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Segment Information (Details) - Schedule of segment reporting information
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2016
USD ($)
segment
Aug. 31, 2015
USD ($)
May 31, 2016
USD ($)
May 31, 2015
USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Number of reportable segments | segment 3      
Revenues $ 282.7 $ 191.2    
Bad debt expense 2.9 1.5    
Depreciation and amortization 15.3 [1] 17.3 [2]    
Segment operating income (loss) (63.1) (79.5)    
Segment assets 1,774.7 1,706.1    
Goodwill 116.3 116.2 $ 116.2 $ 116.3
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 39.8 18.2    
Long-lived assets $ 674.9 675.2    
Children's Book Publishing and Distribution        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Number of operating segments | segment 3      
Revenues $ 137.8 67.7    
Bad debt expense 1.3 0.4    
Depreciation and amortization 5.6 [1] 7.2 [2]    
Segment operating income (loss) (36.2) (56.0)    
Segment assets 534.5 465.6    
Goodwill 40.9 40.9    
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 25.9 9.8    
Long-lived assets $ 144.6 136.6    
Education        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Number of operating segments | segment 2      
Revenues $ 55.2 50.4    
Bad debt expense (0.1) 0.0    
Depreciation and amortization 2.0 [1] 3.3 [2]    
Segment operating income (loss) (4.4) (4.3)    
Segment assets 167.1 169.2    
Goodwill 65.4 65.4    
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 2.6 1.7    
Long-lived assets 83.1 90.5    
Overhead        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Revenues [2] 0.0 0.0    
Bad debt expense [2] 0.0 0.0    
Depreciation and amortization [1],[2] 5.7 4.8    
Segment operating income (loss) [2] (26.4) (16.5)    
Segment assets [2] 807.2 821.7    
Goodwill [2] 0.0 0.0    
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances [2] 8.5 4.7    
Long-lived assets [2] 382.1 380.2    
Total Domestic        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Revenues 193.0 118.1    
Bad debt expense 1.2 0.4    
Depreciation and amortization 13.3 [1] 15.3 [2]    
Segment operating income (loss) (67.0) (76.8)    
Segment assets 1,508.8 1,456.5    
Goodwill 106.3 106.3    
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 37.0 16.2    
Long-lived assets $ 609.8 607.3    
International        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Number of operating segments | segment 3      
Revenues $ 89.7 73.1    
Bad debt expense 1.7 1.1    
Depreciation and amortization 2.0 [1] 2.0 [2]    
Segment operating income (loss) 3.9 (2.7)    
Segment assets 265.9 249.6    
Goodwill 10.0 9.9    
Expenditures for long-lived assets including royalty advances 2.8 2.0    
Long-lived assets $ 65.1 $ 67.9    
[1] Includes depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible assets and prepublication and production costs.
[2] Overhead includes all domestic corporate amounts not allocated to segments, including expenses and costs related to the management of corporate assets. Unallocated assets are principally comprised of deferred income taxes and property, plant and equipment related to the Company’s headquarters in the metropolitan New York area, its fulfillment and distribution facilities located in Missouri and its facility located in Connecticut.