The children's literature section of the publisher Penguin Books works under what name?
"the children's imprint Puffin Books began with a series of non-fiction picture books; the first work of children's fiction published under the imprint was Barbara Euphan Todd's ""Worzel Gummidge"" the following year. Another series that began in wartime was the ""Penguin Poets"": the first volume was a selection of Tennyson's poems (D1) in 1941. Later examples are ""The Penguin Book of Modern American Verse"" (D22), 1954, and ""The Penguin Book of Restoration Verse"" (D108), 1968. J. M. Cohen's ""Comic and Curious Verse"" appeared in three volumes over a number of years. Pelican Books was relaunched as a digital imprint in"
"Roald Dahl, Joan Aiken, Leon Garfield and Spike Milligan. After the 2009 re-launch, contributors included Charlie Higson, Cathy Cassidy and Michael Morpurgo. Puffin Books Puffin Books is a longstanding children's imprint of the British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s, it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world. The imprint now belongs to Penguin Random House, a subsidiary owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann and the British publishing company Pearson plc. Four years after Penguin Books had been founded by Allen Lane, the idea for Puffin Books was"
"Puffin Books Puffin Books is a longstanding children's imprint of the British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s, it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world. The imprint now belongs to Penguin Random House, a subsidiary owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann and the British publishing company Pearson plc. Four years after Penguin Books had been founded by Allen Lane, the idea for Puffin Books was hatched in 1939, when Noel Carrington, at the time an editor for ""Country Life"" books, met him and proposed a series of"
"as its emblem. The publisher of paperbacks, Penguin Books, introduced a range of books for children under the Puffin Books brand in 1939. At first these were non-fiction titles but these were soon followed by a fiction list of well-known authors. The demand was so great that Puffin Book Clubs were introduced in schools to encourage reading, and a children's magazine ""Puffin Post"" was established. There is a tradition on the Icelandic island of Heimaey for the children to rescue young puffins, a fact recorded in Bruce McMillan's photo-illustrated children's book ""Nights of the Pufflings"" (1995). The fledglings emerge from"
"was ""The Story About Ping"" in 1933 under editor May Massee. Other stories published under the Viking label early in its history include ""Make Way for Ducklings"" (1941), ""The Twenty-One Balloons"" (1947) and ""The Story of Ferdinand"" (1936). Junior Books was renamed to Viking Children's Books at some point in the past. It currently publishes approximately sixty titles a year. Viking Press Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company now owned by Penguin Random House. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George"
"by Penguin Books. Viking's current president is Brian Tart. The Viking Critical Library offers academic editions of literary texts. Like W. W. Norton's ""Norton Critical Editions"", all titles print the text alongside a selection of critical essays and contextual documents (including relevant extracts from the author's oeuvre). The series, which only saw sporadic publications in the late '70s and late '90s, has been dormant since 1998, with no new titles released since then. However, a number of existing titles remain in print. In 1933, Viking Press founded a department called Junior Books to publish children's books. The first book published"
"reigniting worldwide interest into authors such as Stefan Zweig and Antal Szerb. In 2012, Pushkin Press was bought by Adam Freudenheim, then Penguin Classics publisher, and Stephanie Seegmuller, a former Penguin senior business development manager. Seegmuller left Pushkin in March 2015. In 2013, Pushkin Press created Pushkin Children's Books, an imprint dedicated to publishing tales for younger readers. In its first year, Pushkin Children's Books published English translations of the French children's series Oksa Pollock by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf, the first of which, ""The Last Hope"", was the company's bestselling title in 2014. Dutch Classic ""The Letter for"
"hundreds of titles currently in print, we actually only have six titles with this kind of titling"". Its parent company, Penguin Random House Children’s division, will also be following suit. Other publishers who have informed Let Books Be Books that they will no longer be publishing gender-specific titles include Dorling Kindersley, Chad Valley and Miles Kelly Publishing. Let Books Be Books Let Books Be Books was founded in March 2014 as a campaign to persuade publishers of children’s books to stop labelling and promoting books as 'for boys' or 'for girls'. The campaign, which is led by parents and traces"
"Penguin Books Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane, his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market. Penguin's success demonstrated that large audiences existed for serious books. Penguin also had a significant impact on public debate in Britain, through its books on British culture, politics, the arts,"
"the name Carolyn Keene) series, including the original series and the more recent lines. Aladdin Paperbacks Aladdin Paperbacks is one of several children's-book imprints owned by Simon & Schuster. It was established by Jean E. Karl at Atheneum Books where she was the founding director of the children's department (1961). Atheneum merged with or was acquired by Scribner's in 1978, then MacMillan in 1984, before the acquisition by Simon & Schuster in 1994. There may have been previous uses of 'Aladdin' as a brand name in the book industry. Aladdin Paperbacks are aimed at readers aged 4 to 12 and"
"Firebird Books Firebird Books (launched January 2002) is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., publishing mainly paperback reprint editions of science fiction and fantasy for teenagers and adults. It was created by Sharyn November, one of the few children's book editors who works with teenagers. In the process, she discovered that some of her best readers loved speculative fiction, and were going into the adult genre sections of bookstores and libraries in order to find it. Firebird has quickly become the most recognizable imprint of its kind, and Sharyn November was named a World Fantasy Award Finalist in both"
"of teenage fiction. Tony Lacey took over Webb's editorial chair in 1979 at the invitation of Penguin managing director Peter Mayer when Puffin was one of the few profitable divisions of the beleaguered company. In line with Mayer's policy of more aggressive commercialisation of the Penguin brand Lacey reduced the number of Puffin imprints, consolidated popular titles under the Puffin Classics rubric and inaugurated the successful interactive gamebook series Fighting Fantasy. Complimentary to the Puffin Club the Puffin School Book Club, addressed specifically to schools and organisations, grew significantly in this period helping to confirm Puffin market position such that"
"Grosset & Dunlap Grosset & Dunlap is a United States publishing house founded in 1898. The company was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 and today is part of Penguin Random House through its subsidiary Penguin Group. Today, through the Penguin Group, they publish approximately 170 titles a year, including licensed children's books for such properties as Miss Spider, Strawberry Shortcake, Super WHY!, Charlie and Lola, Nova the Robot, Weebles, Bratz, Sonic X, The Wiggles, and Atomic Betty. Grosset & Dunlap also publishes ""Dick and Jane"" children's books and, through Platt & Munk, ""The Little Engine That Could."""
"was published in 1988 with Keith Thompson's ""Under Siege: Racism and Violence in Britain Today"". In December 2011, Penguin launched nine titles as 'Penguin Shorts' which featured the iconic tri-band covers. These books were novellla and short length works of fiction and/or memoirs. In 2012 they became known as Penguin Specials following an agreement with The Economist in March of that year which focused on the kind of topical journalism that was a feature of the original Penguin Specials. Subsequent Penguin Specials released in 2012 and 2013 continued to include both fiction, including the publication of the works shortlisted for"
"40 books for adults per year, half fiction and half non-fiction. After the acquisition by Penguin, books that Penguin acquired the rights to as part of the acquisition of Dutton were published in paperback under the imprint Puffin Unicorn (because Puffin has been the longtime paperback imprint for the Penguin Group). Penguin merged with Random House to form Penguin Random House in 2015. In 2017, sister imprint Blue Rider Press was closed and its books were moved to Dutton. E. P. Dutton E. P. Dutton was an American book publishing company founded as a book retailer in Boston, Massachusetts, in"
"the annual puffling rescue in which the children have been participating for generations. The official name chosen was Psyjueftirlitið með Brúsa Bjargfasta / The Puffling Patrol with Bruce the Rescuer, a nod to Bruce McMillan. American Library Association Notable Book, 1996 [3]<br> A Children's Book of Distinction - Hungry Mind Review, 1996<br> Parents' Choice Picture Book, 1995 [2]<br> Parenting magazine Certificate of Excellence, 1995<br> A Lupine Honor Book, Maine Librarians Association, 1996<br> A Best Book of the Year, School Library Journal, 1995<br> A Best Kids' Book of the Year, Crayola Kids magazine, 1995<br> A Few Good Books selection, Booklinks magazine,"
"one for short stories. A fifth division for Children's books was added in 2001 for fiction for 8-12 year olds, with separate awards for ""Short Fiction"" and ""Long Fiction"". With the 2008 Awards the ""Short Fiction"" children's fiction category became a category for ""Illustrated Work/Picture Book"". For the 2010 Awards, the two categories became one for children's fiction told primarily through pictures and another for children's fiction told primarily through words. For the 2013 Awards, the two categories were merged into a single category for children's books. The Young Adult and Children's categories cover books in all three speculative fiction"
"Geraldine McCaughrean Geraldine McCaughrean ( ; born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including ""Peter Pan in Scarlet"" (2004), the official sequel to ""Peter Pan"" commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, the holder of Peter Pan's copyright. Her work has been translated into 44 languages worldwide. She has received the Carnegie Medal twice and the Michael L. Printz Award among others. McCaughrean was born in London and grew up in North London. She was the youngest of three children. She studied teaching but found her true vocation in writing. She claims"
"list into this new market. To this end Eleanor Graham was appointed in 1941 as the first editor of the ""Puffin Story Books"" series, a venture made particularly difficult due to the resistance of publishers and librarians in releasing the rights of their children's books. The first five titles, ""Worzel Gummidge"", ""Cornish Adventure"",""The Cuckoo Clock"", ""Garram the Hunter"" and ""Smokey"" were published in the three horizontal stripes company livery of the rest of the Penguin output, a practice abandoned after the ninth volume when full-bleed colour illustrated covers were introduced, a fact that heralded the much greater design freedom of"
"words Penguin Random House bookended by orange (as a tribute to the original colors of Penguin). For the 250 or so imprints this design would display their traditional logo image to the left of the Penguin Random House words. The logo was introduced in an animated video showcasing various imprints. DK (Dorling Kindersley) was founded in London in 1974 and is a reference publisher focusing on non-fiction for adults and children. As of 2015 DK also has official publishing relationships with Angry Birds, Lego, Marvel, and ""Star Wars"". Crown Publishing was founded in 1933 as the Outlet Book Company, a"
"written—the Pelican History remains one of the most comprehensive surveys of world art published. Mobile bookstore launched by Penguin Books India in collaboration with Ms. Satabdi Mishra and Mr. Akshaya Rautaray. Penguin Books Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane, his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass"
"Roc Books Roc Books is a fantasy imprint of Penguin Group, as part of its New American Library. It was launched in April 1990 after Penguin Chairman Peter Mayer asked John Silbersack, the editor in chief of New American Library's science-fiction program, to launch a new imprint that would draw more attention to Penguin's SF presence. The name Roc Books was chosen as a homage to Penguin's many famous bird-named publishing imprints. Roc was named after the enormous predatory bird of the Arabian Nights. After Penguin's merger with G.P. Putnam's Sons the imprint was aligned with Ace books and the"
"remainder house, and is now a publisher of fiction and narrative non-fiction. Titles under Alfred A. Knopf have won 58 Pulitzers as well as Nobel and National Book Awards. Penguin Young Readers Group is a division devoted to books for young readers and young adults. Book Country is a subsidiary online writing and publishing community. Book Country was launched in April 2011 with a focus on romance, mystery, science fiction, fantasy. In July 2013, Book Country relaunched with online writing workshops in over sixty literary categories, including literary fiction, memoir, and women's fiction. As of September 2013, the site had"
"some of the most enduring children's books of the modern era. Its ranges include the ""Ready-to-Read books,"" and the slightly older ""Ready-for-Chapters"" titles aimed at younger age-groups and beginners. Aladdin also publishes a ""limited number"" of original titles and series entries, across multiple genres including action, adventure, and relationships novels. The first children's book published by the dependent imprint seems to have been in 1967. Karl ran the Atheneum Books for Younger Readers, Aladdin, and Argo imprints until she retired in 1985. In October, 2002, Eloise Flood was appointed to the newly created position of ""Vice President and Publisher"" of"
"which was published in 1988 by Viking Penguin. The books have been written for children between 1 1/2 to 5 years-of-age. They are intended to help children deal with change, like the addition of a new baby to the family or moving to a new house. The hippo is drawn distinctively with stylized features, smudged outlines and light-gray coloring. In 1997, Boon saw a new series of ""Little Hippo"" books published by Scholastic, Inc. and claims that the characters are a take-off of her distinctive illustrations, use ""Little Hippo"" for its name and dress the hippo as she has. Further,"
"journal along with other titles in book form, some of which are listed below: Further details of these and other publications can be found on the PCS website. Penguin Collectors Society The Penguin Collectors Society (PCS) is an educational charity based in the United Kingdom. Its primary purpose is to promote the study and research of all aspects of Penguin Books, the publishing company founded by Allen Lane in 1935. The PCS was started in 1974 by a small group of enthusiasts in Richmond, southwest London, who recognised the importance of Penguin’s contribution to publishing history, its innovations in book"
"non-fiction titles. According to Berkley/NAL Publishing Group president Leslie Gelbman this ""will delineate the two publishing lines and sharpen their publishing identities."" Series past and present have included: At the time that they broke away from Penguin Books, Signet and Mentor correlated to Penguin's original series of Penguin and Pelican. New American Library The New American Library (NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948. Its initial focus was affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works, as well as popular and pulp fiction but now publishes trade and hardcover titles. It is currently an imprint"
"to write. She has also written ""Author: A True Story"" (Houghton Mifflin, 1997; , ), directed towards young writers and based on her school visits and the editing process as a writer. Helen Lester Helen Lester (born June 12, 1936) is an American children's writer, best known for her character Tacky the Penguin in many of her children's stories. Lester was born in Evanston, Illinois but has moved around the United States making homes in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis and finally settling in Pawling, New York with her husband. As a girl, Lester dreamed of getting married"
"the Round Table""), and ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (a 1956 reprinting of the 1944 edition with new illustrations by Evelyn Copelman, and published under the title ""The Wizard of Oz""). This edition is still in print and may be a collectors item. Grosset & Dunlap Grosset & Dunlap is a United States publishing house founded in 1898. The company was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 and today is part of Penguin Random House through its subsidiary Penguin Group. Today, through the Penguin Group, they publish approximately 170 titles a year, including licensed children's books for such"
"leads rather a double life"", and includes characters from other Potter stories, including Peter Rabbit, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. The book was published on 1 September 2016 () by Frederick Warne & Co, the publisher of Potter's other works, which since 1983 has been an imprint of Penguin Group. The publication coincided with the 150th anniversary of Potter's birth. The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots is a British children's book written by Beatrix Potter and illustrated by Quentin Blake published in 2016. The manuscript was discovered by Jo Hanks, a publisher at Penguin Random House Children's Books, in the"
"helps children discern shapes. The book boards are a trend in children's book publishing to combine merchandise and books. Ziefert and Boon have collaborated on a series of ""Little Hippo"" books, the first of which was published in 1988 by Viking Penguin. The books are written for children between 1 1/2 to 5 years-of-age. They are intended to help children deal with change, like the addition of a new baby to the family or moving to a new house. The hippo is drawn distinctively with stylized features, smudged outlines and light-gray coloring. In 1997, Boon saw a new series of"
"""imaginative"" and that ""the story's fast-paced, adventure plot is compelling"" but that it ""lacks depth, as it fails to connect with the larger question asked by great fantasy literature"". The review concludes, ""Overall the book is a good read, even if it is not great literature."" Grey Griffins Grey Griffins is a children's novel series written by the American authors Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis in collaboration. The first trilogy in the series was published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. However, the authors signed with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for the next trilogy. The"
"Holtzbrinck/Macmillan, Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster. The first Penguin paperbacks were published in 1935, but at first only as an imprint of The Bodley Head (of Vigo Street) with the books originally distributed from the crypt of Holy Trinity Church Marylebone. Only paperback editions were published until the ""King Penguin"" series debuted in 1939, and latterly the ""Pelican History of Art"" was undertaken: these were unsuitable as paperbacks because of the length and copious illustrations on art paper so cloth bindings were chosen instead. Penguin Books has its registered office in the City of Westminster, London, England. Anecdotally, Lane"