DK partners with Lego on children’s books

DK has launched a new line of children’s books, including fiction, chapter books, and middle-grade books packaged with exclusive Lego bricks.
https://janefriedman.com/dk-partners-with-lego-on-childrens-books/

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From Screen to Shelf: What Kedoo’s Digital-First Model Means for Children’s Publishing

Kedoo Entertainment's Booba shows how YouTube-born IP rewrites content funding. Here's what children's publishers should take from the digital-first shift.
The post From Screen to Shelf: What Kedoo’s Digital-First Model Means for Children’s Publishing appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/28/digital-first-kids-content-publishing-opportunities-kedoo-booba/

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Hachette Children’s Group in the UK launches three new imprints

As part of a restructure, Hachette Children’s Group (UK) has launched three new imprints: Starboard, Tempest, and Blyton Books.
https://janefriedman.com/hachette-childrens-group-in-the-uk-launches-three-new-imprints/

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New children’s imprint: Plata Kids

Plata Publishing is launching a children’s imprint that’s an extension of the parent company’s adult nonfiction title, Rich Dad Poor Dad.
https://janefriedman.com/new-childrens-imprint-plata-kids/

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New UK children’s imprint: Tangle & Twig

Educational publisher BookLife wants to expand its reach into trade (consumer) publishing with the new children’s imprint.
https://janefriedman.com/new-uk-childrens-imprint-tangle-twig/

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Australian publisher launches children’s imprint

Smith Street Books, an independent publisher of nonfiction, has launched a children’s imprint, Little Smith.
https://janefriedman.com/australian-publisher-launches-childrens-imprint/

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Birds, Books, and Breaking Into Nonfiction Children’s Publishing

Author Lynn Street shares how an Audubon event inspired her narrative nonfiction picture books and how writers can break into the market.
https://www.writersdigest.com/birds-books-and-breaking-into-nonfiction-childrens-publishing

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Macmillan UK launches children’s nonfiction imprint

Rocket Fox will publish activity books and commercial nonfiction “from experts on topics that really matter to children and their families.”…
https://janefriedman.com/macmillan-uk-launches-childrens-nonfiction-imprint/

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New children’s publisher: Dream Jar Publishing

Author-illustrator Angela Quezada Padron has launched Dream Jar Publishing, which will focus on diverse children’s books.
https://janefriedman.com/new-childrens-publisher-dream-jar-publishing/

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New Simon & Schuster children’s imprint: Sarah Barley Books

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers has announced a new imprint, Sarah Barley Books, which will publish YA and middle-grade fiction.
https://janefriedman.com/new-simon-schuster-childrens-imprint-sarah-barley-books/

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