Tag: books
Summer reading: What’s in our “stacks”?
By Lauren on May 24th, 2013
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
In Our Feeds: excerpt of The Dream Thieves, 20 most beautiful libraries on film and tv, sleepy american students, Harry Potter sold at auction
By Jessica on May 24th, 2013
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! I wanted to start with one of the coolest lists I’ve seen in a while. Flavorwire put together amore… full post
130th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge
By Alex on May 24th, 2013
Today marks the 130th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge! As many of you know, Scholastic Headquarters is located in downtown Manhattan so many of my colleagues bike and drive over the Brooklyn Bridge everyday. To celebrate this magnificentmore… full post
An OOM commencement address from Andrew Jenks
By Lauren on May 22nd, 2013
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
Summer Challenge update: 22 million minutes and counting
By Megan on May 21st, 2013
The 2013 Scholastic Summer Challenge began a little over two weeks ago, and kids have already read over 22 million minutes. (You can pick your jaw up off the floor now.) Not only do we have more students and classrooms participating this year thanmore… full post
What role do graduations play in our growth?
By Guest Blogger on May 20th, 2013
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
In Our Feeds: 65 books to read in your 20s, baseball poetry, tagged photos
By Morgan on May 17th, 2013
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
A Week for Children’s Books: Lia’s take
By Lia on May 17th, 2013
In honor of Children’s Book Week, several OOMers are sharing one classic children’s book that we loved as a child, and one book that we hope will become a classic in the future. Morgan, Lauren, and Jessica all had some great suggestions. Time tomore… full post
Children’s top picks in honor of Children’s Book Week
By Alex on May 17th, 2013
Makayla with her “Old Lady” books! In honor of Children’s Book Week, we asked the children in our lives to tell us what their favorite book is and why. Although we got some pretty great answers, we also encountered a few children who said theymore… full post
