“Phonic Books are the best decodable books out there.”  —Barbara Steinberg, PDX Reading Specialist   Phonic Books is changing the way educators teach reading, one sound at a time. Developed by literacy experts and aligned with the Science of Reading, Phonic Books offers a wide range of truly decodable books—with ~90% of words within being decodable—making

On Tuesday, March 11th, Penguin Random House partnered with Little Free Library (LFL) to celebrate a momentous milestone: the installation of the 200,000th Little Free Library at Benjamin E. Mays IB World School, an elementary school located in the historic Rondo neighborhood of St. Paul, MN. Students who excelled in a recent school-wide reading challenge

Sustaining K-12 DEI Initiatives in a Changing Landscape: Tips, Tools, and Strategies Wednesday, February 12, 2025 @ 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET   Presented by Dr. Keisha Harris, Principal, Central School (NJ), and Affirmative Action and DEI Officer; Dr. Lori Rhodes, Associate Superintendent for High Schools, Stamford Public Schools (CT); and Dr. Erica Silva, School

On Tuesday, September 24th, Penguin Random House Education and Penguin Press partnered with edWeb, an award-winning professional learning network, to host a free one-hour webinar entitled “Free the Anxious Generation Movement: A Call for K-12 School Leaders”. The event featured a discussion between Dr. Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s

For National Bullying Prevention Month, which takes place annually in October, we are highlighting books that raise awareness on the effects that bullying can have on young people and how to be a better ally to those who might be a target of bullying. Here is a selection of titles that we encourage you to