Bloomsbury Children’s Books & Walker Books for Young Readers
Bloomsbury Children’s Books USA, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing USA, was launched in 2002 as a general interest publisher of children’s books for readers of all ages. The imprint publishes such award-winning and best-selling authors as Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale, Herbie Brennan, Alexander McCall Smith, Dale Peck, Celia Rees, Sloane Tanen, Margaret Atwood, and E. D. Baker. In the U. K., Bloomsbury is the publisher of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
In 2005, Bloomsbury USA acquired Walker Books for Young Readers which publishes such acclaimed books as the Caldecott Honor winner Gone Wild written and illus. by David McLimans, The Signers by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Michael McCurdy, the deGranville trilogy by K.M. Grant, the perennial favorite The Period Book by Karen Gravelle, and the ever-popular Miss Malarkey picture book series by Judy Finchler and Kevin O’Malley.
For more information on either imprint, as well as reading group guides, story hour activities, links to author sites, and a complete catalog listing of titles, visit www.bloomsburyusa.com or www.walkeryoungreaders.com.
Visit the Bloomsbury Children’s Books Website
Visit the Walker Books for Young Readers Website |