Penguin Young Readers Group & Skype in the Classroom: A Premier Partner Program

Penguin Young Readers Group is the exclusive book publishing partner for Skype in the Classroom, a fast-growing global network of over 40,000 innovative teachers!

Skype in the Classroom is a social networking site for teachers. It is a way for educators to forge new relationships, create new partnerships, and share learning experiences virtually.

Skype has over 40,000 participating teachers from around the globe. Skype in the Classroom has a 70,000 Facebook fan-base, and a 20,000 Twitter following!

Penguin, the premier book publishing partner for Skype in the Classroom, offers authors on "project pages" for teachers to connect with. The project pages contain digital assets for teachers to use and distribute — including discussion guides, lesson plans, author videos, and more. Author "visits" can be arranged this way, where an author participates in a classroom discussion about his/her book, and the teachers/students get to interact with the author, without having to host him/her for a traditional school visit.

Penguin's list of authors will appeal to teachers from Kindergarten through High School. Our comprehensive list of participating authors includes:

Jay Asher, Joan Bauer, Susane Colasanti, Ally Condie, Adam Gidwitz, Paul Griffin, M.H. Herlong, Curtis Jobling, Ellen Klages, Nancy Krulik, Ingrid Law, Caroline Lawrence, C. Alexander London, Marie Lu, Michelle Paver, Geoff Rodkey, Ruta Sepetys

A message from a teacher after Ingrid Law Skype visit:

"Hi Ingrid, Last Thursday's Skype session was fabulous! Students and teachers were inspired by your responses to our questions. It was wonderful to see that 5 students have Savvy on their desk today, and many more have added your books to their summer reading list. I look forward to possibly having the opportunity to Skype with you in the next school year again, so a new group of students can be inspired by you too…"

(visit Ingrid Law, author of Savvy and Scumble on the Skype)

A message from a teacher and students after an Adam Gidwitz Skype visit:

"Thanks so much for Skyping with us. It was a huge hit. Some of the kids handed in thank you notes and I thought you might enjoy some of their comments" —Carole (teacher)

"I totally enjoyed our Skype call. The thing I really enjoyed the most was how you told the story. It was so funny." —Max J.

"I really enjoyed the Skype call. I thought the story was interesting and the faces you used to explain how others looked when told the story before were hilarious. I don't like to read much but I loved your stories. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us." —Kai

(visit Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark and Grimm and In a Glass Grimmly on Skype)