Scholastic Press Releases

White House Committee Names Five Student Poets for Prestigious National Student Poets Program

Contact:
Kimber Craine / President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities / 202-682-5661 / kcraine@pcah.gov 
Sara Sinek / Scholastic/Alliance for Young Artists & Writers / 212-343-6899 / ssinek@scholastic.com
Janelle Brevard / Institute of Museum and Library Services / 202-330-6193 / jbrevard@imls.gov  

 

International Literacy Day: Get Kids Reading with 4 Big Ideas from 4 Countries

Contact:
Anne Sparkman, Scholastic, asparkman@scholastic.com, 212-343-6657
Mike Barrett, Scholastic, mbarrett@scholastic.com, 212-343-6570 

Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report™ U.S., U.K., Australia and India Editions Reveal Four Key Themes to Help Kids Everywhere Fall in Love with Reading

Klutz Teams Up With World’s Largest Restaurant Chain Subway for Activity-Based Kids’ Meal Promotion This Fall

Media Contact:
Becky Amsel, Publicity Manager, Klutz
becky-amsel_consultant@klutz.com

 

NEW YORK, NY—September 6, 2016— Klutz® announced today a promotion in which more than 30,000 Subway® restaurants across the United States, Canada, Aruba, and the Bahamas will be offering four exclusive Klutz activity-packs that will be included in Klutz-branded Subway Fresh Fit for Kids’ Meal® bags. The promotion will run on the following schedule:

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Receives Grant from the New York Life Foundation to Support Grieving Teens

Contacts:

Scholastic:
Sara Sinek, ssinek@scholastic.com, 212-343-6899
Mike Barrett, mbarrett@scholastic.com, 212-343-6570

New York Life:
Lacey Siegel, lacey_s_siegel@newyorklife.com, 212-576-7937

 

Morton Schindel, Founder of Weston Woods Studios, Dies at Age 98

New York, NY – August 21, 2016 – Morton Schindel, founder of Weston Woods Studios, the leading provider of audiovisual materials adapted from award-winning children’s books, died peacefully Saturday, August 20, 2016 at age 98. Mr. Schindel produced more than 300 motion pictures and 450 recordings that are found in school and library collections worldwide. His films have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Scholastic Announces Sales of More Than 3.3 Million Copies of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two

New York, NY (August 10, 2016) — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two script book, the eighth Harry Potter story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, published in the U.S. and Canada by Scholastic has sold more than 3.3 million copies in North America to date.

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