The children’s publishing giant announced that Robinson died on Saturday, but did not immediately provide a cause. “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Dick Robinson,” Scholastic’s board of directors said in a statement. Besides the Potter books, Scholastic also publishes such popular series as Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants and Norman Bridwell’s Clifford the Big Red Dog. Early lifeA Pittsburgh native and graduate of Harvard College, he was the son of Maurice R. Robinson, who founded Scholastic as a classroom magazine in 1920. Scholastic books often were in the annual list of “challenged books” that is compiled by the American Library Association.

Source: The Hindu June 07, 2021 02:28 UTC