APPENDIX B Children’s Book Publishers

The following list of independent presses shows the collaborative work emanating from cultural communities as they struggle for representation in the publishing of children’s books and school curricula. Please note that these culturally specific texts are not immune to dominant ideologies. The large publishing houses are organized by conglomerate to foreground how their decision-making power is concentrated in few hands. These amalgamations are shifting ground because holdings and ventures change all the time. It is important to take notice of the holdings of each conglomerate because its overall activities influence children’s book publishing. We have organized the independent presses according to cultural specialization as well as compiled a list of presses that are committed to publishing representations of multiculturalism. The conglomerates are organized alphabetically. We have collected this information from publishers’ websites.

Independent Presses

African-American

  • Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press

www.africaworldpressbooks.com

These “sister presses” specialize in the publication and distribution of books about the African world, including new editions of out-of-print books or U.S. editions of books originally published in other countries. They also publish books on African, African-American, Caribbean and Latin American issues, and those from other parts of the developing world.

  • Just Us Books

www.justusbooks.com

Just Us Books, established by parents Wade and Cheryl Hudson, produces Afro-centric books for children. The press is the result of the Hudsons’ desperate search for books for their own children about Black history, heritage, and experience.

  • New Day Press

www.newdaypress.com

The New Day Press publishes books on African-American history and biography for children and young adults. It conducts its marketing through direct mail.

  • Third World Press

www.thirdworldpressinc.com

The Third World Press is one of the largest independent Black-owned presses in the United States, publishing books by and about people of the African diaspora focussing on themes about race, culture, politics, and social health.

Asian-American

  • Asia for Kids

www.asiaforkids.com

Asia for Kids distributes selected Asian and Asian-American print materials and related products, which are presented in English and Asian languages, with an emphasis on specific Asian cultural heritages and language learning. The countries/cultures represented include: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan, Thailand, Hmong, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Middle East, Bali, Indonesia, Nepal, Burma/Myanmar, and Tibet.

  • Asian American Curriculum Project (formerly Japanese American Curriculum Project)

www.asianamericanbooks.com

As a non-profit voluntary educational organization, the Asian American Curriculum Project (AACP) distributes print and video/audio materials that represent the diversity of Asian and Asian American experiences for readers of all ages.

  • Barnaby Books

www.barnabybooks.com

This publisher produces children’s books based in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring fairy tales involving a Hawaiian twist and Hawaiian legends, and providing suggestions about classroom reading activities for school children.

  • Bess Press

www.besspress.com

As an independent book publishing company located in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Bess Press publishes trade titles, including children’s literature and curriculum titles on Hawaiian and Pacific island histories, languages, language arts, reading, literatures, culture and science, and reference books.

  • China Books

www.chinabooks.com

As the United States’ oldest distributor of books on Chinese language and culture, China Books is expanding its business to Chinese cultural products, including video/audio materials, software, and arts, and has become part of the Sino United Publishing Ltd.

  • Heian International

www.heian.com

Heian International distributes books and materials on themes including Asian fairy tales, origami crafts, philosophy, and dictionaries, hoping to promote peace through a better understanding among cultures.

  • Many Cultures Publishing

www.studycenter.org/test/mcp_04.xhtml

This press distributes curriculum materials with multicultural contexts, most of which are bilingual publications with teacher guides, including storybooks of folktales from Asian cultures such as India, Cambodia, and the Philippines.

  • Polychrome Publishing Co.

www.polychromebooks.com

This is an independent press publishing children’s stories from the Asian American community for a multicultural society, with emphasis on character and identity development and diverse cultural heritages and experiences in order to promote racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious tolerance and understanding.

Latino

  • BOPO Bilingual Books

www.bopobooks.com

Books Offering Profound Opportunities (BOPO) publishes familyoriented children’s picture books in both English and Spanish.

  • Latin American Literary Review Press

www.lalrp.org

This press publishes books dealing with the cultural heritages of Latin America and Spain, with an emphasis on translations of creative writing and literary criticism. Its publications of young adult titles were first offered in 1989.

  • Piñata Books/Arte Público

www.arte.uh.edu

As Arte Público Press’ imprints, based at the University of Houston, for children and young adults, Piñata Books and Recovering divisions publish books by U.S. Latino/a authors, which deal with the themes of languages, characters, and customs of Latino cultures in the United States.

Native American

  • Daybreak Star

www.unitedindians.com/daybreak.xhtml

Daybreak Star is the publishing division of the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation. It publishes mostly nonfiction and some fiction, portraying diverse Native cultures and histories, with a focus on the lives of contemporary Native American children.

  • Oyate

www.oyate.org

Oyate is a non-profit organization working to help all children understand and acknowledge the “historical truths” of all nations through activities including the distribution of selected children’s, young adult, and educators’ books and materials from Native-owned presses, with an emphasis on work by Native writers and artists.

  • Pemmican Publications

www.pemmican.mb.ca

Pemmican Publications Inc., founded as a non-profit organization by the Manitoba Métis Federation, publishes picture books for young readers and novels for older children, with an emphasis on work by Canadian Métis writers and illustrators who present stories about Métis experience.

  • Theytus Books

www.theytusbooks.ca

“Theytus” is a Salishan word meaning “preserving for the sake of handing down.” As a division of the En’owkin Centre, this press aims to present Native cultures and worldviews to young readers by producing and promoting appropriate reading materials and information generated by Native authors, illustrators, and artists of all nations.

Canadian

  • Annick Press

(See entry under Independent Presses Committed to Representing Multiculturalism.)

  • Fifth House

http://www.fitzhenry.ca/fifthhouse.aspx

As a Fitzhenry & Whiteside company, this Western-Canadian press specializes in nonfiction and books about Western Canadian (and Canadian) history, culture, and environment.

  • Kids Can Press

www.KidsCanPress.com

Located in midtown Toronto, Kids Can Press produces Canadian books for children between the ages 1 and 14, including nonfiction, novels, picture books, early readers, educational workbooks, and craft books.

  • Libros Tigrillo/Groundwood Books

(See entry under Independent Presses Committed to Representing Multiculturalism.)

  • Orca Book Publishers

www.orcabook.com

Orca publishes books by Canadian authors for children, teens, and “reluctant readers” of all ages. Its publications encompass a wide range from picture books through juvenile fiction, novels to teachers’ guides, featuring the educational, social, cultural, and economic life of the Province of British Columbia and the country.

  • Pemmican Publications

(See entry under Native American presses.)

  • Ronsdale Press

www.ronsdalepress.com

As a Vancouver-based literary publisher, Ronsdale publishes books by multicultural writers from across Canada, demonstrating a special interest in dual language books. Its publications include fiction, poetry, regional history, biography and autobiography, books of ideas about Canada, as well as children’s books aiming to provide Canadian readers with new insights into themselves and their country.

  • Second Story Press

www.secondstorypress.on.ca

As a member of the Association of Canadian Publishers, the Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario, and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre and receiving funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, the publication list of Second Story Press includes children’s fiction, nonfiction and picture books, and young adult fiction and nonfiction.

  • Theytus Books

(See entry under Native American presses.)

  • Tundra Books

www.tundrabooks.com

Tundra is a Canadian publisher, aiming to create opportunities for people to tell their own stories and to introduce complex stories for young readers by integrating art forms such as drama, painting, and dance into children’s books.

  • Women’s Press

(See entry under Independent Presses Committed to Representing Multiculturalism.)

Independent Presses Committed to Representing Multiculturalism

  • Annick Press

www.annickpress.com

This Canada-based press publishes children’s literature which explores both the contemporary and historic world in the form of nonfiction and picture books for young readers, and fiction titles for middle and young adult readers.

  • A.R.T.S. Inc.

www.arts-inc.org

Featuring multicultural heritages of immigrant communities and initiated by the Chinese and Latino neighborhoods of the Lower East Side of New York City, A.R.T.S. Inc. publishes for youth and adults, artists, and educators in four program areas: school program, community arts, folklore and language, and publications.

  • August House Books

www.augusthouse.com

As a multimedia publisher of children’s stories, multicultural folktale anthologies and resource books, August House develops collections of stories from around the world, which contribute to good character and crosscultural understanding of young readers.

  • Barefoot Books

www.barefoot-books.com

This children’s publisher specializes in picture books from traditional cultures all over the world, with a specific focus on introducing cultures to children in the form of language, art, music, and dance through books and other multimedia materials.

  • Candlewick Press

www.candlewick.com

This press is an employee-owned publishing house which produces picture books, fiction, nonfiction, poetry collections, and activity books for young readers of all ages.

  • Children’s Book Press

www.childrensbookpress.org

This press is a nonprofit publisher of multicultural and bilingual children’s picture books, with an emphasis on the roles of culture and history in the world of children.

  • Groundwood Books

www.groundwoodbooks.com

Groundwood Books publishes fiction, picture books, and nonfiction for children of all ages in Canada, the United States and Latin America (through its Libros Tigrillo), with its primary focus on the works by Canadian writers and illustrators, and stories of people whose voices are underrepresented in print published by media conglomerates.

  • Lee & Low

www.leeandlow.com

By working with artists of color and authors and illustrators new to children’s book publishing, this independent publisher specializes in realistic children’s stories set in contemporary and historic settings which explore multicultural contexts about African, Asian, Latino, Middle Eastern, and Native American cultures. Some publications are available in Spanish.

  • Lerner Publishing Group

www.lernerbooks.com

This is the United State’s largest independently-owned children’s book publisher, producing nonfiction and fiction books for grades K-12 on a variety of subjects.

  • Carolina Wren Press

www.carolinawrenpress.org

Carolina Wren Press is a nonprofit organization publishing and distributing books of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and children’s literature, particularly by writers of underrepresented groups (e.g., new authors, authors of color, female authors, and gay/lesbian authors).

  • Open Hand Publishing

www.openhand.com

Aiming to both inform and cultivate a humanistic spirit, this publishing house produces adult and children’s books that reflect the diverse cultures within the United States.

  • Silver Moon Press

www.silvermoonpress.com

This is a new and growing children’s book publisher with publications in such areas as science, multiculturalism, biographies, and historical fiction. The Silver Moon Press has also made its history books into television series for children.

  • Sleeping Bear Press

www.sleepingbearpress.com

The Sleeping Bear Press specializes in illustrated picture books, particularly through regional stories and legends with both entertaining and educational content.

  • Women’s Press

www.womenspress.ca

This press is Canada’s oldest English language feminist publisher since 1972 and an imprint of Canadian Scholars’ Press since 2000. It publishes children’s texts that represent the cultural and social diversity of Canada.

Conglomerates

Bertelsmann AG

This German-based conglomerate consists of six corporate divisions: RTL Group, the broadcaster in Europe; Gruner + Jahr, the European magazine publisher; BMG, Bertelsmann Music Group; Random House, the trade book publisher; Direct Group, the book and music club group; and arvato, an international media and communications service provider. Its English and bilingual children’s books fall under the umbrella of Random House Children’s Books, whose imprints include: Alfred A. Knopf, Bantam, Beginner Books, Crown, David Fickling Books, Delacorte Press, Disney Books for Young Readers, Doubleday, Dragonfly, First Time Books, Golden Books, Landmark Books, Laurel-Leaf, Picturebacks, Random House Books for Young Readers, Robin Corey Books, Schwartz & Wade Books, Sesame Workshop, Step into Reading, Stepping Stone Books, Wendy Lamb Books, and Yearling. More information on Bertelsmann’s holdings as a megacorporation can be found at:

www.bertelsmann.com

www.ketupa.net/bertelsmann.htm

  • Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

This imprint publishes of board books, picture books, novels and nonfiction for children of all ages. Knopf Trade Paperbacks publishes paperback novels for middle and young adult readers, particularly those originally published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers in hardcover.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Bantam Books

Bantam publishes commercial paperbacks in both rack and digest-size formats, with a focus on movie and television tie-ins and original paperback series.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • David Fickling Books

As the first bi-continental children’s book publisher, David Fickling Books brings UK children’s literature to young readers in the United States.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Disney Books for Young Readers

This publisher produces books based on Disney productions, in such formats as coloring and activity books, storybooks, novelty books, and early readers.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Delacorte publishes literary and commercial novels originally released in hardcover for middle-grade and young adult readers. In addition, Delacorte produces original paperback young adult fiction and nonfiction for educational purposes and general interest.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Doubleday Books for Young Readers

Doubleday specializes in picture books along with illustrated gift books for audiences of all ages.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Dragonfly

Dragonfly specializes in paperback picture books for newly independent readers.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Golden Books

Golden Books publishes picture books and reprints classic titles for children.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Laurel-Leaf

Laurel-Leaf publishes of paperback books for teenagers, including reprints of contemporary and classic fiction, mystery, fantasy, romance, suspense, and nonfiction.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Random House Books for Young Readers

This imprint publishes books for beginners to young adult readers.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Random House Children’s Books

This press publishes books in all formats from board books to activity books to picture books and novels for preschoolers through young adults.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/index.pperl

  • Schwartz and Wade Books

The newest imprint of Random House Children’s Books, Schwartz and Wade publishes picture books in addition to its hardcover line.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Wendy Lamb Books

This imprint specializes in fiction for middle-grade and young adult readers.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

  • Yearling Books

This paperback imprint publishes books for parents, teachers, and children ages 8 through 12, including categories such as contemporary and historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, and adventure.

www.randomhouse.com/kids/about/imprints.xhtml

The News Corporation

One of the three largest international media groups, operating in numerous sectors on most continents, The News Corporation’s ventures include: film production and distribution, television production and broadcasting, advertising, newspaper and magazine publishing, book publishing, football teams and other sports ownership, multimedia, information technology and music publishing. Its associate publishing houses produce English language and bilingual children’s books. They are primarily under the umbrella of HarperCollins Children’s Books, including Amistad Press, The Julie Andrews Collection, Avon Books, Collins, Joanna Cotler Books, Eos, Laura Geringer Books, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins e-books, HarperEntertainment, HarperFestival, HarperTeen, HarperTrophy, Rayo, Katherine Tegen Books, and TOKYOPOP. For more information on the holdings of the News Corporation megacorporation visit:

www.newscorp.com

www.ketupa.net/murdoch.htm

  • Amistad Press

This press publishes works by and about people of African descent on subjects and themes that have significant influence on the intellectual, cultural, and historical perspectives of a world audience.

www.harpercollins.com/imprints/index.aspx?imprintid=518006

  • Avon Books

Avon Books publishes series and popular fiction for young readers and includes romance, mystery, adventure, and fantasy.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9439&ST=7

  • Eos

Eos specializes in science fiction and fantasy.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9455&ST=7

  • Greenwillow Books

As a producer of books for children of every age. This publishing house claims that its titles meet a standard of “honesty, emotion and depth—conveyed by an author or an artist who has something that is worth saying to children and who says it in a way that is worth reading.”

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9438&ST=7

  • HarperChildren’s Audio

This imprint offers children’s and young adult books in CD and audio cassette formats.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9445&ST=7

  • HarperCollins Children’s Books

A division of HarperCollins Publishers, this imprint is one of the world’s leading English-language publishers.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/harperchildrens

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=150215&ST=7

  • Joanna Cotler Books

This imprint publishes literary and commercial picture books and fiction for all ages.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9456&ST=7

  • HarperEntertainment

HarperEntertainment is home to current movie and TV tie-in titles, from preschool through young adult.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=226118&ST=7

  • HarperFestival

HarperFestival releases books, novelties, and merchandise for children from birth to age 6, and includes holiday titles as well as character-based programs.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9446&ST=7

  • HarperTeen

HarperTeen publishes books for teenagers, including contemporary novels, series, literary tales, and leisure reading.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=346439&ST=7

  • HarperTrophy

HarperTrophy is a paperback imprint and publishes picture books and novels.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9453&ST=7

  • Katherine Tegen Books

This imprint is a specialist in the narrative style.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9452&ST=7

  • Laura Geringer Books

Laura Geringer Books promises to provide children with award-winning, best-selling, and innovative authors and artists who “push the envelope” and set new standards of excellence.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9447&ST=7

  • Rayo

Ravo publishes Spanish, English, and bilingual titles.

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=9440&ST=7

  • The Julie Andrews Collection

This collection reflects “themes of integrity, creativity, and the gifts of nature” in its books for young readers of all ages.

www.julieandrewscollection.com

  • TOKYOPOP

This imprint is a youth-oriented entertainment brand publishing Manga titles based on existing HarperCollins works, as well as original Manga titles. (Manga are serialized graphic novels based on Japanese characters.)

www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Home/ImprintBooks.aspx?TCId=100&SIId=331665&ST=7

Pearson, Limited

The UK-based Pearson conglomerate encompasses general and financial publishers, merchant banking, and Madame Tussauds and Royal Doulton china. Its publishing conglomerate is a book, newspaper, magazine, and television production and information services group. Its associate English language and bilingual publishing interests are housed under the Penguin Young Readers Group, and include the imprints presented in the next section. More information on Pearson’s holdings as a megacorporation can be found at:

www.pearson.com/index.cfm

www.ketupa.net/pearson.htm

  • BBC Children’s Books

BBC Children’s Books complement children’s entertainment and information shows on the BBC, CBBC and CBeebies. Each series draws on the underlying themes of programs and attempts to enrich children’s reading abilities. In addition, this publisher claims that “every book also stands alone as entertaining and educational in its own right.”

www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/bbc/index.xhtml

  • Dial Books for Young Readers

Dial is a hardcover, trade, children’s book division, publishing picture books and novels for children, from preschool through young adult.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/dial.xhtml

  • Dutton Children’s Books

Dutton Children’s Books publishes hardcover titles, fiction, and nonfiction, for babies through young adults.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/duttonyr.xhtml

  • Firebird

Firebird is a science fiction and fantasy imprint, designed to appeal to teenagers and adults alike.

www.firebirdbooks.com

  • Frederick Warne

Frederick Warne develops classic book-based children’s character brands by publishing illustrated books, and commissioning video and television programming for both Peter Rabbit and Spot.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/warne.xhtml

www.books.funwithspot.com

www.books.peterrabbit.com

  • G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

G.P. Putnam’s Sons publishes trade hardcover books for children, including picture books and fiction.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/putnamyr.xhtml

  • Grosset & Dunlap

A mass-market publisher of picture books and popular novels for children, and produces a series of leveled paperback readers, paperback storybooks, sticker storybooks, and movie tie-in titles.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/grosset.xhtml

  • Penguin Young Readers Group

The Group publishes a full range of fiction and nonfiction, from classics to bestsellers.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/yr/index.xhtml

  • Philomel Books

Philomel publishes books for young readers and parents, including illustrated books and novels.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/philomel.xhtml

  • Speak

Launched by Puffin, Speak is an imprint that publishes fiction and nonfiction for young adults.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/speak.xhtml

  • Viking Children’s Books

The publications of Viking Children’s Books range from books for young children to fiction and nonfiction for teenagers.

www.us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/vikingyr.xhtml

Reed Elsevier

Reed Elsevier is a transnational publisher with activities in online information services, consumer magazines, business and scientific journals, and consumer and specialist book publishing. Its publishing of children’s English or bilingual books is merged under Harcourt Children’s Books, including Gulliver Books, Silver Whistle, Red Wagon Books, Harcourt Young Classics, Green Light Readers, Voyager Books/Libros Viajeros, Harcourt Paperbacks, Odyssey Classics, and Magic Carpet Books. For more information about Reed Elsevier’s ventures as a megacorporation visit:

www.reed-elsevier.com

www.ketupa.net/elsevier.htm

  • Harcourt Children’s Books

Harcourt Children’s Books publishes books for children of all ages, including interactive books for toddlers, picture books for young children, science fiction and fantasy novels for preteen and teens, and historical fiction.

www.harcourtbooks.com/childrensbooks/default.asp?source=topnav

  • Harcourt Education

This imprint is a global education company publishing material for students and teachers in pre-K through grade 12, adult learners, and for readers of all ages.

www.harcourt.com

  • Harcourt International

Harcourt is an international provider of professional classroom materials for pre-K through adult education.

www.harcourtschool.com/ieg

  • Harcourt Religion Publishers

This imprint publishes for children and adults pursuing a Catholic education.

www.your.harcourtreligion.com/home/index.xhtml

  • Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Holt, Rinehart and Winston markets classroom instructional materials for grades 6 to 12, including curriculum-based textbooks, eLearning sites, and CD-ROMs.

ww.hrw.com

  • Harcourt School Publishers

Harcourt School publishes for grades pre-K to 6 school textbooks and related instructional materials, including eLearning components, in a wide range of subject areas.

www.harcourtschool.com

  • Harcourt Trade Publishers

This publisher produces books and related products for readers of all ages.

www.harcourtbooks.com

  • Rigby

Rigby produces literacy materials for children and teachers.

www.rigby.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/rigby.htm

  • Saxon Publishers

Saxon publishes materials for teachers and young, adolescent, and adult learners.

www.saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/saxonpublishers.htm

  • Steck-Vaugh

This imprint publishes materials used in preschools, K–12 classrooms, homes, libraries, workplace learning centers, GED classes, adult literacy programs, basic adult education courses, and ESL programs.

www.steckvaughn.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/steckvaughn.htm

Scholastic

As the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and related products for home and school, the Scholastic Corporation is a U.S. company publishing educational materials for schools, teachers, and parents. It has the exclusive U.S. publishing rights to the Harry Potter book series. Its business consists of trade books, school-based book clubs and book fairs, and Scholastic at Home continuity programs. Scholastic acquired other media companies, including Klutz Press, the animated television production company Soup2Nuts, the K-12 educational software publisher Tom Snyder Productions, and the reference publisher Grolier.

www.scholastic.com/kids

Here are some of Scholastic’s ventures:

  • Scholastic at Home

A direct-to-home parent resource for products and services that educate and entertain children.

  • Scholastic Book Clubs

Scholastic Book Clubs purport to reach more than one million teachers and a million plus children and parents through school-based and grade-specific clubs, promoting children’s books and reading materials from publishers around the world.

  • Scholastic Book Fairs

Scholastic Book Fairs claim to hosts more than 120,000 book-sale events each year for newly released works, award-winning titles, classics, bestsellers, and interactive software from more than 150 publishers, and reach in excess of two million teachers and 35 million children and their families with these products that are aimed at readers in preschool through 9th grade.

  • Scholastic Trade Books

Scholastic publishes hardcover, paperback, and novelty books for children of all ages.

Viacom

Viacom (Video & Audio Communications) is a U.S. media and entertainment conglomerate that absorbed and then spun off the CBS broadcasting group. It is involved in the areas of television, motion pictures and a wide range of digital media, including MTV Networks, BET Networks, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, and DreamWorks. Its associate publishing houses of children’s English books primarily are amalgamated under Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, whose imprints includes Aladdin Paperbacks, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Little Simon, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Simon Pulse, Simon Spotlight, Nickelodeon Books, Anne Schwartz Books, Archway Paperbacks and Minstrel Books, and Lisa Drew Books. For more information about Viacom’s holdings as a megacorporation visit:

www.viacom.com/aboutviacom/Pages/default.aspx

www.ketupa.net/viacom.htm

  • Aladdin Paperbacks

In addition to publishing reprints from imprints of hardcover releases, Aladdin Paperbacks targets readers aged 4 to 12 years old. Its catalogue includes the Ready-to-Read series, a line for beginning readers, and the Ready-for-Chapters books designed for newly independent readers.

www.simonsays.com

  • Atheneum Books for Young Readers

This is a hardcover imprint with a focus on literary fiction and picture books for preschoolers through young adults.

www.simonsays.com

  • Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Simon & Schuster publishes fiction and nonfiction for a variety of age groups, from infant to young adult.

www.simonsays.com

  • Simon Spotlight

This imprint publishes media tie-in titles from for children in preschool through middle grades.

www.simonsays.com

Vivendi SA

Vivendi SA, formerly known as Vivendi Universal, is a French media conglomerate with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, sports, theme parks, and interactive games. The section of its publishing business in English or bilingual children’s books is merged under the Houghton Mifflin Children’s Book Group, including Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Clarion Books, Kingfisher Publications, Graphia, Walter Lorraine Books, and American Heritage Reference. These links provide more information on Vivendi SA’s ventures as a megacorporation:

www.vivendiuniversal.com

www.ketupa.net/vivendi.htm

  • American Heritage Reference

This imprint specializes in dictionaries and reference material for children learning English and Spanish.

www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/ahd/spanish.shtml#children

  • Clarion Books

Clarion publishes nonfiction as well as fiction and picture books.

www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/clarion

  • Graphia

Graphia publishes paperbacks for young adults including fiction, nonfiction, poetry and graphic novels.

www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/graphia

  • Houghton Mifflin Children’s Books

The publications of Houghton Mifflin Children’s Books include nonfiction as well as fiction and picture books.

www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/hmcochild

  • Kingfisher Publications

Kingfisher publishes nonfiction and fiction for children of all ages, including reference books, activity books, early learning books, classic anthologies, and picture books.

www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/kingfisher

Von Holtzbrinck

The German von Holtzbrinck group is a family-owned company, active in more than 80 countries and publishing works in both print and electronic media. The section of its publishing business in English and bilingual children’s books is mostly merged under Macmillan Children’s Books, and includes Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, Feiwel and Friends, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Priddy Books, Roaring Brook Press, Square Fish, Starscape, and Tor Teen Books. A list of Von Holtzbrinck holdings can be found at:

www.holtzbrinck.com

www.ketupa.net/holtzbrinck.htm

  • Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers

This imprint publishes picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for toddlers through young adults, with paperbacks published under the name of Sunburst Paperback and selected Spanish works under the Mirasol/Libros Juveniles imprint.

www.fsgkidsbooks.com

  • Feiwel and Friends

This press publishes children’s fiction and nonfiction literature for young and young-adult readers, including hardcover, paperback series, and individual titles.

www.feiwelandfriends.com

  • Henry Holt Books for Young Readers

Henry Holt is a publisher of picture books, chapter books, and novels for preschoolers through young adults.

www.henryholtchildrensbooks.com

  • Macmillan US

Macmillan comprises of the U.S. publishing activities of Holtzbrinck, which includes literature, textbooks and academic publishing.

www.us.macmillan.com/splash

  • Priddy Books

Priddy Books publishes photographic books for children from birth onwards and provides translations in languages other than English.

www.priddybooks.com

  • Roaring Brook Press

This press publishes picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for young readers, from toddler to teen.

www.us.macmillan.com/splash/publishers/roaring-brook-press.xhtml

Square Fish

This publisher reprints for children and adolescent readers the works of Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Henry Holt; and Roaring Brook backlists.

www.squarefishbooks.com

Starscape

Starscape publishes science fiction and fantasy novels for middle grade readers ages 10 and up (grades 5 and up), in both hardcover and paperback.

www.tor-forge.com/Starscape.aspx

Tor Teen Books

This imprint publishes hardcover and paperback science fiction and fantasy novels for young adult readers ages 13 and up (grades 8 and up).

www.tor-forge.com/TorTeen.aspx