Scholastic to correct omission of Israel in children's book

U.S. book publisher Scholastic said that it will correct an error found in a best-selling children's book series that had excluded Israel in a map of the Middle East.

The illustration, which appears in the book “Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt,” displays a map of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Although not drawn to scale, the area where Israel is located is instead represented by Jordan.