Children’s Publishing

The new imprint from educational publisher Teacher Created Materials will publish fiction and nonfiction for young readers up to age 12.

Manga publisher TokyoPop has launched TokyoPop Learning, focusing on books and learning materials for young readers ages 10 and up.

Author and educator Lavaille Lavette is partnering on Joyful Pen Books, focusing on inclusive stories that promote empowerment.

DK has launched a new line of children’s books, including fiction, chapter books, and middle-grade books packaged with exclusive Lego bricks.

As part of a restructure, Hachette Children’s Group (UK) has launched three new imprints: Starboard, Tempest, and Blyton Books.

Plata Publishing is launching a children’s imprint that’s an extension of the parent company’s adult nonfiction title, Rich Dad Poor Dad.

Educational publisher BookLife wants to expand its reach into trade (consumer) publishing with the new children’s imprint.

Smith Street Books, an independent publisher of nonfiction, has launched a children’s imprint, Little Smith.

Rocket Fox will publish activity books and commercial nonfiction “from experts on topics that really matter to children and their families.”

Author-illustrator Angela Quezada Padron has launched Dream Jar Publishing, which will focus on diverse children’s books.

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers has announced a new imprint, Sarah Barley Books, which will publish YA and middle-grade fiction.

When your manuscript is 500 words or less, a carefully-chosen word can carry both emotional weight and contextual clarity.

They plan to publish across all ages, including board books, picture books, illustrated fiction and nonfiction, and upper-middle-grade titles.

Three Wishes expects to publish 15 to 20 concepts a year across novelty board books, personalized journals, arts and crafts, and sound books.

Penguin Random House Canada is launching Swift Water Books that will publish widely across all age groups and include graphic novels.

Sourcebooks has launched Stonefruit Studio, a new imprint for children’s books—all ages and formats, fiction and nonfiction.

Heights Press will debut with Hickory Hollow, a six-book series for middle-grade readers, along with a series of video shorts.

Disney will designate three to four children’s books annually as Disney Planet Possible titles.

Publishers Weekly is on the ground in Bologna, and early reports indicate continued challenges in the middle-grade category.

Two editors from HarperCollins, Ben Rosenthal and Mabel Hsu, are joining Sourcebooks to establish a new children’s imprint.

Brydon Books is a new children’s publishing company based in the UK, launched by author Alli Brydon and her husband, Edward Brydon.

US independent publisher Abrams is launching a new graphic novel imprint for early, middle grade, and YA readers.

The children’s book imprint launched by Baker & Taylor in 2022, will expand into the middle-grade market this fall.

The Los Angeles–based publisher, established about eight years ago, has announced a children’s imprint, Atelier Enfants.

Disney Hyperion and pan-African entertainment company Kugali have launched KugaliInk, a graphic novel imprint focused on middle-grade readers.