About Us

Mosdos Press is a non-profit publishing house in Cleveland, Ohio that came into being after a group of educators, curriculum specialists, and parents met to talk about the literature textbooks children were using. In the textbooks we examined there were stories that idealized evil, content that was not age-appropriate, and a cynical disregard for positive values.

Mosdos Press is a non-profit publishing house in Cleveland, Ohio that came into being after a group of educators, curriculum specialists, and parents met to talk about the literature textbooks children were using. In the textbooks we examined there were stories that idealized evil, content that was not age-appropriate, and a cynical disregard for positive values.

As we continued to develop our series, we were driven by the idea that fine writing can be made available to even the youngest learner. We all remembered the tedious selections in many of the literature books from which we personally taught and the boring workbook assignments we had to prod our students to complete. We committed to anthologize only engaging selections and to write workbooks with activities that proved learning could be creative, thought-provoking, and yes, even fun!

Mosdos Press publishes a secular literature anthology series in which every selection is morally acceptable and intellectually challenging. In the eighteen years since our inception, Mosdos Press has produced a remarkable Literature Series—textbooks, annotated teacher’s editions, workbooks and test masters—for third through eighth grades. We have also published a short story paperback reader, Silver, appropriate for sixth and seventh grades.

In addition to our Literature Series, we have created a Research Series. This is an innovative educational tool that enables educators to teach research, writing, and communication skills, and foster independent reading and study of informational text.