Scholastic Corporation - SCHL- Profile

Scholastic Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to publish and distribute children's books. The Group creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's books, textbooks, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, videos and toys. The products and services are distributed through a variety of channels, including school-based book clubs, school-based book fairs, school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs, retail stores, schools, libraries, television networks and the Internet. Some of the original publications are Harry Potter(R), I Spy(TM), Clifford The Big Red Dog(R), Captain Underpants(R), Goosebumps(R) and Star Wars(R). The Group has operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Hong Kong, India, Ireland and Mexico. On 27-Apr-2005, the Group acquired Chicken House Publishing Ltd. Book Publishing & Distrbn acctd for 57% of fis 2006 revs; Edcnl Publshng, 18%; Int'l, 18% & Media Licensing & Advertising, 7%