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A Book Worth: How Much Will You Pay For One That Will Change Your Life?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books


Gerald Sindell

Why do we sell books as if they were potatoes when many of them are actually more like truffles? Hard coal, everyday sea salt, water, topsoil. They go for the same price, everywhere, because it's all the same.

Can You Put Gay Characters In A Kid's Book?

Christian Science Monitor | Marjorie Kehe | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books


Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic's book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is als...

Elizabeth Conway, 13-Year-Old Scholastic Kid Reporter: McCain "Grumpy With Me Now"

Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media


The Concord Monitor of New Hampshire recently interviewed local 8th grader Elizabeth Conway, who is a Scholastic Kid Reporter. Conway, who has met Jo...

This Election Doesn't Leave Our Children Behind

Christopher Fink | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home


Christopher Fink

Many children have been learning about and engaged with this election. This is sure to have an affect on our children's sense of civic responsibility to vote and care about our democracy as they grow up.

Harry Potter, Landlord? Actor Lists $4.3 Million NYC Condo For Rent

New York TImes | JOSH BARBANEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


When the final book in the Harry Potter series came out last summer, a stretch of Mercer Street in Lower Manhattan was closed off and turned into "Har...

Harry Potter Helps Keep Scholastic In The Black

Publisher's Weekly | Jim Milliot | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came through for Scholastic in the first quarter ended August 31, helping to drive up revenue 75%, to $586.9 mill...