Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, parents, and children. Products are distributed via retail and online sales and through schools via reading clubs and book fairs.

 

 

It is the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books in the world, owning the rights to some of the most well-known series of all time, such as Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. It is consistent in publishing some of the most popular titles for children.

The company’s milestones:

1920 – The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic was published by Maurice R. “Robbie” Robinson on October 22, 1920, marking the beginning of the company that would become Scholastic.

1923 – The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were founded in connection with The Scholastic magazine.

1926 – Scholastic published its first book, a collection of student writing from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards called Saplings.

 

 

1948 – Introducing Scholastic Book Clubs. Today, nearly 5 million students across the country order from Scholastic Book Clubs through 800,000 educators.

1957 – Scholastic Canada is established as the company’s first international subsidiary.

1961 – Scholastic launched the Education division with World Affair Multi-Texts, a series of paperbacks on world history.

1963 – Norman Bridwell created what would become one of America’s oldest and most beloved children’s characters: Clifford the Big Red Dog®. There are currently more than 134 million Clifford books in print, which are published in 19 languages, and distributed worldwide.

 

 

1968 – Scholastic built its first national distribution center in Jefferson City, Missouri.

1981 – Scholastic launched its in-school book fairs business with the purchase of a California book fair. Scholastic Book Fairs currently host more than 120,000 book sale events in partnership with schools across the country, giving more than 35 million students and their families’ access to thousands of affordable books and educational products.

1986 – Kristy’s Great Idea, the first in Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-sitters Club series, was published in 1986. The series went on to become one of the most successful in publishing history with more than 176 million books in print.

 

 

1989 – Scholastic Professional Publishing was developed to create high-quality resources for teachers.

The 1990s saw the introduction of some of Scholastic most iconic series and characters, including I SPY (1992), Goosebumps® (1992), Animorphs (1996), and Captain Underpants (1997).

1998 – Scholastic published Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first in J.K. Rowling’s seven-book series.

 

 

2000 – The Scholastic News Kids Press Corps was created to feature “news for kids, by kids.” This award-winning group of talented Kid Reporters, ages 10–14, reports on current events, breaking news, entertainment stories, and sporting events from across the country and around the world.

2005 – Scholastic’s Graphix imprint launched with the color edition of BONE #1: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith, creating a separate platform for Scholastic graphic novels.

2006 – Scholastic has been committed to research-based thought leadership since we launched the Kids & Family Reading Report™.

2008 – Scholastic published The Hunger Games, the first title in Suzanne Collins’ wildly popular dystopian trilogy. The Hunger Games spent more than 260 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

 

 

2015 – Scholastic launched its corporate podcast Scholastic Reads.

2019 – A rebooted animated series starring Clifford and Emily Elizabeth launched on Amazon and PBS Kids.

According to scholastic.com. Source of photos: internet