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Scholastic Reads Podcast

“The host and their guests have great conversations about books and reading." - Scholastic Reads Listener

Overview

WHAT IS IT?

An award-winning podcast about the joy and power of reading, featuring the books Scholastic publishes for children and young adults, and the authors, editors, and stories behind them.

WHO'S IT FOR?

Scholastic Reads explores topics important to parents, educators, librarians, children's book authors, and the reader in all of us.

ON THE WEB

scholastic.com/podcast

Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere you find your podcasts.

HOST(S)

Billy DiMichele

(2024 - Present)

Suzanne McCabe

(2015 - 2024)

Press Releases

New Podcast Series, “Scholastic Reads,” Launches Today With Behind-the-Scenes Stories About the Harry Potter Series

December 14, 2015

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Select Scholastic Reads Episodes

For full summaries, guest information, and to stream full episodes, click the titles below.

New Year, New Scares: Goosebumps Kicks Off 2025 with Thrills, Chills and a Vanishing Act

January 16, 2025

Scholastic Reads Podcast

EVA-DORABLE: Rebecca Elliott Talks a Decade of the Owl Diaries, Eva the Owlet, and more!

December 20, 2024

Scholastic Reads Podcast

Cat on the Run: A Conversation with Aaron Blabey

August 15, 2024

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35 for 35: Reach Out and Read Launches a New Book Collection

July 23, 2024

Scholastic Reads Podcast

We Dream a World: Celebrating Black History Month with Yolanda Renee King

February 7, 2024

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Big Tree: A Conversation With Author and Illustrator Brian Selznick

April 20, 2023

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Awards

27TH ANNUAL COMMUNICATOR AWARD

Scholastic Reads is recognized in the 2021 Communicator Awards, earning an Award of Distinction for “Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges on the Struggle for Racial Justice,” in the Individual Episodes – Diversity & Inclusion category.

26TH ANNUAL COMMUNICATOR AWARD

Scholastic Reads is recognized in the 2020 Communicator Awards, taking home two Awards of Excellence for its “Read with Pride” and “It Takes Guts: Raina Telgemeier and Eli Lebowitz” episodes. The podcast also earned Awards of Distinction as an overall corporate series, and for the episode “Aida Salazar on Agency in Adolescence.”

25TH ANNUAL COMMUNICATOR AWARD

Scholastic Reads is recognized in the 2019 Communicator Awards, taking home the Award of Excellence in the Mini-series category for the 20 Years of Magic mini-series surrounding the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter, and Awards of Distinction for best overall corporate communications podcast and an individual episode, “Journeys to America”