Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of children's books and related products to home and school.  Scholastic's Children's Book Publishing and Distribution business is comprised of Trade, school-based Book Clubs, and school-based Book Fairs.

Scholastic Trade Books is an award-winning publisher of original children's books. Scholastic publishes more than 600 new hardcover, paperback, and novelty books each year. The list includes the phenomenally successful publishing properties Harry Potter® and Captain Underpants®, the beloved series Clifford The Big Red Dog®, Goosebumps™,I Spy™, best-selling and award-winning authors and illustrators, including Blue Balliett, Jim Benton, Meg Cabot, Christopher Paul Curtis, Cornelia Funke, Ann M. Martin, Dav Pilkey, J.K. Rowling, Brian Selznick, Pam Muñoz Ryan, David Shannon, Mark Teague, Matthew Reinhart, and Walter Wick, among others, as well as licensed properties such as Star Wars®, Scooby Doo™ Rainbow Magic®, It’s Happy Bunny™ Taggies®, and Littlest Pet Shop™. Scholastic Trade Books has also published novelizations, coloring and activity books, picture books, and storybooks based on the Warner Bros. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ feature film, and New Line Productions' The Golden Compass™ movie. Other Scholastic bestsellers include: Owen & Mzee, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Dragon Rider, How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, Land of Elyon, Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy , The Underland Chronicles series, The Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, MOMMY?, Chasing Vermeer,, Charlie Bone, Zen Shorts, and Inkheart. In August 2006, Scholastic published the eighth book in the bestselling Captain Underpants series: Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People, with a first printing of 1 million copies.

Arthur A. Levine Books, Cartwheel Books®, Chicken House®, Graphix™, Little Scholastic™ Little Shepherd™, Michael di Capua Books, Orchard Books®, Point™, PUSH, Scholastic en español, Scholastic Licensed Publishing, Scholastic Nonfiction, Scholastic Paperbacks, Scholastic Press, Scholastic Reference™, and The Blue Sky Press® are imprints of the Scholastic Trade Book Division. In addition, Scholastic Trade Books includes Klutz®, a highly innovative publisher and creator of "books plus" for children.

Scholastic Book Fairs®, in partnership with schools around the country, hosts more than 120,000 book-sale events each year, reaching over 2 million teachers and more than 35 million children and their families in pre-school through 9th grade. Book Fairs provide students, teachers, and parents’ access to thousands of affordable books and educational products and is responsible for putting more than 100 million books in the hands of children, helping to foster enthusiasm for reading, and generating more than $90 million annually in fundraising for school projects and classroom materials. Scholastic Book Fairs feature newly released works, award-winning titles, classics, bestsellers, and interactive software from more than 150 publishers. Nearing its 25th anniversary, Scholastic Book Fairs presents its Kids Are Authors® national book-writing contest for teams of student writers in grades K-8, where winning books are published and distributed nationwide through Book Fairs. 

Through 13 school-based, grade-specific clubs, Scholastic Book Clubs™ reach more than one million teachers and millions of children and parents with high-quality, affordable children's books and reading materials from publishers around the globe. Today, over 80% of all elementary school teachers in the United States participate in Scholastic Book Clubs. Through Scholastic Book Clubs' annual ClassroomsCare initiative, Scholastic donates 100 books to children in need for every 100 books read by participating classes throughout the country helping children understand the joy of reading and giving. Five million new books have been donated to date.