Home Base by Scholastic

Women's History Month zone!

- Check out the Halloween Hub!
- New K.R. Alexander Zone!
- New Zombie Season Clothing!

The mystery in the hub continues!

A new mystery on the hub!

Bug fixes

- Summer Reading is back!
- Updated Witchlings zone!

- Updates to registration

- Meet Eva the Owlet on Home Base to celebrate her new show on Apple+!
- New 'Dragon Girls' zone and dragon horn hats!
- Spring has sprung in the Hub!

Celebrate Black History Month with the new Share Black Stories Zone!

Halloween takes over the Hub! Celebrate Goosebump's 30th Anniversary by talking with Slappy & R.L Stine, browsing through the entire Goosebumps library, and watch Goosebumps videos!

• CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS ZONE! Tra-la-la! Captain Underpants lands on the Hub bringing with him a whole new zone, minigame, and a collection of t-shirts!
• CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS GAME! Pick either Harold or George and skate through a variety of challenges like popping balloons and collecting letters. Can you complete all the levels?
• NEW STORE NOTIFICATIONS! At long last, you’ll know what items in the store are the newest!
• MORE BOOK LOGOS IN STORE! Now in the Library section in the store, you’ll know what series a certain item is from!
• BEST WISHES! Dress like Becca with a clothing set from Sarah Mlynowski’s new series, Best Wishes! Visit Event Island for a special event t-shirt!
• WHATEVER AFTER! Celebrate Whatever After’s 10th Anniversary with a new clothing set: Sleepover!

Bug fixes

- Epic Comic Club in Home Base!
- New Shop UI which includes filtering by Book Series!
- New Author Ambassadors in the Summer Reading zone! Welcome R.L. Stine and Christina Soontornvat!

• READ WITH PRIDE! Celebrate Pride Month with a colorful zone and featured books from some amazing LGBTQ+ authors, don’t forget to grab a free “Be Who You Are” shirt!
• NEW ITEMS! Pick up a horse sweater, Abby’s ballerina outfit, and some pool-themed clothes!
• ANNOUNCEMENTS BOARD! Keep track of what’s new in Home Base with a special new board on the Hub and Main Menu!
• EVENT LINKS! Event descriptions can now link to posts so you can learn more about the authors and books in our events!
• Bug fix for the browser version - you no longer get logged out every time you refresh the webpage!

• SUMMER READING! Check-in every day to increase your Reading Streak, earn cool rewards, and help donate 100,000 books to Save the Children!
• AUTHOR AMBASSADORS! Talk to Claribel Ortega and Justin Reynolds NPCs in the new Summer Reading zone!
• FEATURED BOOKS! Snag free items and read excerpts from two new featured books: “It’s the End of the World and I’m in My Bathing Suit” and “Horse Country”
• PUZZLE TROPHIES! May and June puzzle trophies are here! Solve puzzles, put together clues, and earn hidden rewards.
• EVENT ISLAND UPGRADES! New and improved Event Island stage, including special screens for images! (Did someone ask for powerpoint events? No? Oh well.)

- Spring has sprung in the hub!
- New emojis
- Additions to Event Island

- Introducing 'Daily Quests'!
- New 'Share Black Stories' zone!

Frozen Festival has returned! Check-in every day to win fun winter themed items!

- New Halloween Hub & clothing!
- New Hispanic and Latin Heritage Month zone
- Multiplayer games are back!

- New Summer Reading Author Ambassadors!
- Clifford Movie trailer
- Dog Man Summer Camp free t-shirt give-away

Updates to featured books

• WINTRY HUB! The Hub weather report is saying: expect a wintry mix, with a chance of candy canes. Hope you have your puffer jacket and winter hat ready because it’s officially freezing!
• FROZEN FESTIVAL! ‘Tis the season for a Winter Event! Can you help Abby and The Snow Queen? Get your Daily Scoop to help clear the Hub of snow and uncover all sorts of goodies.
• IMAGE UPLOAD! You can now upload your own images into comics. Upload as a .png or .jpg and show the community your art!
• SCAVENGER HUNT! The spooky Slappy dolls have been replaced with some frosty Snow Cones. Find them all and you’ll be snow happy you did.
• NEW MUSIC! The Hub has some festive new music for the winter season. Event Island also now has its own music!
• QUEEN SNOWFALL! A new dragon has joined the fray! You can hang out with Queen Snowfall on the Hub, just make sure you have your IceWing onesie on.
• NEW STICKERS! Animorphs, The Ickabog, and Cat Kid Comic Club stickers have been added to the comic creator. Plus new Wings of Fire, Geronimo Stilton, Baby-Sitters Club, The Bad Guys, and Home Base stickers!

• EVENT ISLAND! A new island is here! This is a special island for hosting all sorts of events, with a stage and chairs for your viewing comfort. Notifications for events will also now be much more prominent.
• HALLOWEEN HUB! Something creepy this way comes - and it’s arrived at the Hub! Enjoy a monster blood fountain, pumpkins, skeletons, candles and more! OoOoOo...
• SCAVENGER HUNT! An all-new scavenger hunt activity on the Hub! Can you find all 10 hidden Slappy dolls for a reward?
• CHAT CHANGES! Global and local chats have been split, so when you chat in local it no longer shows up in global. This should make RPing much easier!
• MINIGAME REVAMP! Fast & Furriest and Magic Carpet Ride have been totally reworked to be more enjoyable. Check 'em out!
• NEW ZONE! Ickabog comes to the Hub, with an all-new zone.
• COMICS, CLOTHES, FURNITURE! Check out new Animorphs comic creator stickers (and more!), plus our new orange Haunted Mask, Agent Fox Hair, face masks, glasses varieties and more!• EVENT ISLAND! A new island is here! This is a special island for hosting all sorts of events, with a stage and chairs for your viewing comfort. Notifications for events will also now be much more prominent.
• HALLOWEEN HUB! Something creepy this way comes - and it’s arrived at the Hub! Enjoy a monster blood fountain, pumpkins, skeletons, candles and more! OoOoOo...
• SCAVENGER HUNT! An all-new scavenger hunt activity on the Hub! Can you find all 10 hidden Slappy dolls for a reward?
• CHAT CHANGES! Global and local chats have been split, so when you chat in local it no longer shows up in global. This should make RPing much easier!
• MINIGAME REVAMP! Fast & Furriest and Magic Carpet Ride have been totally reworked to be more enjoyable. Check 'em out!
• NEW ZONE! Ickabog comes to the Hub, with an all-new zone.
• COMICS, CLOTHES, FURNITURE! Check out new Animorphs comic creator stickers (and more!), plus our new orange Haunted Mask, Agent Fox Hair, face masks, glasses varieties and more!

• EVENT ISLAND! A new island is here! This is a special island for hosting all sorts of events, with a stage and chairs for your viewing comfort. Notifications for events will also now be much more prominent.
• HALLOWEEN HUB! Something creepy this way comes - and it’s arrived at the Hub! Enjoy a monster blood fountain, pumpkins, skeletons, candles and more! OoOoOo...
• SCAVENGER HUNT! An all-new scavenger hunt activity on the Hub! Can you find all 10 hidden Slappy dolls for a reward?
• CHAT CHANGES! Global and local chats have been split, so when you chat in local it no longer shows up in global. This should make RPing much easier!
• MINIGAME REVAMP! Fast & Furriest and Magic Carpet Ride have been totally reworked to be more enjoyable. Check 'em out!
• NEW ZONE! Ickabog comes to the Hub, with an all-new zone.
• COMICS, CLOTHES, FURNITURE! Check out new Animorphs comic creator stickers (and more!), plus our new orange Haunted Mask, Agent Fox Hair, face masks, glasses varieties and more!

Bug Fixes

• SUMMER READING! The event is officially over, we hope you enjoyed it! We're taking down the check-ins, free books, and reading streaks but you can still download your Reading Report.
• FAIRS ZONE UPGRADE! A bigger Scholastic Book Fairs zone with more books to browse
• KIRANMALA ZONE! Kiranmala has a new spot where you can see the book covers and read the excerpts
• KLUTZ! We revamped the Klutz zone and added new Klutz stickers to the Comic Creator
• POWER OF STORY! New section in the library where you can browse books that tell the stories of historically underrepresented groups
• SPANISH EXCERPTS! Some books now have Spanish language descriptions and excerpts
• VIDEO ACCESS POINTS! We've added new video access points in various areas that open up the Newsfeed to the video filter and a specific brand
• BUGS BUGS BUGS! Many bug fixes like the issue where your player profile or newsfeed close randomly

- Network improvements
- Increased player amount in the hub (a room can now host 100 players)
- Bug fixes

- Book Box armor from Scholastic Book Clubs
- Twenty-sided die emote for new role-playing possibilities
- Improved performance in the hub for less lag
- Various other fixes and improvements

- New free books feature
- Various bug fixes

• SUMMER READ-A-PALOOZA! This year, Summer Read-a-Palooza is coming to Home Base! Track “Reading Streaks,” download a Reading Report, and view leaderboards! You’ll also earn cool, exclusive rewards like furniture and clothing items and trophies by participating in Summer Read-a-Palooza! What are you waiting for? Start your Reading Streak today!

• SUMMER READ-A-PALOOZA ZONE! Visit the Summer-Read-a-Palooza Zone on the Hub to talk to new characters like everyone’s favorite big red dog, Clifford, and his best friend, Emily Elizabeth! Other characters from different islands like Dog Man, Li’l Petey, Mr. Wolf, Glory, and more will be making a guest appearance don the Hub this summer!

• EXPANDED HUB! The Hub is now bigger and better than ever with more room to explore! Walk around and see what you can discover - there might be a secret pathway, or two!

• BABY-SITTERS CLUB! Welcome Kristy Thomas and Claudia Kishi from the Baby-sitters Club to Home Base! They’re on the Hub, so stop by and say hi!

•NEW MINIGAME! Play Babysitter Heroes and test out your entrepreneurial skills. How good are you at balancing each family’s baby-sitter preferences with the baby-sitters available? Play to find out!

•NEW CLOTHING AND FURNITURE! Check-in to Summer Read-a-Palooza everyday and you’ll earn some cool gear! There’s also new Baby-sitters Club themed clothing and furniture items available in the store.

•NEW TROPHIES! There are new Summer Read-a-Palooza trophies, mystery trophies, and more! Take a look at the full list in the Trophies tab in your Player Profile.

•NEW HUB GUEST! Welcome your favorite mouse, Geronimo Stilton, to the Hub! He’s here promoting his new graphic novel, Geronimo Stilton and the Sewer Rat Stink!

TUTORIAL! For new players, we've included a tutorial that’ll help you learn the basics of what there is to do in Home Base and how you can get the most out of your time here! And for new players who are unsure of what to do or curious to learn more, you can now visit Jasper on The Hub. He’s standing right past the red ribbon to the right of the town square. Swing by and say hi!

WHATEVER AFTER ISLAND UPDATE! Join Abby as she travels to Oz and walks the Yellow Brick Road. Which Wizard in Oz character speaks to you the most? Is it the Cowardly Lion? The Tin Man? The Scarecrow? Or maybe Dorothy herself? New, Oz-themed outfits are here!

NEW CLOTHING! Dress up like your favorite character from Oz thanks to Abby’s travels to the Emerald City in the newest Whatever After book! And they say April showers bring May flowers, so get ready to weather the rain with a yellow hat and trench coat inspired by Geronimo Stilton's very own Hercule Poirat.

NEW FURNITURE! Halloween's half a year away, but for those of you who are itching for the spooky season, we have new Goosebumps furniture including a cobweb table, shelf, a creaky rocking chair, the infamous Cuckoo Clock of Doom, and everyone’s favorite dummy… Slappy! Also, enjoy new Geronimo Stilton furniture like a yellow telephone and cheese rind collection and get ready for summer with a new Wings of Fire Sand Kingdom-themed wallpaper and flooring set!

TUTORIAL! For new players, we've included a tutorial that’ll help you learn the basics of what there is to do in Home Base and how you can get the most out of your time here! And for new players who are unsure of what to do or curious to learn more, you can now visit Jasper on The Hub. He’s standing right past the red ribbon to the right of the town square. Swing by and say hi!

WHATEVER AFTER ISLAND UPDATE! Join Abby as she travels to Oz and walks the Yellow Brick Road. Which Wizard in Oz character speaks to you the most? Is it the Cowardly Lion? The Tin Man? The Scarecrow? Or maybe Dorothy herself? New, Oz-themed outfits are here!

NEW CLOTHING! Dress up like your favorite character from Oz thanks to Abby’s travels to the Emerald City in the newest Whatever After book! And they say April showers bring May flowers, so get ready to weather the rain with a yellow hat and trench coat inspired by Geronimo Stilton's very own Hercule Poirat.

NEW FURNITURE! Halloween's half a year away, but for those of you who are itching for the spooky season, we have new Goosebumps furniture including a cobweb table, shelf, a creaky rocking chair, the infamous Cuckoo Clock of Doom, and everyone’s favorite dummy… Slappy! Also, enjoy new Geronimo Stilton furniture like a yellow telephone and cheese rind collection and get ready for summer with a new Wings of Fire Sand Kingdom-themed wallpaper and flooring set!

HOME ISLAND! Home sweet home! You now have your own personal Home Island that you can decorate with furniture. Have you always dreamed of creating your own Wings of Fire home or spooky Goosebumps lair? Well, don't let your dreams be memes and make it so!

FURNITURE FOR SALE! Hope you're been saving, because the shop doesn't just sell items for your avatar anymore! We've added a furniture shop filled with stuff for your Home Island, themed after the books you love.

KLUTZ ZONE! The Creativity Corner has been revamped to bring Klutz into Home Base! Play our new Super Collider minigame, enjoy fancy new Klutz-themed items for your avatar and Home island, and talk with Violet - our new NPC!

CHEESY MAP GAME! Geronimo Stilton now has a map game, Holey Swiss Cheese. How long can you last without being squished?

QIBLI! Finally Qibli comes to visit the Hub, bringing a slice of the desert with him. Make sure to get all that sand out of your shoes. Trying matching with him in an all-new Sandwing onesie.

KIRANMALA! Kiranmala also comes to the Hub, bringing new outfits for you to wear with her.

NEW COMIC CREATOR ART! We've added all new Klutz and Kiranmala sections, updated images for The Bad Guys and Geronimo Stilton, and included the newest book covers like Wings of Fire: Dragonslayer!

MORE BOOK EXCERPTS! We've spruced up the path between the Dance Floor and Catapult with all-new books and excerpts!

NEW ISLAND! Welcome Geronimo Stilton and friends in the new Geronimo Stilton Island!
NEW GAMES! Help the Supa Buddies stop a bank robbery in Supa Racers, and Geronimo find Trap in Traps 'N' Stones minigames!
GAME OF THE DAY! Trying to save up for those dragon wings? Enjoy double the rewards when you play the Game of the day!
CAT KID'S COMIC CLUB! Join Cat Kid's Comic Club and post your own Dog Man comics!

• BOOK FAIRS! A brand new area has opened on the Hub. Visit Robin in the Scholastic Book Fair Zone and help him run a book fair in the new minigame, Book Fair Frenzy!

• BOOK CLUBS! What’s that floating around the Hub? A Book Box? Talk to it (yes, boxes can talk) and you’ll enjoy a new minigame on the Hub as well as earn a special item!

• SIGNATURES! Edit your signature in your Player Profile, and view them on the Newsfeed. Write a brief snippet about yourself!

• PLAYER PROFILES! You can now view other players profiles! You can see their Newsfeed posts, Trophies, and signatures.

• MYSTERY TROPHIES! Shhh….. It’s a mystery!

• ISLAND MAPS! New icons have been added to show what you can interact with, like characters or games. Try clicking them and you’ll run right there!

• NEW CLOTHES! Get icy with an IceWing onesie and more!

• NEW COMIC CREATOR ART! Added new backgrounds to customize panels and some admin-inspired images.

• FEATURED BOOKS! Glory (and a friendly sloth) brings a slice of the rainforest to the Hub to celebrate The Hidden Kingdom graphic novel. Check out The Forgotten Girl just above the fountain with a new book excerpt!

• NEW ISLAND! Travel to Dog Man Island and welcome Dog Man, Li’l Petey, Petey, and 80-HD to the world of Home Base!

• NEW MINI GAMES! Calling all Dog Man fans! Try and recreate your favorite Dog Man characters in the Make-O-Matic 3000 or tag them as fast as you can in Tagging Supa Buddies.

• NEW MAP GAME! Help the Bark Knight, Cat Kid, & Lightning Dude try and reign in an army of sentient hot dogs before they take over the world!

• POLLS! Got any burning questions that you need answered? You can now create your very own Poll in the Newsfeed for everyone to vote on!

• NEW CLOTHING! Dog Man clothing galore, plus much more like an Invisible Boy outfit (invisibility not included) and a pirate outfit to help inspire this year’s Halloween costume!

• GLOBAL AND LOCAL CHAT! Global and Local chat tabs have been added to the chatbox! Chats can now be filtered depending on what island you are on.

• PLAYER PROFILES! You are now able to view your avatar in your very own Player Profile! View your avatar, XP and level, and tokens all in one place.

• NEW HUB VISITORS! Welcome the Invisible Boy, Dog Man, and Li’l Petey to The Hub! They’ll be hanging out in the front by the fountain.

• NEW TROPHIES! Put your game playing skills to the test with new trophies related to the Dog Man minigames and map games!

• HELP PAGE! We’ve added a handy dandy help page located in the Settings Menu and on the bottom of the Main Menu for the most popular questions that we’ve received!

• SMALLER APP SIZE! We’ve reduced the app size to less than 1GB for initial downloads

AR SCAN! Select Scholastic books will have a Home Base image to scan. If you do, you'll unlock a special item!

POST LINKING! A new Newsfeed feature - now each post has a Post ID you can use to link multiple posts together.

INCREASED CHARACTER LIMIT! Text posts and comics can now have up to 9000 characters!

LEAFWING ONESIE! Dress like you're ready to explore the Poison Jungle with this new outfit.

NEW HUB VISITOR! Welcome Tsunami to the Hub! She's taking a refreshing break from her Jade Mountain Academy duties by hanging out in our fountain.

What’s new in this jam-packed update?!

• REVAMPED NEWSFEED! Now with scrollbar, titles for text posts, new sorting methods, copy/paste on web, more posts fitting on the screen... and so much more. You’ll have to see to find out!

• AUDIOBOOKS GALORE! Listen to audiobook excerpts while you explore Home Base, play games, and enjoy map games with your friends

• MAP GAME NOTIFICATIONS! Never miss a map game again - join right from the notification and they now occur every 5 minutes

• MAP GAME IMPROVEMENTS! Gameplay improvements to the map games you know and love. Most notably Invasion of the Birdy Snatchers which is now more about herding than carrying the birbs

• LEADERBOARDS! Show off your map game prowess in the new Leaderboards

• NEW MINIGAMES! Don’t get lost in Maze Navigation on I Survived island, Fly Magic Carpet Ride on Whatever After island, and pop a wheelie The Fast and The Furriest on The Bad Guys island

• NEW CAMOUFLAGE CHALLENGE! Now in a cave! With more objects!

• WORD WRANGLE! More words, harder than ever to farm

• NEW AVATAR ITEMS! new Dactyl Hill Squad and Bone items, an alien outfit, robot outfit, ninja suit, and a number of Mr. Wolf related items (ears!)

• FEATURED BOOK! Talking about Mr. Wolf….please welcome him to the Hub to celebrate the release of The Bad Guys #9 in the Big Bad Wolf! He’s visiting by the fountain, stop by and say hi.

• SPECIAL EVENTS! Special Events in the Events Calendar. Can’t keep track of official Hide n Seek or Map Game Mayhem events? Now they’ll appear in the Event Calendar!

• NEW ISLAND! Travel to the Whatever After Island! Explore fairytales and talk to Abby, Jonah, Snow White, and the Snow Queen
• NEW GAMES! Test your memory skills in Memory Cards or dodge snowballs in Frozen Fight on the Whatever After Island! On the I Survived Island, cast your eyes towards the stars in Constellations
• NEW AVATAR ITEMS! Dress up in a ball gown or stay cozy in a puffer jacket in new Whatever After-themed clothing items
• NEW COMIC CREATOR ART! New comic creator art has been added for Whatever After, The Bad Guys, and Spirit Animals
• NEW TAGS! We’ve added Spirit Animals, Horizon, and Whatever After tags for the Newsfeed
• THE LIBRARY IS OPEN! Peruse your favorite series and learn about new ones
• New main menu, UI updates, and bug fixes

• NEW ISLAND! Travel to the Whatever After Island! Explore fairytales and talk to Abby, Jonah, Snow White, and the Snow Queen
• NEW GAMES! Test your memory skills in Memory Cards or dodge snowballs in Frozen Fight on the Whatever After Island! On the I Survived Island, cast your eyes towards the stars in Constellations
• NEW AVATAR ITEMS! Dress up in a ball gown or stay cozy in a puffer jacket in new Whatever After-themed clothing items
• NEW COMIC CREATOR ART! New comic creator art has been added for Whatever After, The Bad Guys, and Spirit Animals
• NEW TAGS! We’ve added Spirit Animals, Horizon, and Whatever After tags for the Newsfeed
• THE LIBRARY IS OPEN! Peruse your favorite series and learn about new ones
• New main menu, UI updates, and bug fixes