Candlewick Press publishes children's books, including picture books and middle grade novels. Self-described as an essential publisher of engaging stories that fascinate kids.

Candlewick Press

Penguin

Candlewick Press publishes a variety of books for children and young adults, including picture books and middle grade novels.

Candlewick Press | 27,125 followers on LinkedIn. Lighting the way, one book at a time.  | Candlewick Press, based in Somerville, Massachusetts, is committed to the authors and illustrators who create our books and to the readers who love them. We are creatively led and we value the art of storytelling. Our authors and illustrators hail from more than forty different countries, and we have brought our books to market in 198 nations around the world.

Kate Hurley

Marcos Nava

Assistant Art Director at Candlewick Press

Lisa Rudden

Candlewick Press - Senior VP Sales, Marketing & Business Development, North America

Mary Marotta

Listen to writer Maggie Tokuda-Hall as she joins Fiction Non Fiction co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss what Project 2025 has in store for authors and book bans. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eP4aCK85

Watch Gayle King discuss and read from Priceless Facts About Money while sharing a selection of Oprah’s Favorite Things 2024 on Late Night with Seth Meyers: https://ow.ly/ZJ6s50U670F

Congratulations, Cece Bell, winner of a 2024 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books Award for Animal Albums! 🎖️ For music based on the book, featuring VJ’s LeUyen Pham, Jessixa Bagley, Tom Angleberger, and others, visit here: https://lnkd.in/eCx2WQAJ For the complete list: https://lnkd.in/eAbaXkux #BestIllustratedBook #PictureBook #BookAward

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Congratulations to Kenneth M. Cadow, the winner of the 2024 Kirkus Prize in Young Readers’ Literature! See the full list of winners here: https://ow.ly/ll7n50TOoFo

Bestselling titles from Candlewick Press.

"Priceless Facts About Money" by Mellody Hobson and illustrated by Caitlin Stevens is an Instant New York Times Bestseller. ✨📚 #PricelessFactsAboutMoney #InstantBestseller #InstantNYTBestseller #NYTBestseller #MellodyHobson

"The Hotel Balzaar" by Kate DiCamillo illustrated by Júlia Sardà is an Instant New York Times Bestseller! ✨📚 #TheHotelBalzaar #InstantBestseller #InstantNYTBestseller #NYTBestseller #KateDiCamillo

We invite you to explore the article from Publishers Weekly celebrating the 30th anniversary of the cherished title, "Guess How Much I Love You." 🔗: https://ow.ly/4VpY50TINbQ

“The Scottish fantasy writer George MacDonald once said that “it is not the things we see the most clearly that influence us the most powerfully.” Kate DiCamillo would seem to share this understanding, to judge from “The Hotel Balzaar,” a slim and elegant book in which stories both enthrall and exasperate a young girl. . . ." Read Wall Street Journal's complete review of Kate DiCamillo's "The Hotel Balzaar": https://ow.ly/G8G550TFECV

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Company Name	Candlewick Press	Penguin
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MSH ID	COM:CANDLEWICK	COM:PENGUIN
Market	PRIVATE	PRIVATE
Sector	Consumer Goods	Commercial & Professional Services
Industry	Publishing	Publishing
Country	US	US
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Website	candlewick.com	penguin.com
LinkedIn	candlewick-press	penguin-random-house-publishing
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