Find a Christian
Alternative for
Scholastic Books
By Dr. Josh Mulvihill
S
CHOLASTIC is a large publishing
company with over $1.5 billion in
revenue 1 and known for distributing
educational books to schools, teach-
ers, parents, and children. They have
over three thousand books in print, a
well-established book club for schools,
teaching collections, and guided read-
ing programs that are widely used by
public and private schools.
Recently, two Scholastic books found
their way into our home. My ten-year-
old son earned two books of his choice
from our local library for completing a
summer reading challenge. Both books
were from Scholastic and part of the
I Survived series, which is meant to
bring history to life for grades 2-7 with
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Are your
child’s books
building or
dismantling
their faith?
books on the important moments in
American history.
We have a policy that we always
preview what our children read and
watch, so my son handed me I Survived
the American Revolution, 1776 and
I Survived the Attacks of September
11, 2001. I began reading I Survived
the Attacks of September 11, 2001 and
learned that it told the story of two
planes flying into the buildings and
centered around the heroic efforts of a
firefighter who responded by selflessly
saving lives.
I quickly learned that Scholas-
tic books present a distorted version
of history. I Survived the Attacks of
September 11, 2001 did not mention