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What role do graduations play in our growth?

By Guest Blogger on May 20th, 2013

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It’s graduation season! (Even our own Megan is in on it — she graduates today with her Master’s degree in English and American Literature! Go, Megan!) Julia Graeper from our Classroom and Community Group is here with some thoughts about what thesemore… full post

 

Using Storia to navigate historical fiction with students

By Guest Blogger on May 16th, 2013

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Fourth-grade teacher Laura Murray is here again with some great Storia ideas! Today, she’s talking about historical fiction. And who doesn’t love some good historical fiction? Thanks, Laura! History was never my favorite nor my best subjectmore… full post

 

Saturday is National Baby-sitting Day! You know what that means…

By Guest Blogger on May 10th, 2013

National Baby-Sitting Day

It’s another chance to talk about our love for The Baby-sitters Club! Here’s Harmonie Rosenberg from the marketing team to take her turn. (Of all the BSC members, by the way, she most relates to Claudia.) Thanks, Harmonie! This weekend marks amore… full post

 

I read YA

By Guest Blogger on May 2nd, 2013

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It’s not a secret — you don’t have to be a teen to read YA. As longtime fans of young adult literature, we at Scholastic are thrilled that more and more adults are finding great stories in a section previously reserved for teens, andmore… full post

 

For the first time ever, YOU can watch the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Awards Ceremony!

By Guest Blogger on May 2nd, 2013

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Each year, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers awards teens from across the country. The National Awards winners travel to New York City for a breathtaking awards ceremony. (You can see some amazing examples of the award-winning work rightmore… full post

 

Keep your books close and your libraries closer

By Guest Blogger on April 29th, 2013

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A guest post from Russell Thomas, our Intranet director, on the role libraries have always played in his life. Growing up in the Bronx and moving from neighborhood I was always privileged to have a branch of the New York Public Library withinmore… full post

 

A space for reading

By Guest Blogger on April 24th, 2013

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Now that’s a bookshelf. Julia Graeper from the Classroom and Community Group recently told us about the book collection her family has. Naturally, we had to hear more, so she’s back to talk about it. Take it away, Julia! My baby is lucky. more… full post

 

A BIG week for service & volunteerism

By Guest Blogger on April 22nd, 2013

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Today kicks off National Volunteer Week – the perfect opportunity to think about good citizenship and the importance of service, especially as it relates to kids! Here at Scholastic we can think of no BIGGER inspiration to do BIG things than ourmore… full post

 

Here’s to you, Jackie Robinson

By Guest Blogger on April 19th, 2013

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Famed baseball player Jackie Robinson has been in the news a lot lately. Scholastic is the proud publisher of many books about the baseball legend, written by his daughter Sharon Robinson. Charisse Meloto, Executive Director of Publicity in Trade,more… full post

 

The stars of St. Rose

By Guest Blogger on April 12th, 2013

BookTalks

We’d like to welcome Alice Ozma to the blog! Alice is National Manager of Reading Programs and Events, Scholastic Book Fairs, and she has a story to share with us about booktalks. What’s a booktalk, you ask? Read and find out! I think almost allmore… full post