Free Bookmarks for School Librarians
Where can school librarians get free bookmarks? This question was asked recently in our Learning Librarians Facebook group, and our helpful group shared many resources for free bookmarks to share with your students.
I believe that it is important for us as school librarians to provide bookmarks to our school community, both to add colorful joy to reading and to teach students the practical skill of how to use a bookmark.
Free Bookmarks from your Community
- Cut up pages from damaged books that you are discarding, especially graphic novels.
- Cut up bulletin board border, especially those scraps that are too short to use.
- Cut up scrapbook paper. You may find parents or teachers who have a stash of scrapbook paper to donate.
- Cut up dust jackets from discarded books.
- Cut up cereal boxes and soda boxes.
- Cut up greeting cards, especially those you find on sale after the holiday.
- Use Scholastic Dollars from book fairs to purchase packs of bookmarks.
- Design your own bookmarks with a free Canva account for educators.
- Cut up blank card stock and let students make their own designs.
- Ask a local paint store if you can have paint swatch strips. Many of them just toss the swatches for discontinued colors.
- Ask your classroom teachers for unused index cards and paper play money.
- Check with your local public library. They may have bookmarks promoting their library programs that they would love to share with your school community.
Free Printable Bookmarks from Illustrators & Publishers
Many illustrators, publishers, and book distributors share free printable bookmarks on their websites. Here are just a few. If you know of others, please post the links in a comment, and I’ll add them to this blog post.
- Printable Who Would Win? bookmarks from Jerry Pallotta
- Printable bookmarks and posters from Debbie Ridpath Ohi
- Printable bookmarks from Jan Brett’s picture books
- Print and color bookmarks from Ross Burach
- Learning is for Everyone bookmarks from Capstone
- Free printable color bookmarks from Follett
- Free printable color bookmarks from Mackin
More Free Bookmarks Online
- Free printable bookmarks to color from Crayola (R)
- Free Dream Big printable bookmarks to color from Crayola (R)
- 28 Free Bookmarks to color from Bright Sprouts
- 8 Disney(R) Character bookmarks to print in color (shared on an official Disney website, so there are no copyright issues)
- Read + Grow Coloring Bookmarks for Back-to-School
- Free summer reading bookmarks to color
- Free fall bookmarks to print and color
- Free summer bookmarks to print and color
- Free READ bookmarks to print and color
- Free Space Themed Bookmarks to color
- Free Back to School Reading Bookmarks to color
- New Year Reading Resolution Bookmarks to write reading resolutions of 4 books students want to read in the new year
- Free Animal Bookmarks to print
- Free Color Words Word Search Bookmarks
- Free Book Care/Just Right Books bookmarks
- Free Motivational Testing Bookmarks
- Free Book Care and Library Day Bookmarks
- Fall Library Book Bookmarks to print and color
- Friendship Printable Bookmarks to color
- I Love to Read Printable Bookmarks to color
Printable Bookmarks from my TPT shop
Do you want bookmarks that you can print, copy and share any time you need them? Bookmarks make a great library center where students can draw and color after they’ve checked out their library books. Take a look at these printable bookmarks in my TPT shop! They aren’t free, but once you purchase them, you can use them year after year with multiple grade levels.
- Months of the Year Bookmarks to Color
- Back to School Directed Drawing Printable Bookmarks
- Fall Directed Drawing Printable Bookmarks
- Winter Directed Drawing Printable Bookmarks
- Spring Directed Drawing Printable Bookmarks
- Summer Directed Drawing Printable Bookmarks
- Cute Animals Directed Drawing Printable Bookmarks
I hope these bookmarks make reading even more fun for you and your students!
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