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Scholastic will publish an updated edition of the bestselling and collectible companion book to the Harry Potter books, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, with a new foreword by J.K. Rowling, writing as Newt Scamander, and a new cover by Headcase Design on March 14, 2017.  The book will be published simultaneously with …

Scholastic and Blizzard Entertainment announced a collaboration on a new book series for kids ages 8-12 based on Blizzard’s popular World of Warcraft game franchise. World of Warcraft: Traveler will launch simultaneously in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, with the first hardcover book scheduled for release in November 2016, followed by the second title …

Recent research from The Kids & Family Reading Report indicates that 91% of kids say that their favorite books are the ones they picked out themselves1 – and summer is the perfect time for those fun books kids choose themselves.   To encourage kids to “Power Up and Read” throughout the summer, 13 favorite children’s …

Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, will publish BONE #1: Out from Boneville, The Tribute Edition on February 24, 2015. This special edition of the first book in Jeff Smith’s award-winning and bestselling graphic novel series will kick off the 10th anniversary celebration of the Scholastic Graphix imprint in 2015. The Graphix imprint …

Scholastic has acquired North American rights to The Finisher , a new fantasy novel for children by international bestselling author David Baldacci. Scheduled for release on March 4, 2014 and aimed at readers ages 9-13, The Finisher follows the adventures of a determined young heroine named Vega Jane who lives in an ordinary world with extraordinary secrets. …

Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, announced that it will publish two new books in the worldwide bestselling Captain Underpants series by award-winning author Dav Pilkey on August 28, 2012, and in January 2013. In addition, Scholastic will release the first Dav Pilkey e-books—two titles in the bestselling Super Diaper Baby series—on January 31, …

History is broken, and a long-feared Cataclysm seems imminent. The capital of the United States is Boston. Lincoln’s face is nowhere to be seen on Mount Rushmore. Everyone’s buzzing about the French royal wedding. And an international group of men and women known as the SQ is more powerful than …

Scholastic announced that it will publish “Wonderstruck,” a mesmerizing new novel in words and pictures by Brian Selznick, the #1 New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of the Caldecott Medal-winning novel and upcoming major motion picture “The Invention of Hugo Cabret.” With over 460 pages of original drawings, “Wonderstruck” will be published in hardcover simultaneously …

Columbia has tapped Disturbia scribe, Carl Ellsworth, to write the screenplay for a live-action film adaptation of the R.L. Stine series of Goosebumps books, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Business blog. Along with Disturbia, Ellsworth wrote Red Eye, and  co-wrote the remakes of Last House on the Left and …

The global hunt for The 39 Clues, the New York Times bestselling multi-media adventure series that combines books, collectible cards and an online game, continues with the just released “Book 7: The Viper’s Nest” by Peter Lerangis. With the publication of this new installment, one of the key mysteries in the …