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A BIG morning celebrating Clifford’s 50th birthday!

By Scholastic on September 24th, 2012

Today kicks off our year-long celebration of Clifford the Big Red Dog, who is marking 50 years of funny, sweet stories about a fantastically big red dog and the girl who loves him, Emily Elizabeth. You might know that Clifford is Scholastic’smore… full post

 

Scholastic Reports Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Earnings

By Scholastic on September 20th, 2012

Just this morning, Scholastic reported results for the fiscal 2013 first quarter ended August 31, 2012. You can read the complete press release here. To recap, though: revenue in the fiscal 2013 first quarter was $293.6 million, compared tomore… full post

 

It’s Storia Week! Celebrate Back-to-School with FREE eBooks!

By Scholastic on September 10th, 2012

Back-to-school is always an exhilarating time at Scholastic – a time for new great books, new curriculum themes, new technology, and new ideas. This year, we are more focused than ever on making sure that the next generation of readers has accessmore… full post

 

A message from Scholastic employees about the books we love (Happy International Literacy Day!)

By Scholastic on September 8th, 2012

Across the world today people are celebrating literacy. We try to do that every day, through the books we publish and distribute, the teachers and administrators and librarians we support, and the parents and families we love. The employees whomore… full post

 

Getting “schooled” on our Facebook page

By Scholastic on August 16th, 2012

After a fantastic BlogHer event, we knew there was so much more to talk about with our teacher and parent friends when it comes to the subject of technology and literacy. So we asked Leticia, aka Tech Savvy Mama, to stop by our Facebook page formore… full post

 

Scholastic announces Fiscal 2012 results and Fiscal 2013 outlook

By Scholastic on July 19th, 2012

Earlier today, Scholastic reported significant revenue and earnings growth for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended May 31, 2012. The Company also outlined its fiscal 2013 plan to continue investing in key long-term growth initiatives, includingmore… full post

 

“Reading is bliss.” –Nora Ephron (1941-2012)

By Scholastic on June 27th, 2012

Nora Ephron — who was, among many other things, an iconic writer — passed away yesterday. We wanted to share this quote with you, a favorite of ours, from her 2006 essay collection, I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being amore… full post

 

Scholastic responds to concerns about How to Survive Anything series

By Scholastic on June 8th, 2012

Many readers have expressed concerns about our How to Survive Anything titles, and we want to thank you for your passionate responses. The two titles have had very limited distribution to date, and no further copies will be made available. Pleasemore… full post

 

“To somebody, at the right moment, these books were great:” A guest post from our CEO, Dick Robinson

By Scholastic on June 5th, 2012

What makes a children’s book great? This was the theme of a conference held by Publishing Perspectives at the Scholastic headquarters on Thursday, May 31st (read more about it here).  Scholastic’s own chairman and CEO, Dick Robinson, delivered themore… full post

 

Remembering Leo Dillon (1933-2012) and Ellen Levine (1939-2012)

By Scholastic on May 30th, 2012

The children’s book world is reacting to sad news today: both author/illustrator Leo Dillon and author Ellen Levine have passed away. Leo Dillon, one of the world’s most celebrated children’s book artists—internationally applauded formore… full post