords that best characterize the theme, genre or topics of your list, such as Colonial America, Humor, Mystery, Volcanoes and Earthquakes, Friendship and School Life, etc. Your description does not need to be a complete sentence.

Yes. To remove your list from the List Exchange, go to "My Book Lists," select the list you want to keep private, and click on the button that says, "Remove From the List Exchange." Your list will no longer be available as a shared list in the List Exchange within 24 hours.

The List Exchange is a place to find and share lists of children's books created by other teachers, reading experts, authors, parents, and Scholastic.

Using the List Exchange is free. Anyone can search and view book lists. If you wish to save a book list, you must register and sign in on Scholastic.com. Registration is free. There is no obligation to buy anything.

Anyone can use the List Exchange to search and view book lists. However, to save a book list you must register on Scholastic.com as either a teacher or a parent and sign in to your account. If you wish to purchase books you find on a list, however, note that currently List Exchange is only linked to Scholastic's online Teacher Store, which is restricted to registered teachers.

No special software is required. Any computer with Internet access and a Web browser can use the List Exchange.

Find a book list in the List Exchange by entering a keyword in the search box, then using the choices in the left column to narrow your results.

You can copy any book list you find in the List Exchange and save it as your own. Once you save it, you will be able to modify it any way you please.

You can add any of your own book lists to the List Exchange by signing in to your Scholastic.com account and clicking on "My Book Lists" at the top right of the page. Select the book list you wish to share and then click on the button that says, "Share on the List Exchange." You will be asked to select the grades for which the list is appropriate and to enter a brief description of the list.

Yes. The List Exchange gives you four different ways of formatting the way lists display.

The Educator display provides the most complete information, including title, author(s), series, book cover, genre, topic, reading level, book type, and buying options. It's the format you probably want to use when creating, and modifying, a book list.

The Send-Home Sheet displays a list in a format most suitable for giving to a parent or student. The title, author(s), and book cover will display. Reading levels, genre, topic, book type and buying options will not display.

The Title/Author list displays only the title and author, perfect for printing a long list.

The Purchase Order list format displays your list as a purchase order. It shows only those books on the list that are available through Scholastic's Teacher Store. (The books not for sale are not deleted from your list, just hidden in this view.) You may enter the quantities you want for each title, and the Teacher Book Wizard will calculate total cost for you. Enter your PO number and shipping and billing information, print the form, and mail or fax the form to Scholastic.

You can either purchase the book online, through the Scholastic Teacher Store, or by using the Purchase Order list format to create a purchase order that can be mailed or faxed to Scholastic. Read more information about the Purchase Order list format above.

To purchase online, select the Educator view of a book list. If a book is available for sale in our Teacher Store, a Buying Options button will display in search results and on the book detail page. Click on the button to set a quantity and place the book in your Teacher Store shopping cart. You can then check out through the Teacher Store. You must be registered as a teacher to purchase books in the Teacher Store through the Teacher Book Wizard.

You may save any list in the List Exchange as your own list, including Scholastic Collections. However, the Special Savings apply only if you purchase the entire collection. If you add or remove titles from the Collection, you will not be able to buy the collection at the Special Savings price. You may, of course, purchase individual titles if they are available in our Teacher Store.

Select the Purchase Order format at the top of the book list. You may enter the quantities you want for each title, and the List Exchange will calculate total cost for you. Enter your PO number and shipping and billing information, print the form, and mail or fax the form to Scholastic at the address shown on the form.