Scholastic Press Releases | Scholastic Media Room

Scholastic Parent & Child® Magazine Announces Winners of 2014 Gold Star Toy Awards

Submitted by liaz on Mon, 11/18/2013 - 11:48.

Contact:
Kristen Joerger
Scholastic Inc.
kjoerger@scholastic.com
(212) 389-3343

24 Outstanding Kids’ Products Featured in First-Ever “Shoppable” Issue Powered by ShopAdvisor and Digimarc

Read more

Math@Work™ Video Series from Scholastic Connects Classroom Learning to 21st Century Careers

Submitted by liaz on Thu, 11/14/2013 - 13:40.

Contact:

Tyler Reed
Scholastic Inc.
(212) 343-6427
treed@scholastic.com

Premiere Episode Math@Work: Math Meets Fashion, Hosted by Project Runway's Tim Gunn

Read more

PBS Kids Launches New WordGirl App

Submitted by rthomas on Thu, 11/14/2013 - 10:29.

Contacts:

Maria Vera
PBS
703.739.3225
mvera@pbs.org

Meredith Gandy
360PR
646.568.3238
mgandy@360pr.com

In innovative WordGirl™ Superhero Training App for iPad and Android tablets, kids create their own avatars and build superhero skills and vocabulary alongside WordGirl

Read more

Scholastic Gets Goosebumps for R.L. Stine's Spooky Social Media Takeover

Submitted by liaz on Mon, 10/28/2013 - 11:24.

Contact: Kristen Joerger, kjoerger@scholastic.com, (212) 389-3343

Bestselling Author to Interact with Fans on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT)

Read more

Scholastic Choices® Magazine Now Available on Kindle Fire

Submitted by liaz on Thu, 10/24/2013 - 12:21.

Contact: Kristen Joerger, kjoerger@scholastic.com, (212) 389-3343

New York, NY -- October 24, 2013 – Choices magazine, a health and well-being teen magazine published by Scholastic, is now available for subscription on Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

Read more

Enhanced "Common Sense for Common Core" Website Provides Information and Resources for Educators and Parents

Submitted by rthomas on Wed, 10/23/2013 - 14:40.

Contact:
Alexandra Wladich
Scholastic Inc.
212 965 7353
awladich@scholastic.com

Nonfiction and literature book lists and expert videos among the additions
to the Scholastic Common Core website

Read more

Scholastic, Handson Network Announce Winners of Fifth Annual Clifford the Big Red Dog® BE BIG™ in Your Community Contest

Submitted by rthomas on Wed, 10/16/2013 - 07:45.

Contact:
Jennifer Marcus
Goodman Media International
(212) 576-2700
Scholastic@goodmanmedia.com

The BE BIG Fund Awards $10,000 in Community Grants to Support Civic Engagement
to the BIGGEST Ideas Inspired By Clifford

Michigan Teacher’s BIG Idea Receives $5,000 Grand Prize

Read more

New, Free Scholastic Book Fairs App Helps Parents Find the Right Children's Book in a Snap

Submitted by liaz on Wed, 10/09/2013 - 16:32.

Contact:

Sara Sinek, ssinek@scholastic.com, (212) 343-6899
Michael Barrett, mbarrett@scholastic.com, (212) 343-6570

Leveraging Qualcomm Vuforia Technology, App Gives Parents and Teachers Quick and Easy Access to Reading Level, Book Synopsis, and More while Shopping at Scholastic Book Fairs

Read more

Scholastic Parents Site Receives Two Prominent Web Awards

Submitted by liaz on Wed, 10/09/2013 - 16:24.

Contact: Kristen Joerger, kjoerger@scholastic.com, (212) 389-3343

Parenting Site Receives Accolades from Web Marketing Association and International Academy of the Visual Arts

Read more

Scholastic to Publish Two New Captain Underpants Books, Plus Newly Re-illustrated Editions of Dav Pilkey's Ricky Ricotta Series

Submitted by rthomas on Tue, 10/08/2013 - 11:59.

Contact:

Tracy van Straaten
VP, Trade Publicity, Scholastic
tvanstraaten@scholastic.com
(212) 389-3782

New Ricky Ricotta editions illustrated by Best-selling Artist Dan Santat to begin publication May 2014

Captain Underpants #11 & #12 to release in August 2014 and August 2015

Read more