Scholastic is committed to understanding the needs and feelings of children, celebrating their hopes and dreams, and supporting parents and teachers by being The Most Trusted Name In Learning®. To that end, we are the leading provider of quality learning products and services in school, at home, and in all media that children love.


Scholastic, the global children’s publishing and media company, has a corporate mission supported through all of its divisions of instilling the love of reading and learning for lifelong pleasure in all children. Recognizing that literacy is the cornerstone of a child’s intellectual, personal and cultural growth, Scholastic, for more than 83 years, has created quality products and services that educate, entertain and motivate children and are designed to help enlarge their understanding of the world around them.

Scholastic Trade Books is an award-winning publisher of original children's books. Scholastic publishes over 750 different titles per year including the phenomenally successful branding publishing properties Harry Potter® and Captain Underpants®, the beloved series Clifford The Big Red Dog®, I Spy™, and Scholastic's The Magic School Bus®, as well as licensed properties such as Barney®, Star Wars® and Scooby Doo™. Scholastic recently reached an agreement to publish all novelizations, coloring and activity books, picture and storybooks based on DreamWorks' next five animated films, including Shrek 2.

Scholastic Press, Arthur A. Levine Books, Cartwheel Books®, Scholastic Paperbacks, Scholastic Reference™, The Blue Sky Press®, The Chicken House™ and Orchard Books® are the Scholastic Book Division imprints. In March 2002, the Company acquired Klutz®, a highly innovative publisher and creator of "books plus" for children.

Through its unparalleled distribution businesses, Scholastic Book Clubs, Scholastic Direct-to-Home, and Scholastic Book Fairs, the company reaches over 35 million children, 40 million parents and nearly every school in the U.S .