Scholastic Corporation
American publishing, education, and media company
Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. Products are distributed via retail and online sales and through schools via reading clubs and book fairs. Clifford the Big Red Dog, a character created by Norman Bridwell in 1963, is the mascot of Scholastic.
Company history
Scholastic was founded in 1920 by Maurice R. Robinson near Pittsburgh as a publisher of youth magazines. Its first publication, The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic, covered high school sports and social activities. The four-page magazine debuted on October 22, 1920, and was distributed in 50 high schools. More publications followed under Scholastic Magazines. In 1948, Scholastic entered the book club business. The company incorporated its first international subsidiary, Scholastic Canada, in 1957. During the 1960s, it established other international publishing locations in England (1964), New Zealand (1964), and Sydney (1968), while also entering the book publishing business.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1155729. VIAF identifies the subject as 124402590. The Library of Congress control number is n85195338. None of the 5 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1963, 1920, 1948 and 1957.
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