Evan-Moor.com

Our Mission
Since 1979, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers has provided teachers and educators with practical, creative, and engaging PreK-6+ educational materials to support and enrich the curriculum.

We strive to produce educational materials that are aligned with current standards and best educational practices, but that are also aligned with student interests and motivations. We pride ourselves on our ability to create products that not only build and reinforce basic and complex skills, but that build and reinforce a curiosity about the subjects in which those skills are taught—about reading, writing, math, science, the arts, social studies, and geography—products that help children learn. And, just as important, products that help children love learning.

Jo Ellen Moore and Joy Evans were team-teaching first grade at a Title 1 school when they decided to put the ideas that worked for their students into a book. They combined their efforts with Bill Evans (Joy's brother) to start Evan-Moor Educational Publishers.

Bill and Joy's parents, Olive and Earl, volunteered their garage as a warehouse and shipping facility. Joy and Jo Ellen taught the first few years while Bill went to school to get his law degree. The first sales team was led by Olive and Earl, who visited local schools and teaching stores armed only with their recognizable red blazers, a handful of books, and, of course, plenty of pride.

Today, more than 25 years later, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers operates with the same family spirit and enthusiasm, but on a much larger scale. We now offer over 450 titles. Our materials can be found in over 1,500 educational and trade book stores around the world. We mail over 2 million catalogs a year to schools and individual teachers. Our offices are located in beautiful Monterey, California. And we continue to meet the growing demands of teachers and educators with passion and energy by developing new and innovative educational materials and resources every year.

Now, at a time when federal programs, state standards, and new measures of accountability are reshaping education, it's more important than ever to interpret and apply this information—to take what we've learned from science and studies and add it to our own experiences and best practices—to use it along with our own good sense and intuition, add it to a bit of creativity and a passion for teaching, then mix it all up with a love for children in order to make a difference in your students' lives. To help children learn.

It is our goal to support advances in the field of education by creating educational materials and resources that meet the varied and growing needs of today's teachers and students. As the world of education evolves and teachers' demands for more innovative and flexible materials increase, Evan-Moor will be here to help. Just as we have been since 1979.