Scholastic Reads Podcast

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AT–A–GLANCE

"Scholastic has access to remarkable talent in children's literature and education. That makes my job as podcast host really fun and easy."
-Suzanne McCabe, Host & Editor-at-Large

Who's it for?

Scholastic Reads explores topics important to parents, educators, librarians, children's book authors, and the reader in all of us.

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IN THE NEWS

27TH ANNUAL COMMUNICATOR AWARD

Scholastic Reads is recognized in the 2021 Communicator Awards, earning an Award of Distinction for “Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges on the Struggle for Racial Justice,” in the Individual Episodes – Diversity & Inclusion category.

Scholastic Reads is recognized in the 2020 Communicator Awards, taking home two Awards of Excellence for its “Read with Pride” and “It Takes Guts: Raina Telgemeier and Eli Lebowitz” episodes. The podcast also earned Awards of Distinction as an overall corporate series, and for the episode “Aida Salazar on Agency in Adolescence.”
 

25TH ANNUAL COMMUNICATOR AWARD
Scholastic Reads is recognized in the 2019 Communicator Awards, taking home the Award of Excellence in the Mini-series category for the 20 Years of Magic mini-series surrounding the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter, and Awards of Distinction for best overall corporate communications podcast and an individual episode, “Journeys to America”

MIDDLEWEB

A collection of resources for teaching about the 9/11 attacks includes a Scholastic Reads podcast interview with Alan Gratz, author of Ground Zero: A Novel of 9/11

GALLEYCAT
Scholastic launched a new biweekly podcast about children’s books and literacy

EDUCATION WORLD
A new podcast series from Scholastic launches with its first episode featuring Harry Potter secrets

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The “Scholastic Reads” podcast features interviews and stories from the forefront of children’s publishing

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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ABOUT THE HOST

Editor-at-Large Suzanne McCabe runs Scholastic Kids Press. A former editor of Junior Scholastic magazine, she now writes for our blog about books and education. and learni You can follow her on Twitter @SuzanneMcCabe1.


An award-winning podcast about the joy and power of reading, featuring the books Scholastic publishes for children and young adults, and the authors, editors, and stories behind them.


Contact

Producer
Maxine Osa
mosa@scholastic.com
212-343-6625

Host
Suzanne McCabe
smccabe@scholastic.com
212-343-6451

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Writer/actress Sonia Manzano & Scholastic VP and Executive Editor Andrea Davis Pinkney (Episode #8)

Librarian/blogger John Schumacher ("Mr. Schu") and Scholastic librarian Deimosa Webber-Bey (Episode #13)