Scholastic (Nasdaq: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributorof children's books. As a global children's publishing and media companyserving the needs of parents, teachers, and children, Scholastic providesproprietary book and software distribution through school book clubs, schoolbook fairs and to classrooms, as well as through the retail trade. Since 1920,Scholastic has created quality educational materials for schools and hasexpanded its reach to include the distribution of books, software, toys,online learning services and television programming directly to the home.Scholastic's Grolier division is the leading print and online publisher ofchildren's reference materials and the leader in children's direct-to-homebook clubs. Internationally, Scholastic