Scholastic Inc. (Corporate Author)

Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company founded in 1920 by Maurice R. Robinson near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, initially as a publisher of youth magazines like The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic. It publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, and children through retail, online sales, reading clubs, and book fairs. Under leaders like Richard Robinson, who served as CEO from 1975 until his death in 2021, it became a giant in children's publishing, handling bestsellers such as Harry Potter and The Hunger Games.[1][3][4][5]