4.+Publishers

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 * ABDO Publishing Company**// publishes nonfiction in a variety of subject areas, grades preK-12. It might be useful when looking to expand a libraries nonfiction section.

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 * August House**// is an award-winning multimedia publisher of children's stories, picture books, folktale anthologies and resource books. They are very well known for their creative children's books.

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 * Bearport Books** **Publishing**// specializes in curriculum-aligned, high-interest nonfiction books that are written and designed for the struggling reader in grades K-8. This company might be important when ordering books for reluctant readers.

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 * Black Rabbit Books** o//ffers high-quality nonfiction titles for grades K-12.

//** Candlewick Press**// is an independent children's book publisher dedicated to creating outstanding children's books for readers of all ages.

//**Cherry Lake Publishing**// produces books that also Teach 21st Century Skills.


 * //Crabtree Publishing//** provides easy to read, full-color children's books for PreK through 8th grade.Crabtree is best-known for it's non-fiction science and social studies books by award-winning author Bobbie Kalman.

Disney Publishing Worldwide//** is the world's largest publisher of children's books and magazines, with over 400 children's magazines published and 120 million children's books sold each year. Disney-Hyperion Books, Disney Editions, Disney-Jump at the Sun Books, and Disney Press are imprints of Disney Book Group, DPW's vertical publishing arm in the US. Headquartered in White Plains, NY and Milan, Italy, Disney Publishing Worldwide publishes books and magazines in 85 languages in 75 countries, reaching more than 100 million readers each month.
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//**Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc**.// is a leading and respected provider of informational and reference matierials. They are perhaps one of the most trusted sources of information on every topic imaginable.

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 * Facts on File**// is an award-winning publisher of print and online reference materials as well as online historical and current news products for schools and libraries. Subject areas include science, history, careers, literature, religion, the arts, and more.


 * //Films Media GroupsFilms Media Group//** is the leading source of educational content across every academic area through four brands (Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Our exclusive, award winning titles come from world class producers and are available in an innovative array of delivery options and formats.

//** Free Spirit Publishing**// is the leading publisher of PreK - 12 learning tools that support young people's social and emotional health. Our resources are for kids, educators, school counselors, after school care providers, and parents. Topics include character ed., service learning, bullying, special needs, early childhood, and more.

//**Gale**// is a world leader in educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Publishing high-quality nonfiction resources for the K-12 market with imprints especially designed for schools - Greenhaven Press, Lucent Books, KidHaven Press, Blackbirch Press, Sleeping Bear Press, and U.X.L.

Hammond World Atlas** has been the most respected name in mapmaking. Hammond published the first digital atlas, the bestselling World Atlas, now in its 5th edition. Hammond offers a full range of digital, political, and physical maps and atlases. WCBS-TV, CNN, educators and students all rely on Hammond as their map and atlas source.
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//** Lee & Low Books**// features high quality, culturally diverse publications for grades PreK-6th. Their children's books are very diverse.

Marshall Cavendish U.S//**. is a leading North American publisher of illustrated encyclopedias, nonfiction series, and children's books. Marshall Cavendish Reference offers multivolume encyclopedias on a wide range of topics to support the curriculum and to encourage lifelong learning. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark specializes in visually appealing and authoritative nonfiction series, meeting the needs of readers from kindergarten through high school. Marshall Cavendish Children features picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction that appeal to younger readers.
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Merriam-Webster//** is America's leading and most distinguished language reference publisher. A great source for dictionaries and other language reference materials.
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 * //Morgan Reynolds//** publishes high-quality biographies and other non-fiction for the secondary school library. All books are correlated to state and national curriculum standards and each title is 100+ pages in length.

Oxford University Press, Inc. (OUP USA),//** is Oxford University Press's second major publishing center, after Oxford (UK). Perhaps the most diverse publisher of its type, it publishes works that further Oxford University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education.
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//** Random House Publishing Group**// is the world's largest English trade-book publisher, Random House is home to such award-winning, best-selling and beloved authors as Dr. Seuss, Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, Billy Collins, John Grisham, and Toni Morrison.

//** Rosen Publishing**// produces high-quality nonfiction books in the areas of Science, Social Studies, Math, and Guidance for Grades K-12.

Scholastic//** is a global children's publishing, education and media company. Their company claims to recognize that literacy is the cornerstone of a child's intellectual, personal and cultural growth. Scholastic has been around for over 87 years and has created many quality products and services that educate, entertain and motivate children and are designed to help enlarge their understanding of the world around them.
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//** Simon & Schuster**// is a worldwide leader in trade book publishing. The offer schools and libraries classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction for K-12 readers through a variety of series, including Childhood of Famous Americans, Enriched Classics, Folger Shakespeare Library, Scribner Classics, Washington Square Press, and others.

//** Stone Arch Books**// publishes safe fiction in graphic novel and chapter formats for struggling and reluctant readers ages 8-14.