Tag: holidays
Biography love: a roundup
By Lauren on May 16th, 2013
Happy National Biographer’s Day! I must confess biographies are one of my favorite types of books. I love learning about the day-to-day lives of some of the people I’ve been the most fascinated by. Go on, quiz me about Anne Boleyn or Cleopatra.more… full post
Saturday is National Baby-sitting Day! You know what that means…
By Guest Blogger on May 10th, 2013
It’s another chance to talk about our love for The Baby-sitters Club! Here’s Harmonie Rosenberg from the marketing team to take her turn. (Of all the BSC members, by the way, she most relates to Claudia.) Thanks, Harmonie! This weekend marks amore… full post
Happy Be Kind to Animals Week!
By Megan on May 9th, 2013
Be Kind to Animals Week (May 5-11) was established in 1915 by The American Humane Association in an effort to support animals and raise awareness about their health and safety. At Scholastic, we love animals (Clifford! Otto! Owen & Mzee!),more… full post
Merci, Danke schoen, Gracias, THANK YOU, Teachers!
By Megan on May 7th, 2013
Today is National Teacher Day! The special day is a part of the National Education Association’s (NEA) annual Teacher Appreciation Week, which honors the amazing work of teachers in our nation’s classrooms. It’s no surprise this day is ofmore… full post
Star Wars books…Read them you must!
By Lauren on May 6th, 2013
This past Saturday, Star Wars fans around the world celebrated May the 4th (be with you), the Star Wars day of celebration. The holiday may be over, but if you want to keep the party going, Scholastic and Klutz have lots of great books andmore… full post
A BIG week for service & volunteerism
By Guest Blogger on April 22nd, 2013
Today kicks off National Volunteer Week – the perfect opportunity to think about good citizenship and the importance of service, especially as it relates to kids! Here at Scholastic we can think of no BIGGER inspiration to do BIG things than ourmore… full post
One Earth, many resources to help celebrate it: Happy Earth Day 2013!
By Morgan on April 22nd, 2013
Last week, Dante showed you all the great ways the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps is reporting on this year’s Earth Day. And today it’s here! Happy Earth Day 2013! According to earthday.org, more than a billion people in 192 countries aremore… full post
Pockets full of poems
By Megan on April 18th, 2013
I’m a pockets person. On any given day, I’ll find one or more of the following items in my pockets: loose change, gum wrapper, tissue, subway card, ID card, hair tie, iPhone, crumbled Post-it note, pen. Well, not today. Today, I’ve discardedmore… full post
Stressed? Try a book.
By Morgan on April 17th, 2013
Every now and then I get a serious urge to drop everything and pick up a Baby-sitters Club book. And that, my friends, is how I know I’m stressed. I guess you could say the stories of Stoneybrook, CT help de-stress me. And considering what amore… full post
What do a fox, wizard, Count, and chocolatier have in common?
By Anne on April 1st, 2013
What on earth would bring together a fox, wizard, Count, and chocolatier for one post? Well, when you ask OOMers who their favorite literary pranksters are, you get a whole list of crazy characters from all genres that truly have their own stylesmore… full post
