Point Horror is a series of young adult horror fiction books. The series was most popular among teenagers.
40-698: The Point Horror series was launched in 1991 by Scholastic Inc , with the publisher re-releasing several of its previous titles under the Point Horror banner. Authors who published under the label of Point Horror include R.L. Stine , L.J. Smith (author) , Diane Hoh , Richie Tankersley Cusick , Christopher Pike , and Caroline B. Cooney . The series was notable as Blind Date was one of R.L. Stine's first works and helped launch his career. After an eight-year absence, Scholastic announced their plan to release three new titles in May 2013, with more to follow later in
80-674: A century of publication, and co-branded the magazines as Scholastic News/Weekly Reader . Scholastic sold READ 180 to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2015. in December 2015, Scholastic launched the Scholastic Reads Podcasts. On October 22, 2020, Scholastic celebrated its 100th anniversary. In 2005, Scholastic developed FASTT Math with Tom Snyder to help students with their proficiency with math skills, specifically being multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction through
120-464: A child's world, she sensed what would appeal to her young readers. Her very personal stamp on the new publication distinguished the succeeding issues during her years as editor." As the new editions for upper and lower grades were added, Fulton remained the principal writer, even after her marriage in 1930 (to Clarence L. Sager, a New York City lawyer) and her moves to New York City and Old Greenwich, Connecticut . Sayre remembered that Fulton wrote for
160-444: A home video unit of Lorimar Productions , to form the line Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video, whereas Scholastic would produce made-for-video programming, and became a best-selling video line for kids, and the pact expired for two years, whereas Scholastic would team up with leading independent family video distributor and a label of International Video Entertainment , Family Home Entertainment , to distribute made-for-video programming for
200-449: A series of games and memorization quizzes gauging the student's progress. In 2013, Scholastic developed System 44 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to help students encourage reading skills. In 2011, Scholastic developed READ 180 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to help students understand their reading skills. The business has three segments: Children's Book Publishing and Distribution, Education Solutions, and International. Scholastic holds
240-654: Is comprised of four main groups – Productions, Marketing & Consumer Products, Interactive, and Audio." Weston Woods is its production studio, acquired in 1996, as was Soup2Nuts (best known for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist , Science Court and Home Movies ) from 2001 to 2015 before shutting down. Scholastic has produced audiobooks such as the Caldecott/Newbery Collection; Scholastic has been involved with several television programs and feature films based on its books. In 1985, Scholastic Productions teamed up with Karl-Lorimar Home Video ,
280-605: Is unique amongst the offshoots as the entire series was written solely by Diane Hoh . In November 2019, it was announced that Point Horror would be adapted into an anthology series for HBO Max . Scholastic Corporation Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education, and media company that publishes and distributes books, comics, and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, children, and other educational institutions. Products are distributed via retail and online sales and through schools via reading clubs and book fairs. Clifford
320-555: The Weekly Reader was a weekly newspaper for elementary school children. It was first published by the American Education Press of Columbus, Ohio , which had been founded in 1902 by Charles Palmer Davis to publish Current Events , a paper for secondary school children. The first issue appeared on September 21, 1928. The first editor was Martha Fulton, who had been hired that summer by Preston Davis,
360-607: The "Total Children's Book Publishing and Distribution" segment ($ 955.2 million), and schools earned over $ 200 million in proceeds in cash and incentive credits. In October 2023, Scholastic created a separate category for books dealing with "race, LGBTQ and other issues related to diversity", allowing schools to opt out of carrying these types of books. Scholastic defended the move, citing legislation in multiple states seeking to ban books dealing with LGBTQ issues or race . After public backlash from educators, authors, and free speech advocacy groups, Scholastic reversed course, saying
400-467: The American Education Press while remaining managing editor of My Weekly Reader , gave Martha Fulton the major credit for the newspaper's popularity. In his memoirs, Sayre quoted Gertrude Wolff, another editor who shared an office with Fulton: "As I had had some editorial experience, she at times sought my advice on minor details, but the conception and execution of those first issues were hers alone. With her imagination, enthusiasm, intuitive understanding of
440-627: The Atlantic. The third issue, published on October 5, 1928, began with "How Mother Nature Prepares for Winter". Uncle Ben described seeing his "first radio television set", even though the paper itself had yet to print even a photograph—illustrations for the Reader having only been drawings to date. On October 12, he wrote about Zeppelins , and the first Reader photographs appeared. They depicted "Mr. and Mrs. Hoover" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Grandchildren". Harrison Sayre, who became president of
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#1732775436153480-551: The Big Red Dog , The Magic School Bus , Goosebumps , Horrible Histories , Captain Underpants , Animorphs , The Baby-Sitters Club , and I Spy . Scholastic also publishes instructional reading and writing programs, and offers professional learning and consultancy services for school improvement. Clifford the Big Red Dog serves as the official mascot of Scholastic. The Scholastic Art & Writing awards
520-399: The Big Red Dog , a character created by Norman Bridwell in 1963, is the mascot of the company. Scholastic was founded in 1920 by Maurice R. Robinson near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to be a publisher of youth magazines. The first publication was The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic . It covered high school sports and social activities; the four-page magazine debuted on October 22, 1920, and
560-470: The Challenge of Popular Culture (Routledge, 1996) many young readers viewed the female characters as the ones who get "upset, killed, or dumped". There have been three offshoots of the Point Horror series that, while all showing the "Point Horror" Logo, are often regarded as separate series in their own rights. They are Point Horror Unleashed , Nightmare Hall and Mutant Point Horror . Nightmare Hall
600-597: The company to the Field Corporation headed by Marshall Field V, heir to the Marshall Field's department store fortune to form Field Publications, which in turn became Newfield Publications after being sold to K-III Communications, a holding company owned by KKR . Weekly Reader Publishing , which began with the publication of the first Current Events on May 20, 1902, celebrated its 100th birthday in 2002. At various times through its publishing history,
640-421: The competition to adapt to the changing times, connect with a wider audience, and continue its mission of nurturing the creative potential of the nation's youth. In 2005, Scholastic developed FASTT Math with Tom Snyder to help students with their proficiency with math skills, specifically being multiplication , division , addition , and subtraction through a series of games and memorization quizzes gauging
680-625: The events face criticism for several reasons: Scholastic book clubs are offered at schools in many countries. Typically, teachers administer the program to the students in their own classes, but in some cases, the program is administered by a central contact for the entire school. Within Scholastic, Reading Clubs is a separate unit (compared to, e.g., Education). Reading clubs are arranged by age/grade. Book club operators receive " Classroom Funds " redeemable only for Scholastic Corporation products. Weekly Reader Weekly Reader
720-560: The latest issue. In 1949, the American Education Press was sold to Wesleyan University and became American Education Publications, a division of the Wesleyan University Press . Editorial offices were moved to Middletown, Connecticut , but printing continued to be done in Columbus, Ohio. There were then six editions, one for each elementary grade, with a total circulation of 4,269,000. Total circulation of AEP papers
760-399: The magazine but were unable to secure the funds from the parent organization to do so, a factor in the magazine's decline. In February 2012, Weekly Reader was acquired by Scholastic , which operated the competing Scholastic News . Scholastic announced that it would be shutting down Weekly Reader publication and moving some of its staff to Scholastic News . Following the completion of
800-510: The magazine was known as My Weekly Reader or Weekly Reader . In 2007, Weekly Reader Corporation became part of The Reader's Digest Association , based in Chappaqua , New York. Weekly Reader ' s main office was relocated from Stamford, Connecticut , to Chappaqua at the end of May 2007. Financial difficulties marred the publication during its time under Reader's Digest ownership; the magazine made efforts to launch an online presence for
840-793: The major owner of the Press, and Harrison Sayre, who became managing editor. Sayre, also the editor of World News , a paper for high school students, had been urged to start a paper for grade schools by teachers he had met in June 1928, while on a sales trip in Indiana . Martha Fulton, who was a friend of Sayre's wife, Mary, and a graduate of Wells College, enjoyed travel and adventure. During World War I , she had been an American Red Cross worker in France . She also had "a remarkable rapport with children and had lively interests in every direction." The lead article
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#1732775436153880-400: The merger, the merged magazines are: One of the best-known events in the magazine's history is its quadrennial "Weekly Reader Student Presidential Election Poll". The poll is an educational exercise in which Weekly Reader -subscribing teachers conduct mock elections to find their students' preference for president. Teachers tabulate the results, then send them to Weekly Reader . (Since 2000,
920-766: The national ballot was important during the actual election, was not on the Weekly Reader ballot that year. In 2005, Weekly Reader Publishing's literary magazine, Read , launched Word , a blog that features student writing and other literary news. It also offers interactive opportunities for reading and writing, including its "What's Your Story?" program, which features "The Weekly Writer", where students can help authors such as Stephen King and R. L. Stine finish an original story. Read magazine has pioneered "electronic issues" around literary themes, including Canterbury Tales , William Shakespeare, and Edgar Allan Poe; these interactive websites incorporate video and film, music and sound effects, rap renditions and flash animation. In
960-531: The new category will be discontinued, writing: "It is unsettling that the current divisive landscape in the U.S. is creating an environment that could deny any child access to books, or that teachers could be penalized for creating access to all stories for their students". Scholastic Book Fairs are viewed positively for promoting a love of reading among children, allowing students to discover their reading preferences, and providing some children with lasting positive memories associated with books and reading. However,
1000-473: The next three years. Scholastic Book Fairs began in 1981. Scholastic provides book fair products to schools, which then conduct the book fairs. Schools can elect to receive books, supplies and equipment or a portion of the proceeds from the book fair. In the United States, during fiscal 2024, revenue from the book fairs channel ($ 541.6 million) accounted for more than half of the company's revenue in
1040-670: The papers for twelve years, adding that "men of the composing room...testify that with her square, legible, longhand copy, she never missed a deadline". Other people who were important to the newspaper's early years were Laura E. Zirbes, a reading expert at the Ohio State University laboratory school, and Dr. Charles H. Judd of the University of Chicago, who introduced Sayre to Dr. William S. Gray , who in turn supplied Fulton with graded vocabulary lists. In 1930, Eleanor Johnson moved from York to Lakewood, Ohio , where she
1080-522: The perpetual US publishing rights to the Harry Potter and Hunger Games book series. Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and print and digital educational materials for pre-K to grade 12. In addition to Harry Potter and The Hunger Games , Scholastic is known for its school book clubs and book fairs, classroom magazines such as Scholastic News and Science World , and popular book series: Clifford
1120-475: The series' similarity to Stephen King , saying that there "was little difference between the approach and design...other than length". Will Davis of The Guardian attributed the decline of the series to higher standards from teen readers and the series' lack of real-life issues. The series has received negative criticism for its portrayal of female characters. British educational historian Mary Hilton wrote in her book Potent Fictions: Children's Literacy and
1160-511: The student's progress. In 2013, Scholastic developed System 44 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to help students encourage reading skills. In 2011, Scholastic developed READ 180 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to help students understand their reading skills. Scholastic Reference publishes reference books . Scholastic Entertainment (formerly Scholastic Productions and Scholastic Media) is a corporate division led by Deborah Forte since 1995. It covers "all forms of media and consumer products, and
1200-598: The surveys have been developed with, and tabulated by, the Zogby International polling organization.) This survey of students in grades K through 12 began in 1956, when readers chose Dwight Eisenhower over Adlai Stevenson . The poll has now been conducted 14 times, most recently in 2008, and the students have voted for the person who became president 13 out of 14 times. The exception was in 1992, when George H. W. Bush garnered more votes than Bill Clinton . Third-party candidate Ross Perot , whose presence on
1240-478: The third issue, Eleanor Johnson , director of elementary schools in York, Pennsylvania , designed tests for the back page. My Weekly Reader was an instant success. By December, circulation was 99,000. In 1929, a second edition was started for younger children, and their combined circulation was 376,000. By 1931, there were four editions, with a combined circulation of 1,099,000. The keys to its early success were
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1280-568: The timely news articles that had a children's angle, and the Uncle Ben letters describing new inventions and discoveries that excited children's imaginations. For example, the second issue's lead article, "A Village Moves to the South Pole", was about Admiral Byrd's 75-man expedition, their sled dogs, and Paul Siple , a Boy Scout who was with them. Uncle Ben wrote about planned "Seadromes", floating airports that airplanes could use to hop across
1320-528: The year. While the Point Horror series did not attract much serious attention, British children's novelist and literary historian Gillian Avery noted the series was "invariably structured around oppositions" in that teen horror novels "does not 'put an end to the opposition between the real and the imaginary' but, instead, affirms the distinction". Roy Fisher wrote the series embodied and represented "the fears and anxieties of young people about their lives in general and about school in particular". Others noted
1360-521: Was 5,605,000. In 1965, Wesleyan sold American Education Publications to the Xerox Corporation to form Xerox Education Press. By then, there was also a kindergarten edition. Eleanor Johnson was editor-in-chief of all editions. A pre-kindergarten edition was added in 1980. There were also curriculum-specific magazines for middle and high school students, including areas such as health, science, careers, reading, and writing. In 1988, Xerox sold
1400-558: Was Founded in 1923 by Maurice R. Robinson, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards , administered by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers , is a competition which recognizes talented young artists and writers from across the United States. The success and enduring legacy of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards can be attributed in part to its well-planned and executed marketing initiatives. These efforts have allowed
1440-616: Was a weekly educational classroom magazine designed for children. It began in 1928 as My Weekly Reader . Editions covered curriculum themes in the younger grade levels and news-based, current events and curriculum themed-issues in older grade levels. The publishing company also created workbooks, literacy centers, and picture books for younger grades. In 2012, Weekly Reader ceased operations as an independent publication and merged with its new owner, Scholastic News , due primarily to market pressures to create digital editions as well as decreasing school budgets. Formerly My Weekly Reader ,
1480-501: Was about the boyhoods of Herbert Hoover and Al Smith . There were two shorter articles: "Wings for Safety", about street crossing guards; and, "Sky Medicine", which was about the healthful qualities of the Sun. The most popular was a letter from "Uncle Ben" about a ride in a German glider on Cape Cod . Fulton wrote all these articles. Her sister Peg was the first artist, though soon replaced by her friend Mary Sherwood Wright. Beginning with
1520-432: Was assistant superintendent of schools until 1934, when she moved to Columbus and later became a managing editor. In 1934, a fifth edition was added for the fifth and sixth grades. The price was twenty cents per semester. Circulation continued to rise, passing two million in 1942. Many people still fondly remember the papers they read as children and how they looked forward to Friday afternoons when their teachers handed out
1560-512: Was distributed in 50 high schools. More magazines followed for Scholastic Magazines. In 1948, Scholastic entered the book club business. In the 1960s, scholastic international publishing locations were added in England 1964, New Zealand 1964, and Sydney 1968. Also in the 1960s, Scholastic entered the book publishing business. In the 1970s, Scholastic created its TV entertainment division. From 1975 until his death in 2021, Richard Robinson , who
1600-465: Was the son of the corporation's founder, served as CEO and president. In 2000, Scholastic purchased Grolier for US$ 400 million. Scholastic became involved in a video collection in 2001. In February 2012, Scholastic bought Weekly Reader Publishing from Reader's Digest Association , and announced in July 2012 that it planned to discontinue separate issues of Weekly Reader magazines after more than
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