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In Our Feeds: 65 books to read in your 20s, baseball poetry, tagged photos

By Morgan on May 17th, 2013

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Every Friday, we share a handful of links that we found funny, provocative or just plain cool.  We call it In Our Feeds.  Have a good weekend! Let’s start with all you 20-somethings, shall we? Buzzfeed listed “65 books you need to read in yourmore… full post

 

5 Questions with Meg Cabot!

By Morgan on May 17th, 2013

We’re closing out Children’s Book Week with a bang: Meg Cabot stopped by to answer our 5 Questions! If you don’t know Meg, get ready. She’s the bestselling author of books like the Allie Finkle series, The Princess Diaries, and the Abandonmore… full post

 

Scholastic UK named Children’s Publisher of the Year!

By Morgan on May 15th, 2013

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Earlier this week at the Bookseller Industry Awards in London, Scholastic UK was named Children’s Publisher of the Year! We are so thrilled for our colleagues across the pond. The Bookseller Industry Awards recognize the very best in and of themore… full post

 

A Week for Children’s Books

By Morgan on May 13th, 2013

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The first Children’s Book Week poster from 1921! Today kicks off Children’s Book Week, an annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. Yeah, I think that’s something we can all get behind! Children’s books are themore… full post

 

WordGirl and Chuck Vanderchuck score Daytime Emmy nods!

By Morgan on May 1st, 2013

Big TV news today: we’ve been nominated for three Emmy Awards! WordGirl received two nominations for ‘Outstanding Children’s Animated Program’ and ‘Outstanding Writing in Animation’ (Tom Martin and Eric Shaw Head Writers; Jackmore… full post

 

Inside the studio of Walter Wick

By Morgan on May 1st, 2013

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Take a look — a close one — at any Can You See What I See book, and you’ll realize just how much there is to actually see there. The intricacy is incredible! If you’ve ever wondered how it gets made, you’ll want to check out Walter Wick’s Facebookmore… full post

 

OOM book club: The Summer Prince

By Morgan on April 30th, 2013

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It’s finally here! Welcome to the first official OOM book club discussion! As we previously announced, this month’s book selection was Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Summer Prince. Did you read it? Join us right here for a discussion at 1pm ET! We’llmore… full post

 

One Earth, many resources to help celebrate it: Happy Earth Day 2013!

By Morgan on April 22nd, 2013

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Last week, Dante showed you all the great ways the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps is reporting on this year’s Earth Day. And today it’s here! Happy Earth Day 2013! According to earthday.org, more than a billion people in 192 countries aremore… full post

 

In Our Feeds: Links to get you through a difficult week

By Morgan on April 19th, 2013

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Every Friday, we share a handful of links that we found funny, provocative or just plain cool.  We call it In Our Feeds.  Have a good weekend! Well, the truth is, it’s been a rough week. So in an effort to take our mind off things, I’m makingmore… full post

 

Stressed? Try a book.

By Morgan on April 17th, 2013

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Every now and then I get a serious urge to drop everything and pick up a Baby-sitters Club book. And that, my friends, is how I know I’m stressed. I guess you could say the stories of Stoneybrook, CT help de-stress me. And considering what amore… full post