🥳 We’re hiring! 🥳 This is an exciting opportunity to join The Walker Books Group, one of the world’s leading publishers of books and content for young readers, renowned for its truly original publishing and outstanding quality. This position reports to the VP, Consumer and Brand Marketing, and will play a key role in consumer-facing marketing for The Walker Books Group US publishers—Candlewick Press, Holiday House Publishing, Inc., Peachtree Publishing Company Inc., and their imprints. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/eYUXSn8t
Candlewick Press
Book and Periodical Publishing
Somerville, MA 29,096 followers
Lighting the way, one book at a time.
About us
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. Our passion translates into the highest-quality books possible for you, our discriminating readers -- the teachers, librarians, parents, and of course, children of all ages -- who have learned to expect a truly wonderful book wherever the Candlewick logo appears. Our imprints include: Templar Big Picture Press Candlewick Entertainment Candlewick Studio MIT Kids Press MITeen Press Our divisions include: Walker Books US
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https://linktr.ee/candlewickpress
External link for Candlewick Press
- Industry
- Book and Periodical Publishing
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Somerville, MA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1991
- Specialties
- children's books, picture books, middle grade books, young adult books, board books, e-books, novelty books, pop-up books, Where's Waldo?, Maisy, and Guess How Much I Love You
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99 Dover Street
Somerville, MA 02144, US
Employees at Candlewick Press
Updates
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We are thrilled to share that INTERRUPTING CHICKEN, the Apple TV+ show based on Caldecott Honor-winning creator and Candlewick author David Ezra Stein’s Interrupting Chicken series, is a nominee for the NATAS Children’s and Family Emmy Awards in the “Preschool Animated Series” category! The award ceremony will take place on March 15, 2025. Congratulations, David and Interrupting Chicken team!
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We are more than thrilled to share that three of our titles were included on the list of the Best Children's Books of 2024, selected by The New York Times Book Review! Congratulations! ✨📚❤️ "Something About the Sky" by Rachel Carson and illustrated by Nikki McClure "Animal Albums from A to Z" by Cece Bell "Louder Than Hunger" by John Schu For complete list visit: https://ow.ly/uYRF50UmubB
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Arboretum: Welcome to the Museum by Tony Kirkham and Katie Scott was spotlighted in The Wall Street Journal’s roundup “Holiday Gift Books: Reading for Children” on November 19. Full article: https://ow.ly/lBBR50Ue3Si
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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
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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
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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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We're one of #OprahsFavoriteThings of 2024! Head to OprahDaily.com for the full list and pick up the Oprah Daily’s special 2024 Holiday Edition on newsstands November 12! Visit: https://lnkd.in/ecUf3apa. #OprahsFavoriteThings
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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