Scholastic announced a new deal with Albert Whitman & Company (one of the most established children's publishers best known for their large collection of picture books, novels, and non-fiction titles) to offer a selection of books on the Storia platform. New ebooks will be available on the teacher-recommended e-reading app for kids at the beginning of spring in … [Read more...] about Scholastic Storia Adds eBooks by Albert Whitman
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Celebrating New Children’s Digital Apps
While parents might hesitate to hand Junior a $600 tablet to read a book, more and more parents are seeing the value in guiding young children through the basics of tablet computing. As a 21st century skill, tech savvy parents are responding to the wealth of content available for tablets in order to prepare their kids for the kinds of technological expectations they may find in … [Read more...] about Celebrating New Children’s Digital Apps
Get Free eBooks via the Scholastic Storia App
In celebration of back to school season, Scholastic is giving away five free ebooks via its Storia app. This includes a special-edition of Clifford the Big Red Dog e-book in honor of the franchise’s 50th birthday, which will be celebrated this month. Currently the free app is available for iOS and Android. “Back-to-school is a time of many firsts, from the first day of … [Read more...] about Get Free eBooks via the Scholastic Storia App
Scholastic Announces JK Rowling Webcast
JK Rowling, the creator of the internationally renowned Harry Potter series, has partnered with the largest publisher of children's content, Scholastic, to present a live webcast event for fans to kick off the new Harry Potter Reading Club. "At 12:00 noon ET (9:00am PT / 5:00pm GMT) on Thursday, October 11, J.K. Rowling will participate in a live virtual author visit to … [Read more...] about Scholastic Announces JK Rowling Webcast
Scholastic Enhances Kids’ eReading App in Time for Back to School
Scholastic’s popular kids’ e-reader app Storia, which comes pre-installed with five children’s digital titles, has partnered with digital publisher Trajectory to add well-known illustrated classics titles to the app. These titles will be available for purchase beginning in November, within only a few months of school resuming for another academic year. “Trajectory is a good … [Read more...] about Scholastic Enhances Kids’ eReading App in Time for Back to School
Digital Gives Old Characters a New Life
For those who stay current on the trends in digital publishing, one of the best aspects of the possibilities associated with technology of digital publishing is its ability to bring to life some of the favorite characters from the past. Sesame Street has already gone digital, along with Dr. Seuss’ time-honored classics. Now, Scholastic, the world’s largest children’s publisher, … [Read more...] about Digital Gives Old Characters a New Life
Scholastic Adds National Geographic Kids’ Titles to Its Storia App
Now that we’re a month into the summer vacation for most public school students, the boredom is starting to creep in. Fortunately, Scholastic, the world's largest publisher of children's content, has come to the rescue by unveiling a new set of titles for its Storia e-reading app, all from National Geographic Kids. “Storia continues to earn praise from teachers, parents, … [Read more...] about Scholastic Adds National Geographic Kids’ Titles to Its Storia App
Digital Content for Father’s Day
There are probably a good number of dads hoping to wake up to a new tablet this morning, and Ape Entertainment has some free content to go along with them. The creators of the bestselling iTunes app game Pocket God has brought some comic book fun for the pygmy-loving gift giving crowd. “Pocket God Comics issue No. 1 ‘The Gem of Life - Part One’ starts with Ooga questioning … [Read more...] about Digital Content for Father’s Day
Scholastic’s Digital Apps Bridge Summer Academics
One of the great educational concerns with the upcoming summer vacations months is the amount of knowledge that students lose during their time off from school. Teachers have often bemoaned the loss of instructional time at the beginning of each school year to trying to bring the students back up to speed after so much time away from the classroom. Scholastic, the world’s … [Read more...] about Scholastic’s Digital Apps Bridge Summer Academics
Scholastic Updates Earnings with Success of the Hunger Games
Scholastic announced today that its second quarter earnings are going to be higher than anticipated due to the success of the Hunger Games Trilogy. Even more people are buying the books because the film adaptation did so well in movie theaters. Many different companies actively market the digital and print editions of the Hunger Games. Being a young adult book, it tends to … [Read more...] about Scholastic Updates Earnings with Success of the Hunger Games