NEW YORK, NY — May 13, 2009 — Scholastic Book Clubs announced today it has now sold more than 6 billion books since the business was founded 60 years ago.

Scholastic Book Clubs, a division of Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, passed the 6 billion book mark this school year. For 60 years, Scholastic Book Clubs has provided quality books and reading materials to children and teachers through a school-based ordering system