Tag: events
‘YA authors visit. Fun for all.’ Six words or less from the Teen Author Festival
By Lauren on March 27th, 2013
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
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
Encouraging literacy, one event at a time
By Guest Blogger on March 15th, 2013
From book publishing and media to education and technology, literacy remains the cornerstone of all that we do here at Scholastic, and we take great pride in serving the needs of children, parents, and teachers. Last year, we announced the launch ofmore… full post
3.1415926…
By Morgan on March 14th, 2013
Today is 3/14, otherwise known as Pi Day! The calculator I used in high school only went to eight digits, so I memorized Pi as 3.1415927. But the truth is, Pi is special precisely because it can’t be memorized. Because, of course, its string ofmore… full post
A recap of World Read Aloud Day
By Morgan on March 12th, 2013
Clifford, Pam Allyn, and kids celebrate World Read Aloud Day! We all know young kids love being read aloud to, but it turns out, older kids and even teens and adults often love it just as much — and often reap just as many benefits. Last weekmore… full post
5 years, 5 pages
By Morgan on March 7th, 2013
The old OOM…how far we’ve come in 5 years! If you click back in our archives, the very first post you’ll see is from Tyler, and it’s called Nerd Alert! That was five years ago exactly, and it was a big day for us: it marked themore… full post
Let’s all Read Across America!
By Morgan on March 1st, 2013
March 2 is the birthday of the one and only Dr. Seuss! It marks a day when schools across the country celebrate reading in commemoration of the man who continues to bring so much joy to readers. This year, because the 2nd falls on a Saturday, it’smore… full post
Read it Forward on World Read Aloud Day
By Megan on February 28th, 2013
March 6, 2013, is World Read Aloud Day, an awareness day advocating for literacy as a human right. World Read Aloud Day creates a community of people who support every child’s right to learn to read and to have access to books and technology thatmore… full post
This year’s Children’s Book Week poster was designed by…
By Morgan on February 25th, 2013
Brian Selznick has designed this year’s poster for Children’s Book Week (May 13-19, 2013). Isn’t is just gorgeous? Selznick is, of course, the Caldecott-winning children’s author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret andmore… full post
It’s here: our #BSCMeeting Twitter party with Ann M. Martin!
By Morgan on January 16th, 2013
In just a few hours, we’ll be hosting a Baby-sitters Club Twitter party with Ann M. Martin! We’ve been celebrating the release of The Baby-sitters Club in ebook format and we’re so excited to get you all together for this virtual clubmore… full post
