New York, NY (April 7, 2011) ­­— Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that its Trade Publishing division has retained The Gotham Group as its exclusive worldwide motion picture representative, covering all books in which the Scholastic Trade Publishing division controls the film and television rights from its current catalogs and backlist. Scholastic Media retains its “first look” on any Scholastic published property.