Tag: holiday
Happy National Grammar Day!
By Guest Blogger on March 4th, 2013
It’s National Grammar Day! To celebrate we have a very special blog post from CM Reedy, a former English teacher and current intern in the Trade Publicity Department here at Scholastic. Take it away, Reedy! Today marks National Grammar Day, a daymore… full post
Celebrate yourself with Celebrate Your Name Week!
By Lauren on February 28th, 2013
It’s time to party! Maybe your birthday isn’t in March, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate yourself. National Celebrate Your Name Week (CYNW) kicks off March 3rd and it’s an entire week dedicate to you… or at least your name. Havemore… full post
Have a picture-perfect Presidents’ Day — and a giveaway!
By Guest Blogger on February 14th, 2013
Becky Amsel, Senior Publicist from Trade Publicity, has an exciting Presidents’ Day treat for OOM Readers! Monday we celebrate Presidents’ Day, a day to honor and to commemorate our past presidents of the United States. For youngermore… full post
Weekly “Pinspiration”: Five Halloween ideas from Pinterest
By Lia on October 19th, 2012
Our weekly “Pinspiration” series continues, and with Halloween almost upon us, there’s no better time to turn to Pinterest (show of hands: how many of you have already created a Halloween board?) Here are five ways to use Pinterest to celebrate themore… full post
In Our Feeds: Grammar nerds, achieving literary fame, and popsicles!
By Kristen on May 25th, 2012
Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Have a good weekend! Author Mary Pope Osbourne, who writes the Magic Treehouse series, recently wrote a piece aboutmore… full post
EGG-cellent Easter books
By Michael on April 6th, 2012
The Scholastic Store has been buzzing with kids and parents on Spring Break these past few days and as many families are celebrating Easter this weekend, Clifford hosts an Egg Hunt in the store this Saturday. Along with a bunch of treat-filledmore… full post
Passover picks for kids
By Lia on April 5th, 2012
Passover–the Jewish holiday marking the freedom of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt–officially begins tomorrow night at sundown. In honor of the springtime celebration, we thought it’d be fun to share some of our favorite Passovermore… full post
Which books shaped the lives of today’s best-selling romance authors?
By Ivy on February 14th, 2012
In honor of Valentine’s Day we have a special romance novel quiz for our readers! Who shall win? Who shall fail? Take the quiz to see who shall prevail…. 1. Name 5 books that have influenced YA author Meg Cabot. (Hint: Meg wrote themore… full post
Our 2012 TBR pile
By Morgan on January 3rd, 2012
Happy 2012! Many of you are probably back to work, back to school, and back to life as usual today, just like we are. There can be a tendency to dread days like these (“What do you mean, no one brought in homemade cookies today?” has been heardmore… full post
