Industry News
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Little Five Star Seeks Sponsors to Help Give Every Third Grader in Arizona a Copy of ‘Arizona Agriculture: Bee’s Amazing Adventure’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHANDLER, AZ (July 24, 2014)— Arizona-based publisher Little Five Star, a division of Five Star Publications, Inc. has launched a campaign to give every third grade student …
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Scholastic to Publish ‘Bone’ Tribute Edition with New Art From Creator Jeff Smith, Plus More Than 15 Top Artists
SAN DIEGO, CA — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, will publish BONE #1: Out from Boneville, The Tribute Edition on February 24, 2015. This special edition of the first …
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Effingham County Students Make Dramatic Reading Gains in 2013-14 School Year
Springfield, GA – Students in Effingham County’s READ 180® classrooms made dramatic gains in reading in the 2013-14 school year, with nearly half of them advancing the equivalent of two years …
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‘Who Was…?’ Wrap Your Head Around History!
NEW YORK, NY — Since its launch in 2002, Grosset & Dunlap’s Who Was…? series has sold more than twelve million books, making it the most popular biography series for children. …
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Penguin Group Announces Mad Libs Pop-Up Booth at Comic-Con International San Diego
New York, NY — Penguin Young Readers Group announced today that the classic fill-in-the-blank word game Mad Libs will exhibit for the first time ever at Comic-Con® International: San Diego. The pop-up booth …
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Lee Peters Named Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing for Scholastic Education
NEW YORK, NY – Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the appointment of Lee Peters as Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing for Scholastic Education. …
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Scholastic to Launch Tombquest, A New Multi-Platform Action Adventure Series, in February 2015
New York, NY – Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company and the pioneering publisher of the bestselling multi-platform properties The 39 Clues®, Infinity Ring® and Spirit Animals™, announced today that it will publish …
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Science! Naturally Presents ‘Mystery of the Month’
“The brainteasers can be used as independent reading for kids, a guessing game for families, a springboard for school projects, a bell ringer for teachers, or an assessment tool for …
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Parents: Free Summer Reading Resources for the Whole Family
New York, NY – Just in time for summer vacation, Scholastic unveils free summer reading resources for parents to help enhance their children’s reading and learning skills all summer long atscholastic.com/summer. Available now …
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires SchoolChapters Inc.
BOSTON, MA – Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the acquisition of SchoolChapters, Inc., an educational solutions provider dedicated to standards-based education quality management, accreditation services and community-based …
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Netta Rabin Named VP, Product Development for Klutz
New York, NY (July 8, 2014) — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the appointment of Netta Rabin as Vice President of Product Development for …
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The Jim Henson Company Together With Penguin Young Readers Group Announce Winner of the Dark Crystal Author Quest
New York, NY — The Jim Henson Company and Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, announced today that J. M. Lee of Minneapolis, MN has won the Dark …
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Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Honors Memory of Nancy Garden with Donation to NCAC’s Kids’ Right to Read Project
NEW YORK, NY — To honor Nancy Garden, prolific author of Annie On My Mind, Endgame, and The Year They Burned Books, who died on June 23, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group will donate $2,500 to the …
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‘Rookie Yearbook 3’ Cover and Guest Contributors Revealed
New York, NY – Tavi Gevinson, editor-in-chief and founder of Rookie, revealed the cover of Rookie Yearbook 3 and announced the contributors to the jumbo, full-color compendium today. Featuring the best of rookiemag.com from the …
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Calling All Harry Potter Readers: The Scholastic Store Brings the Magic to Life Throughout July
New York, NY – In honor of Harry’s birthday (July 31), The Scholastic Store is dedicating the entire month of July to Harry Potter and inviting fans and new readers of all ages to …
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Business, Medical, and Non-Profit Partners Launch New National Effort at CGI America to Help Close the Word Gap
Denver, CO — At the fourth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America meeting in Denver, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new collaborative effort of Too Small to Fail, …
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U.S. Governors and Governors’ Spouses Sign On as Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge “Reading Ambassadors”
New York, NY — U.S. Governors and Governors’ Spouses have pledged to help spread the important message about children reading over the summer by signing on as Reading Ambassadors for the 2014 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, a …
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Stacy Lellos Named Senior Vice President, General Manager, For Klutz
New York, NY — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the appointment of Stacy Lellos as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Klutz, the …
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Scholastic Wins 26 REVERE and Beacon Awards for Outstanding and Innovative Educational Publishing
NEW YORK, NY — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, has been recognized with 26 REVERE and Beacon Awards for its classroom magazines, educational programs and professional …
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Veronica Roth, Author of the Divergent Series, Announces FOUR-City National Tour to Celebrate New Book Release with Fans Across the Country
NEW YORK, NY — With more than 22 million copies sold worldwide, the DIVERGENT trilogy has become a major pop culture phenomenon that was propelled even further into the zeitgeist by the recent …
