Now more than ever, students need literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people. From Erika L. Sanchez’s poignant YA novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter to Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz’s highly informative An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People, Penguin Random House has extensive offerings for

Independent reading provides students the opportunity not only to supplement their existing literature and language assignments, but also to temporarily escape the anxieties of our current reality. From George Takei’s graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy to John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, Penguin Random House has extensive offerings for your students. Click here

PRH Education was thrilled to host its inaugural High School Teacher Advisory Board Meeting on February 18th at the Penguin Random House headquarters. The nine board members—six women and three men—hailed from a range of geographic locations, from Southern California to Central Illinois to the Bronx in Manhattan. The board included six English and social

John Warner has more than two decades of experience teaching writing, from composition, fiction, and narrative nonfiction to technical and humor writing. But when he sat down to turn his course into his book The Writer’s Practice, he was met with the same challenge teachers find themselves faced with in the wake of the COVID-19

Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s debut story collection Sabrina & Corina is now available in paperback wherever books are sold. Spotlighting Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in and around the author’s native Denver, Colorado, these short stories take stock of both the challenges these women face—from misogyny to gentrification—and their joy, fiercely claimed

Interested in book recommendations for your Advanced Placement® courses? We’ve put together a series of curated collections for your browsing pleasure!    As you explore, remember that you can download each of these collections as PDFs, Excel files, or even as a cost proposal request form.                   

The film adaptation of Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is now streaming, available to rent or purchase through digital outlets such as Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Google Play. In February, the acclaimed film won six NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Actor in a Motion

Dear Reader, This story is fiction. But it also tells the truth. All stories start with a seed and for me that seed was planted years ago when I first crossed paths with Lord Byron’s epic poem, The Giaour, along with his deeply ingrained Orientalism and sexism. In college, I took a class that centered around

Educators are using Minecraft to teach a range of subjects, from history and chemistry to computer science and math. The game empowers educators to transform their classroom with game-based learning. Students build key skills like creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving to help prepare them to thrive in the digital world and future workplace. The Minecraft Educational Sampler will introduce you to the world of Minecraft and provide helpful tips

Each year, Penguin Random House Education hosts two scholarship essay contests for high school students: The Signet Classics Essay Contest and the Penguin Classics Essay Contest. The Signet Classics Scholarship Essay Contest, established in 1996, is open to qualifying high school juniors and seniors. In 2018-2019, students were asked to respond to questions about The