I only purchase Staples brand Paper for my classroom activities! They come in beautiful colors and I like they "quality feel" of the paper! Of Couse the price really helps our class buy even more needed supplies in this time of budget cuts to schools!! A good quality paper is really more important then you think when it comes to preschoolers that are just learning how to cut paper. This paper has just enough thickness and crispiness that helps them be more successful as they learn to maneuver the scissors to cut the paper! Other store brand paper can be thin limp and get caught in the scissors.