New York, NY (February 8, 2010) — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, announced today that it will publish Trackers, the newest multimedia book series created by bestselling author Patrick Carman. Trackers, a combination of book, video, and web experience for middle-grade readers, captures the essence of where and how today’s tech-savvy children are reading. Trackers Book #1 (978-0-545-16500-6; $14.99) will be released on May 11, 2010 with a first printing of 100,000 copies.

Extensive promotional support for the series includes
national author tour, app, and TV, online and in-theater advertising

New York, NY (December 15, 2009) - This was the decade of Harry Potter. Who could have predicted that one magical series could get kids around the world to put down their video games, shut off the TV and devour 800-page books? Books became cool again, with the birth of the midnight release party and kids and adults dressing like fictional characters. Fans of all ages read and re-read J.K.

“Book 6: In Too Deep” by Jude Watson, the newest title in the bestselling multi-media adventure series by Scholastic, to be released on November 3, 2009