Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the publication of a special gift edition of the worldwide bestselling ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins for holiday 2011. Three movie tie-in titles will follow in early 2012, based on ‘The Hunger Games’ film, currently in production at Lionsgate. Scholastic will publish and deliver the titles through all of its distribution channels both domestically and internationally.
‘The Hunger Games Collector’s Edition’ ($30, November 2011, ISBN: 978-0-545-40577-5) will be published in November 2011 and will include a special slipcase featuring exclusive new ‘Mockingjay’ artwork. The three movie tie-in titles include ‘The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-In Edition ‘($12.99, February 2012, ISBN: 978-0-545-42511-7), ‘The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion’ ($18.99, February 2012, ISBN: 978-0-545-42290-1) and ‘The World of The Hunger Games’ ($17.99, February 2012; ISBN: 978-0-545-42290-1), all to be published in February 2012 in advance of the much-anticipated March 2012 feature film release.
“Millions of readers have already discovered the world of ‘The Hunger Games’ series, and now even more will come to it through the release of the film,” said Ellie Berger, President of the Scholastic Trade Publishing division. “The collector’s edition will be the perfect holiday gift this year for teens or adults, and the tie-in books will add new dimensions to our ‘Hunger Games’ publishing as we anticipate the release of the feature film.”
First published in September 2008, ‘The Hunger Games’ was an instant bestseller, appealing to both teen readers and adults. It has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 140 consecutive weeks since publication, and there are more than 9.6 million copies of all three books in the trilogy, ‘The Hunger Games,’ ‘Catching Fire,’ and ‘Mockingjay,’ in print in the U.S. to date. Foreign publishing rights for The Hunger Games trilogy have been sold into 42 territories.
