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EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SPECIAL DIVIDEND AND ACQUISITION

TULSA, OK —December 1, 2008—http://www.edcpub.com — Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ: EDUC) today announced a one-time special dividend and an acquisition.

Due to the Company's continued strong cash position and no debt, the Board of Directors has authorized a special dividend of $.40 to be paid on December 19th, 2008 to shareholders of record December 11th 2008.

Educational Development Corporation is pleased to announce the acquisition of Kane/Miller Book Publishers of La Jolla, California through the purchase of the outstanding stock of the corporation. Kane/Miller is a well-known, international publisher of children’s titles with over 20 years of experience and their products will enhance the existing product lines of Educational Development Corporation. Educational Development Corporation will maintain the editorial office in La Jolla, California and will consolidate the remaining operations into the facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The transaction is expected to be completed by fiscal year end, February 28, 2009.

-- Publishers Weekly, 11/10/2008

Company

Sept.30

Oct. 31

% Change

Winner:

Educational Dev. Corp.

4.10

4.45

8.5%

Losers:

Borders Group

6.56

3.39

-48.3

Books-A-Million

5.00

3.15

-37.0

CBS

14.58

9.71

-33.4

R.R. Donnelley

24.53

16.57

-32.4

Scholastic

25.68

18.57

-27.7

Barnes & Noble

26.08

18.88

-27.6

Hastings Ent.

5.79

4.53

-21.8

Amazon

72.76

57.24

-21.3

Publishers Weekly

Stock Index

364.11

294.58

-19.1

Dow Jones Aver.

10,850.66

9,325.01

-14.0

The lightly traded Educational Development Corp. was the only company on the Publishers Weekly Stock Index to escape the blood bath that took place on Wall Street in October. The PWSI plunged 19.1% last month after dropping 11% in September. While the sell-off was widespread, retailers suffered the most as a group. Borders lost nearly half of its ever-diminishing value in the month, while Books-A-Million's stock price dropped 37%. Even Amazon, which expects a solid fourth quarter, had its stock price finish October at $57.24, 41% off its 52-week high of $97.43. Simon & Schuster parent company CBS' stock price has dropped 65.5% from its 52-week high of $28.20. In the first 10 months of 2008,. the PWSI has fallen a total of 39%. Source: Reed Business Information.

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