Scholastic

Scholastic, the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology, creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. For over 85 years, teachers and parents have recognized Scholastic as a trusted name in learning. The Company continues this successful history by remaining focused on encouraging children to learn to read and love to learn, helping teachers carry out their important jobs and supporting parents in their role as their child’s first teacher.

Each of Scholastic's distinctive businesses supports the company's credo and editorial platform, articulating the worth of and respect for all people, and the company’s ongoing mission to help children around the world learn to read and love to learn.

Scholastic Trade Books is an award-winning publisher of original children's books. Scholastic publishes more than 500 new hardcover, paperback, and novelty books each year. The list includes the phenomenally successful publishing properties Harry Potter® and Captain Underpants®, the beloved series Clifford The Big Red Dog®, I Spy™, best-selling and award-winning authors and illustrators, including Blue Balliett, Cornelia Funke, Ann M. Martin, Dav Pilkey, J.K. Rowling, Pam Muñoz Ryan, David Shannon, Mark Teague, and Walter Wick, among others, as well as licensed properties such as Star Wars®, Scooby Doo™, Leapfrog, TeenNick, It’s Happy Bunny and Taggies. Scholastic Trade Books has also published novelizations, coloring and activity books, picture books, and storybooks based on DreamWorks' Shrek 2™, Madagascar™, and more recently Over the Hedge™. Other Scholastic bestsellers include: Owen & Mzee, Dragon Rider, How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food, Land of Elyon, MOMMY?, The Wright 3, Charlie Bone, Zen Shorts, and Inkspell. In August 2006, Scholastic publishedthe eighth book in the bestselling Captain Underpants series: Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People, with a first printing of 1 million copies.

Scholastic is the most trusted name in learning with a brand that is synonymous with quality. Scholastic’s Education division, a leader in the education marketplace, provides research-based technology programs, supplemental instructional materials and high-quality literature that support student achievement in grades pre-K through high school. Grounded in the most current scientific research, Scholastic Education develops technology products and services that include intervention, instruction, assessment and data management and professional development. The division also includes Classroom Magazines, Classroom Books, Teaching Resources, Library Publishing and Tom Snyder Productions.