Candlewick Press

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Candlewick Press, established in 1991 and located in Cambridge, MA is the American division of the English publisher Walker Books. The logo (which was also the original logo of the parent company Walker Books) is a bear carrying a candle.

Candlewick Press is America's fastest growing independent publisher for children, thanks to an incredible roster of talent and best-selling series such as the 'Ologies (Dragonology, Egyptology, Wizardology, and Pirateology); Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart's wildly successful Encyclopedia Prehistorica pop-up books; the rapidly expanding Judy Moody franchise, featuring that irrepressible third-grader with attitude, from author Megan McDonald and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds; Dyan Sheldon's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen; the beloved Guess How Much I Love You; Martin Handford's iconic Where's Waldo? books; Lucy Cousins's perennially popular Maisy books, and National Book Award winner The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1: The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson.

Candlewick is home to Kate DiCamillo, having published her first novel, Because of Winn-Dixie (winner of a Newbery Honor), along with The Tiger Rising (a National Book Award Finalist), The Tale of Despereaux (winner of the Newbery Medal), her Mercy Watson picture book series, and her most recent book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for fiction).

Candlewick's parent company is Walker Books Ltd., of London, England, with additional offices in Sydney, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand. The company continually strives to adhere to the values established by founder Sebastian Walker, whose unique vision for a publishing house as an intimate creative environment where new talent could flourish lives on today.