Scholastic does not organize book fairs for high school students. About 70 percent of Scholastic’s book fairs are organized at the school level by a librarian, according to Scholastic.

She was 70. Her daughter, Olivia G. Ford, said the cause was lung cancer. Ms. Ford, whose résumé included vice presidencies at Grosset & Dunlap and then at Scholastic Books, where she founded ...