Book Fair Word Search

A book fair puzzle of shopping, book and reading words that prints with its answer key.

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Find every word hidden in the grid. Words go across and down.

0 of 15 words found

FBOGAVANFMREFMA

TFRRUUTYITPPHBI

LYHKXISACWIHSEF

FWISHLISTMCCEBR

NAIWSLFWIOTICVQ

WENYRUELONULSRW

HKTDESHANERASER

NSMYSTERYYEOOAB

MHUFSRRRSRBDODP

IWPCHAPTEROFBEU

HTOMETWMGIOHRRW

TXSELOABOOKWORM

COTAFRSERIESWKU

RNELPJFAOWNGSPL

BMRAACFLYERGENQ

This grid is wider and taller than its box. Slide it to see every letter.To drag, hold the first letter for a moment, then slide.Keyboard: Tab to the grid, arrow keys to move, Enter on the first and last letter.

ShelfSHELF
FlyerFLYER
BrowseBROWSE
Wish listWISH LIST
MoneyMONEY
FictionFICTION
MysteryMYSTERY
Picture bookPICTURE BOOK
SeriesSERIES
IllustratorILLUSTRATOR
ChapterCHAPTER
PosterPOSTER
EraserERASER
ReaderREADER
BookwormBOOKWORM

15 of 24 words from the Book Fair list.

Which book would you put on your wish list? Write its title and why.

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Answer key: Book Fair Word Search

FBOGAVANFMREFMA

TFRRUUTYITPPHBI

LYHKXISACWIHSEF

FWISHLISTMCCEBR

NAIWSLFWIOTICVQ

WENYRUELONULSRW

HKTDESHANERASER

NSMYSTERYYEOOAB

MHUFSRRRSRBDODP

IWPCHAPTEROFBEU

HTOMETWMGIOHRRW

TXSELOABOOKWORM

COTAFRSERIESWKU

RNELPJFAOWNGSPL

BMRAACFLYERGENQ

SHELF, FLYER, BROWSE, WISH LIST, MONEY, FICTION, MYSTERY, PICTURE BOOK, SERIES, ILLUSTRATOR, CHAPTER, POSTER, ERASER, READER, BOOKWORM

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All 129 words

At the Fair 27

Announcement News read out to the whole school.
Banner A long strip of cloth or paper with a message on it.
Book fair A pop-up shop of things to read that visits a school for a few days.
Browse To look around without hurry.
Cart A stand on wheels.
Cashier The person who takes payment.
Contest An event with a winner.
Decorate To make a room festive.
Display An arrangement set up so that people stop and look.
Donate To give something to help others, such as a title for a classroom.
Family night An evening when parents shop alongside their children.
Flyer A printed sheet sent home to announce an event.
Fundraiser An event that brings in money for a school or a cause.
Guessing jar A container of small things; the closest count wins.
Gym The big room a school may clear for the week.
Last day The final chance to shop.
Librarian The person in charge of a school's collection of things to read.
Preview day A first look before the selling starts, when classes make their lists.
Raffle A drawing in which a ticket is picked for a prize.
Register The machine that adds up a sale and holds the bills and coins.
Restock To fill the empty spots again.
Shelf A flat board that holds a row of things to read.
Shopping day The slot when one room of pupils comes to buy.
Table Where stacks are laid out for shoppers.
Theme The idea the decorations are built around.
Volunteer A parent or neighbor who helps out without being paid.
Wish list The titles you write down hoping to take home.

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Shopping and Money 17

Afford To have enough to pay for something.
Allowance A regular sum a child gets from a parent.
Budget A plan for how much you may use.
Cash box A metal case with a lock where payments are kept.
Coins Round metal pieces such as quarters and dimes.
Dollars Paper bills in the United States.
Envelope A paper pocket for carrying bills and a note from home.
Exact change Just the right coins and bills, so nothing comes back.
Money Coins and bills.
Price What something costs.
Purchase Something bought.
Receipt The paper slip the cashier hands over, listing each purchase and its price.
Sales tax An amount added at the checkout that goes to the government.
Spend To pay out.
Total The amount when everything is added up.
Voucher A slip that can be traded for something instead of paying.
Wallet A small folding case for bills and cards.

Kinds of Books 30

Activity book Pages of puzzles, mazes and things to color.
Adventure A story full of risk and excitement.
Bestseller A title that many, many people have bought.
Biography The true story of one person's life, written by someone else.
Box set Several volumes sold together in one case.
Classic A story that readers have loved for generations.
Comics Stories told in panels of pictures with speech balloons.
Cookbook A collection of recipes.
Fable A short story with a moral, often with animals that talk.
Fairy tale An old story of magic, such as one with a giant or an enchanted frog.
Fantasy A story with magic or imaginary worlds.
Fiction Stories that an author made up.
Folktale A story passed down by word of mouth.
Graphic novel A long story told in comic panels.
Hardcover A volume with a stiff outside.
Humor Writing meant to make you laugh.
Joke book A collection of riddles and one-liners.
Legend An old story handed down that may hold some truth.
Manga Comics from Japan, or drawn in that style.
Mystery A story with a puzzle or a crime for the reader to solve.
Myth An ancient story about gods or how the world came to be.
New release A title that has only just come out.
Paperback A volume with a soft, bendy outside.
Picture book A story for young children with art on every page.
Poetry Writing in verse.
Pop up A page with paper shapes that rise when it opens.
Sequel A story that continues an earlier one.
Series A set of stories that follow one another.
Trilogy A set of three linked stories.
True story An account of something that really happened.

Parts of a Book 12

Author The person who writes a story.
Back cover The outside of a volume opposite the front.
Barcode The striped label a scanner reads at the checkout.
Blurb A short description on the back that makes you want to read on.
Chapter One numbered part of a long story.
Epilogue A short part after the story ends.
Illustrator The person who draws the pictures.
Jacket A loose paper wrapper around a stiff binding.
Pages The leaves you turn.
Prologue A short part before the story begins.
Publisher The company that prints and sells an author's work.
Spine The narrow edge that shows when a volume stands on a shelf.

Extras on the Tables 22

Book light A small clip-on lamp for reading in the dark.
Bookmark A strip of paper or ribbon that keeps your place.
Bookplate A label pasted inside the front that names the owner.
Bracelet A band worn on the wrist.
Diary A daily record of your life, sometimes kept under lock and key.
Eraser A piece of rubber that rubs out mistakes.
Gel pen A writing tool with thick, bright ink.
Highlighter A marker with see-through color for marking words.
Invisible ink Writing fluid that cannot be seen until heat or a special light brings it out.
Journal A blank volume for writing your thoughts.
Keychain A ring with a small charm.
Lanyard A cord worn around the neck to hold a badge or a key.
Magnet A small object that clings to a locker door.
Markers Felt-tipped coloring tools.
Notepad A small stack of blank sheets glued at the top.
Pencil A wooden writing stick with a core of graphite.
Pointer A stick, often tipped with a tiny hand, for following lines of text.
Poster A large printed picture for a wall.
Ruler A straight strip marked in inches and centimeters.
Sharpener A small tool that puts a new tip on a writing stick.
Stencil A sheet with cut-out shapes to trace.
Sticker A small picture with a gummed back.

Readers and Reading 21

Book club A group that reads the same title and meets to talk about it.
Book report A written summary of a title you have finished.
Book talk A short speech that tells classmates why a title is worth reading.
Bookworm A person who loves to read.
Character A person or an animal that a story is about.
Cliffhanger An ending that leaves you in suspense.
Favorite The one you like best of all.
Flashlight A hand-held lamp, handy under a blanket.
Genre A kind of writing, such as mystery or fantasy.
Hero The brave main figure of a story.
Imagine To see a story in your mind as you read it.
Page turner A story so exciting that it is hard to put down.
Plot What happens in a story.
Read aloud To speak the words on a page for others to hear.
Reader A person who enjoys a good story.
Reading log A sheet for writing down the minutes or pages you finish each day.
Reading nook A cozy corner with a cushion and good light.
Recommend To say that something is worth trying.
Setting The place and the time of a story.
Suspense The nervous feeling of waiting to find out what happens.
Villain The wicked figure in a story.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. Word meanings were checked on 9 October 2026 against each word's entry in Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bookmark and the entries for the other words). Word origins follow the Wiktionary etymologies of blurb, manga, trilogy and paperback. Facts were checked the same day against these English Wikipedia articles: Blurb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blurb), Manga, Trilogy, Graphic novel, Paperback, Ex libris (bookplate) and Invisible ink. Licence: own work

How it works

Author, Chapter, Bookmark, Poster, Shelf, Fiction and Wish list are on the list this book fair word search opens on. Every word has a clue, and no publisher, company or book title is named.

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Six lists, from the flyer to the reading nook

At the Fair has Flyer, Preview day and Cashier. Shopping and Money has Price, Sales tax and Exact change. Kinds of Books has Mystery, Graphic novel and Trilogy. Parts of a Book has Spine, Blurb and Epilogue. Extras on the Tables has Eraser, Pointer and Invisible ink, and Readers and Reading has Bookworm, Cliffhanger and Book talk.

Blurb, Manga and Trilogy

Blurb began as a joke: an American humorist printed the made-up word on the jacket of his own book. Manga is the Japanese word for comics, and a trilogy is a set of three connected works.

Shopping and Money doubles as a math warm-up: pupils find Price, Total and Exact change, then add up their own wish list.

Questions and answers

Is the book fair word search free to print?

Yes. Press Print or save as PDF for two pages on Letter or A4: the puzzle with a name and date line and a wish list task, then the answer key. No sign-up is needed.

What words are in the book fair word search?

129 words and phrases, from Cart and Gym to Graphic novel and Invisible ink.

Which list has the erasers, pointers and posters?

Extras on the Tables, with 22 entries: Bookmark, Poster, Eraser, Gel pen, Highlighter, Pointer, Keychain and Invisible ink among them.

Which book fair list suits younger children?

Short and Easy, with 12 words of 3 to 5 letters, such as Shelf, Cart, Gym, Price, Coins and Plot.

All 129 words

At the Fair 27

Shopping and Money 17

Kinds of Books 30

Parts of a Book 12

Extras on the Tables 22

Readers and Reading 21

How it works

Six lists, from the flyer to the reading nook

Blurb, Manga and Trilogy

Questions and answers

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