Or perhaps you saw him at the annual Scholastic Dinner. Perhaps you visited with him in the Scholastic booth with Clifford, the Big Red Dog, or saw him standing near a Magic School Bus mural. Most readers-child or teen or adult-don’t know the president of publishing houses, but those of us who attended the NCTE Annual Convention had a chance to meet Dick, visit with him, thank him for his commitment to publishing. And that connected us to its president and CEO, Richard (Dick) Robinson. While each in its own way connected children to the power and joy of reading, they all connected us to one of the world’s best-known publishing houses: Scholastic. Flake) the Hunger Games series (Suzanne Collins) and on and on and on. Stine) Martin Rising: Requiem for a King (Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney) Esperanza Rising (Pam Muñoz Ryan) My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World (Malcolm Mitchell) The Life I’m In (Sharon G. Martin) the Captain Underpants series (Dav Pilkey) the Goosebumps series (R. Rowling) the Baby-Sitters Club series (Anne M. The books are award-winning and iconic: Front Desk (Kelly Yang) Child of the Dream: A Memoir of 1963 (Sharon Robinson) the Harry Potter series (J. From Kylene Beers, NCTE President, 2008–2009
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