Tag: authors
Jude Watson is unstoppable!
By Guest Blogger on March 22nd, 2013
First there was The 39 Clues. Then there was The 39 Clues: Cahills versus Vespers. And now, there’s The 39 Clues: Unstoppable! Jude Watson — a.k.a. National Book Award Winner Judy Blundell — has some news to share. She first spilled it on The 39more… full post
TEDxTeen comes to Scholastic!
By Lauren on March 21st, 2013
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
Helping kids read and understand complex texts
By Alex on March 12th, 2013
Today we are excited to have Dr. Jeffrey Wilhelm, a well-known professor of English from Boise State University and one of our amazing authors of XBOOKS, here to talk about complex texts. There are a lot of things I like about the Common Coremore… full post
Art in Writing: Alaya Dawn Johnson talks about The Summer Prince
By Guest Blogger on March 12th, 2013
Alaya Dawn Johnson makes her YA debut this month with The Summer Prince (ages 14 and up)—a heart-stopping story of love, death, technology, and art set amid the lush tropics of a futuristic Brazil—that Kirkus called “Luminous,” in a starredmore… full post
Black History Booklist
By Suzanne on February 15th, 2013
In 1967, six months before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia. “What is your life’s blueprint?” King asked the students, most of whom were black and poor. No matter what vocationmore… full post
When Giants Unite: The CCSS meet the 4Ws of writing
By Alex on February 12th, 2013
Ruth Culham, author of the Traits Writing program, discusses how we can revolutionize the way we teach writing, and how these methods can effectively meet the demands of the Common Core State Standards.. The following is an excerpt taken from hermore… full post
The secret to read-alouds
By Alex on February 5th, 2013
In this post, Wendy Murray of Scholastic Teaching Resources talks with teacher and author Maria Walther to get practical advice for how primary teachers can meet the Common Core State Standards by ramping up read-alouds. Murray: The Common Coremore… full post
Picture perfect: a look at our illustrators at work
By Megan on February 4th, 2013
It’s Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week! To celebrate, we’ve got a round up of some of our favorite videos featuring illustrators hard at work. (Remember the time Raina Telgemeier stopped by this very blog to share an exclusive web comic shemore… full post
Why Pride and Prejudice still matters
By Guest Blogger on February 1st, 2013
This week marks the 200th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s classic novel, Pride and Prejudice. To celebrate we spoke to Scholastic author and diehard Austen fan Elizabeth Eulberg, who gave the beloved story a fresh, funny, new spin in her novel Prommore… full post
A multi-cultural adoption inspires a debut YA novel
By Guest Blogger on January 25th, 2013
Lovingly researched, The Fire Horse Girl by YA debut author Kay Honeyman brings to life 1923 China and San Francisco, and the extraordinary adventure of a fiercely independent 17-year old girl, Jade Moon. Booklist raved in a starredmore… full post
