New York, NY (September 28, 2006) -- Continuing its commitment to bringing safe, trusted online content to students in schools and communities across America, Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, today announced the launch of Amazing Animals of the World as part of Grolier Online®— the extraordinary educational portal designed to make research easier and more productive.
 
Accessible in schools, libraries and at home through go.grolier.com, Grolier Online delivers proven educational content and value through a controlled environment that’s safe, easy to use, and supports the different learning styles of adults and children at every learning level. Amazing Animals of the World is a comprehensive reference resource comprised of 1,200 animal articles complete with animal sounds, maps, and photos of animals in their natural habitat; hundreds of prescreened, safe web links to alternative resources; and other special features. 
 
“Amazing Animals of the World is an important addition to the Grolier Online suite—offering children of all ages instant and reliable access to information about the animal kingdom and its place in our world,” said Greg Worrell, President, Scholastic Library Publishing.
 
Winner of the 2006 Notable Online Subscription Service Award from the Association for Library Service to Children and the Association of Educational Publishers’ Ed Press Distinguished Achievement Award, Grolier Online combines the best of a legacy of critically acclaimed, age-appropriate print sets with a wealth of additional resources available only in the online format in one powerful educational portal for students, teachers, librarians, patrons — anyone with an information need.
 
Grolier Online serves more than 18 million students and teachers as a trusted reference portal.  Aside from more than 100,000 full-text periodical articles, four dictionaries, two thesauri and an interactive atlas, Grolier Online includes eight databases to suit a variety of interests, including:  The New Book of Knowledge®, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia®, Encyclopedia Americana®, America the Beautiful, La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and now Amazing Animals of the World. 
 
For more information about Grolier Online, visit Scholastic Library Publishing at go.grolier.com.
 
About Scholastic Library Publishing
Scholastic Library Publishing creates a multitude of products, both in print and online, for the school and public library market under the imprints of Grolier, Children's Press®, Franklin Watts®, and Grolier Online®. Children's Press offers primarily non-fiction series for elementary and middle schools, while Franklin Watts focuses on non-fiction for the high school market. Grolier publishes encyclopedias and is best known for the brands Encyclopedia Americana® and The New Book of Knowledge®.  Grolier Online is a self-contained, non-commercial electronic gateway offering thousands of resources for student research, including the Encyclopedia Americana Online, The New Book of Knowledge Online, and the Spanish language encyclopedia La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre™ - serving more than 18 million students and teachers.
 
About Scholastic
Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology.  Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys.  The Company distributes its products and services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs, school-based book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs; retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the Company's Internet site, www.scholastic.com.

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