EXCLUSIVE: Dog Man, the canine-human superhero of a popular kids book series by best-selling Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey, is getting the stage musical treatment. Emmy Award winning duo Kevin Del Aguila and Brad Alexander are on board to write Dog Man: The Musical, with Jen Wineman directing and choreographing…

UPDATE with tribute video: Morton Schindel, founder of Weston Woods Studios which was Oscar-nominated for an animated short children’s film, died August 20 at age 98. Schindel produced more than 300 films and 450 recordings based on award-winning children’s books that are found in school and library collections…

EXCLUSIVE: Scholastic has acquired the worldwide rights to four books by 9-year-old Hilde Lysiak — to be co-written with her father, reporter Matthew Lysiak — and now the film/TV rights are being sold off. Lysiak, who rides around on her pink bike in search of stories, recently rose to fame for being the first…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is looking to build a film franchise from Spirit Animals, the Scholastic series of books that revolve around four kids who come age in the land of Erdas with the power to form a rare bond with animals that include a wolf, leopard, panda and falcon. They become the world’s last hope as a…

The stock price is down more than 13% this morning following the release of disappointing financials for the quarter that ended in February — including sales of The Hunger Games trilogy that CEO Richard Robinson says were “significantly lower than our expectations.” Scholastic ended the period with a $20.1M loss, vs a…

The education-focused publishing company seemed subdued today, less than a week after the tragic school shootings in Connecticut. In a conference call with analysts to discuss earnings, Scholastic CEO Richard Robinson expressed sympathy for families of the murdered students and teachers. He also urged schools to…

Dish Network Loses Fewer Subs Than Expected In Q2. Dish Network shares are up 1.8% at midday after it disclosed better-than-expected subscriber numbers for the quarter that ended in June. In a press release announcing plans for a debt offering, the satellite company said it wound up with 14.06M customers: That’s down…

The book publisher’s stock price rocketed 19% on heavier than usual trading this morning after it reported that sales of The Hunger Games trilogy contributed to startlingly strong results for the quarter that ended in February. Scholastic had a net loss of $3.2M, an improvement from last year’s $25.1M loss, on…