With offices in 16 countries
Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of children's
books in the world, serving millions of children, families and
schools.
Australia, Canada, New Zealand and United Kingdom
Long-established operations in Canada,
the United Kingdom
, New Zealand and Australia
have original trade and educational publishing programs
and distribute children's books, software and other materials
through school-based book clubs, school-based book fairs and
trade. These operations also offer direct-to-home continuity
programs and online services as well as distribute magazines.
In addition, they have export and foreign rights licensing programs
and are licensees of book tie-ins. Scholastic books published
in Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia have
received numerous awards of excellence in children's literature.
Latin America
In Mexico, and Argentina,
Scholastic distributes both English and Spanish-language children's
books and educational materials through school-based book clubs
and book fairs.
In Puerto Rico, Caribe Grolier
distributes Spanish-language encyclopedias and reference books
through its direct-to-consumer sales force.
Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, Scholastic publishes and distributes reference
products and provides services primarily under the Grolier name.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, Scholastic Asia operates Grolier Asia Pacific, which through its network of distributors and
a dedicated sales staff, brings its vast range of encyclopedias,
reference sets, children's books and educational materials directly
to consumers in India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. In addition,
Scholastic Asia operates school-based book clubs and book fairs
in India, book clubs and continuity programs in Malaysia and
book fairs in the Philippines. Scholastic India also publishes
award-winning English and Hindi titles.
Scholastic Asia also manages export sales of original Scholastic
imprints, educational materials, technology-based products,
and English
Language Teaching (ELT) materials to other countries in
Asia including China, Japan and Korea.
Europe, Middle East and Africa
The
International
Sales Force,
headquartered
in New York, handles
export sales
to Europe, the
Middle East and
Africa, which
includes original
Scholastic imprints,
educational materials
and technology-based
products and English
Language Teaching
(ELT) materials,
and the Scholastic
My Arabic Library, a unique educational project developed by Scholastic
to encourage a love of reading and learning in children across the Arabic-speaking
world, and fill a well-documented need for high-quality Arabic-language classroom titles with great
appeal to children.
International Rights
Scholastic licenses the foreign-language rights for Scholastic
titles in more than 40 languages to other publishing companies
around the globe, bringing beloved books to children in their
own language. For more information, click
here.
