Posts by Lauren

Happy Memorial Day Weekend, OOM readers! That’s right, this weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and for some of us, the official start of summer reading. As Meghan pointed out earlier this week, many of us have already gotten a jump on ourmore… full post

This week we’re posting about graduation to celebrate the many students who will complete this rite of passage over the coming month. Yesterday we looked at what role graduations play in our growth. Today we have a special guest post—an honorarymore… full post

Happy National Biographer’s Day! I must confess biographies are one of my favorite types of books. I love learning about the day-to-day lives of some of the people I’ve been the most fascinated by. Go on, quiz me about Anne Boleyn or Cleopatra.more… full post

As Morgan mentioned yesterday, this week is Children’s book Week! To celebrate, we’ll all be sharing our favorite classic children’s books as well as the modern ones we hope will become classics in the future. My favorite classic children’smore… full post

This past Saturday, Star Wars fans around the world celebrated May the 4th (be with you), the Star Wars day of celebration. The holiday may be over, but if you want to keep the party going, Scholastic and Klutz have lots of great books andmore… full post

Barry Lyga, Jeff Hirsch, Ruth Baron, J.J. Howard, Maya Gold, Ayala Dawn Johnson, Elizabeth Eulberg, Paul Ruddnick, Sarah Mlynowski, Sharon Cameron, Gordon Korman, Michael Northrop, and Suzanne Weyn read from their latest works at the Scholasticmore… full post

This past weekend, here at the Scholastic headquarters in New York, I got to witness something awesome. For the second year in a row, our offices hosted TEDxTeen’s annual conference. If you’re not familiar with TED, it’s a non-profitmore… full post

It’s time to party! Maybe your birthday isn’t in March, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate yourself. National Celebrate Your Name Week (CYNW) kicks off March 3rd and it’s an entire week dedicate to you… or at least your name. Havemore… full post

It’s winter and we all know what that means—the weather outside is frightful and staying warm is more than delightful. So why not beat cold by hanging out inside and getting busy with your very own crafternoon? And just what is a crafternoon?more… full post

With only 15 days until the New Year, most folks are scrambling to tie up loose ends and make exciting plans for the New Year. But if you’re anything like us, you’re worrying about books. When I kicked off 2012, I vowed to read 30 books inmore… full post