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Acquisitions (Details) $ in Millions |  | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 27, 2019 USD ($) | May 31, 2019 USD ($) | May 31, 2018 USD ($) business | Mar. 26, 2019 USD ($) | May 31, 2017 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | $ 125.2 | $ 119.2 |  | $ 118.9
Intangible assets acquired |  | $ 4.5 | $ 3.3 |  |
Make Believe Ideas Limited (MBI) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Additional equity interest acquired | 46.50% |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage | 95.00% | 100.00% |  | 48.50% |
Fair value of equity method investment | $ 4.6 | $ 22.3 |  | $ 12.1 |
Goodwill | 6.3 |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred | 7.6 |  |  |  |
Pre-acquisition payable | 3.0 |  |  |  |
Fair value of equity method investment, increase (decrease) | $ 0.1 |  |  |  |
Future operating cash flows projections, discount rate | 17.00% |  |  |  |
Foreign currency translation adjustment, income (loss) | $ (1.0) |  |  |  |
Noncontrolling ownership percentage | 5.00% |  |  |  |
Retained interest | $ 1.3 |  |  |  |
U.S. Based Book Fair Business and U.K. Based Book Business [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets acquired |  | 0.6 |  |  |
U.S. Based Book Fair Business [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of businesses acquired | business |  |  | 2 |  |
Intangible assets acquired |  | 0.3 | $ 1.8 |  |
U.K. Based Book Business [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets acquired |  | $ 0.3 | $ 1.5 |  |
Trade Names [Member] | Make Believe Ideas Limited (MBI) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Trade name | $ 3.9 |  |  |  |

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