Silver Burdett

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Silver Burdett was an American publisher of elementary school textbooks, including music materials. It started in 1888 when Frank W. Burdett bought Silver & Company. In 1962 Time Inc. began distributing Time-Life Books to schools under Silver Burdett. In 1965 it became part of the General Learning Corporation, a Time Inc. and General Electric joint venture. Simon & Schuster bought it in 1986 and merged it with Ginn & Company to form Silver Burdett & Ginn. In 1998 Pearson PLC bought Simon & Schuster's education business and created Pearson Education, then closed Silver Burdett in 1999.

The Silver Burdett Ginn name continued for Silver Burdett Ginn Religion, a Catholic publishing division run by Scott Foresman, until it was sold to RCL Benziger in 2007. The Silver Burdett Ginn trademark later went to Savvas Learning Company after Pearson sold its U.S. K-12 division in 2020 and the mark lapsed in 2021.