What a year it's been! Between the author readings, visits from global superstars like Taylor Swift and Usher, product and book launches, and literacy event after literacy event, the last 12 months have certainly been a whirlwind. We captured our year in pictures, and 14 of our absolute favorites are below. Check out our Instagram account for more!
1. Author R.L. Stine reads a few chapters of Goosebumps Most Wanted #6: Creature Teacher: The Final Exam on World Read Aloud Day.
2. Authors Jude Watson, James Dashner, Gordon Korman and Brandon Mull on the tour for “Worlds Collide” - an initiative that brings together authors and fans the multi-platform series The 39 Clues®, Infinity Ring®, and Spirit Animals™.
3. The “Story Mashup” Webcast featuring Jeff Kinney and Dav Pilkey!
4. Carla Hall hosts a Math @ Work webisode (watch the full video here!)
5. Planetary Scientist Pascal Lee gives a shout-out to the Summer Reading Challenge from the Arctic.
6. 2014 National Student Poets meet First Lady Michelle Obama!
7. Our Summer Reading Challenge team celebrated when kids around the globe log more than 200 million minutes in the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, breaking the 2013 world record for summer reading minutes!
8. Mural of Steven Paul's Scholastic Award-winning photo "Lost Time"... And the 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Catalog.
9. Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Alumnus, Harrison Love, is transforming the front window at 557 Broadway with his artwork as part of the week-long Art.Write.Now.POP-UP! Residency.
10. Reading to children from birth helps them develop the pre-literacy skills they need to succeed in school and in life. Sing, talk, and read aloud every day with your child, as often as you can. This summer, we partnered with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Reach Out and Read, and Too Small to Fail to equip parents with tools to promote early literacy and vocabulary development. Read more about our "Read From Birth" initiative here.
11. Scholastic’s own “Weasley twins” win the annual Halloween costume contest.
12. The 2014 Scholastic News Kids Press Corps gets underway.
13. Scholastic headquarters gets in to the holiday spirit.
14. Authors Varian Johnson and Sonia Manzano take part in panel discussing diversity in children’s literature during Teacher Week at Scholastic.
