Tag: video
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
Pam Allyn on stretching kids’ ‘reading muscles’ in the Common Core era
By Megan on March 18th, 2013
Pam Allyn, Global Ambassador for Scholastic’s Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life. Global Literacy Campaign, shares two important messages on reading and the Common Core State Standards. Pam emphasizes reading volume and how we can challengemore… full post
5 questions with David Baldacci
By Megan on March 15th, 2013
We recently sat down with David Baldacci, author of The 39 Clues: Day of Doom to ask him about reading, his writing life, and his latest project, hosting Scholastic’s virtual field trip “Decoding History” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum ofmore… full post
WordGirl’s (M)Arch Enemy Week!
By Guest Blogger on March 11th, 2013
Dealing with some of your worst enemies all in one week might seem horrendous (adj, extremely unpleasant), detrimental (adj, tending to cause harm), and vexatious (adj, causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry) …but formore… 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
Getting excited about writing: kids in action!
By Guest Blogger on October 19th, 2012
Back in June, the Scholastic Classroom Books Marketing team ran an online contest where we challenged teachers from grades K-8 to get their students excited about writing. The participating students submitted original stories accompanied withmore… full post
Dav Pilkey talks Captain Underpants
By Dante on August 23rd, 2012
Captain Underpants returns next week (August 28, to be exact) in the new book Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers. And no one is more excited than Kid Reporter William Russell. Sure, he’s a Captain Underpants fan.more… full post
What I’ve learned…a guest post from Roman Feeser, Director of Corporate Productions
By Guest Blogger on May 9th, 2012
Roman Feeser, Director of Corporate Productions, shares what he’s learned from the students, teachers, and authors who have visited Scholastic. Today marks my ninth month as the Director of Corporate Productions here at Scholastic. Beforemore… full post
New book trailers! Starring Zoe, Cinderella, and one Silly Doggy
By Megan on May 7th, 2012
Have you seen our new book trailers? Get excited to read some of our latest titles (like Whatever After, Dear Cinderella, Zoe Gets Ready) with these too-cute-for-words videos. Whatever After by Sarah Mlynowski In the first book of Sarahmore… full post
Freedom Rides — 51 years later
By Dante on May 3rd, 2012
Tomorrow marks the 51st anniversary of one of the nation’s landmark civil rights events: the Freedom Rides. The story of the Freedom Riders is one of strength, conviction, and courage in the face of terrible violence and bigotry. Last year,more… full post
