A Story for Each Reader Since 1926

“Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers modified my life and that’s the reality. Arthur’s Nostril was my first printed ebook. I had the nice fortune to have LBYR as my writer. My first editor, Emilie McLeod noticed one thing in me that she nurtured. And now, after many extra books and a profitable PBS animated sequence later, I nonetheless pinch myself.”  
—Marc Brown, writer of Arthur’s Nostril

“Little, Brown has created such a beloved and treasured storytelling legacy. From Little Girls to Ed Emberley’s Drawing Guide, it’s an honor to suppose that my books are serving to to proceed that lineage. Congratulations to all of the hardworking and devoted individuals that make Little, Brown the writer of kids’s literature that’s not solely well timed, however timeless.” 
—Grace Lin, writer of The place the Mountain Meets the Moon and The Gate, the Lady, and the Dragon

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NEW YORK, NY (June 12, 2026)—With the publishing home’s centennial, Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers (LBYR), a division of Hachette Guide Group (HBG), is marking the milestone with a print and downloadable brochure highlighting the group’s historical past; curation of a 100-title ebook checklist capturing the breadth of LBYR’s publishing; and extra. 

• All LBYR titles publishing in 2026 will characteristic a celebratory hundredth anniversary emblem on their title pages and, for novels, a letter from LBYR President and Writer, Megan Tingley, in the back of the ebook. See it right here.  
• A commemorative brochure detailing LBYR’s storied historical past is obtainable for obtain right here and will probably be distributed bodily at upcoming trade occasions—along with LBYR centennial tote baggage.  
• A curated checklist of 100 titles spanning LBYR’s historical past—from Mr. Popper’s Penguins and Arthur’s Nostril to Twilight and The Wild Robotic—is viewable now on the anniversary’s touchdown web page.

LBYR’s wealthy historical past dates again to 1926, when Little, Brown and Firm (est. 1837) launched a devoted kids’s division following a interval marked by large progress in kids’s literature. First helmed by Lucile Gulliver out of LB’s Boston headquarters (the transfer to New York would are available in 2002), the LB kids’s division rapidly started buying future classics, award winners, and bestsellers—with a notable early collaborator being Cornelia Meigs who gained Newbery Honors in 1929 and 1933 and the Newbery Medal in 1934 for Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Creator of Little Girls.  

By way of the a long time, LBYR titles have been acknowledged a number of instances by the Newbery Awards and Nationwide Guide Awards, and have obtained probably the most Caldecott Medal recognition of any writer this century, having gained six medals since 2010 (with a complete of seven medals and ten honors conferred for the reason that Caldecott was first awarded in 1938). This features a three-year medal run from 2015-2017 (Dan Santat’s The Adventures of Beekle, Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall’s Discovering Winnie, and Javaka Steptoe and Jean-Michel Basquiet’s Radiant Youngster). In 2010, Jerry Pinkney grew to become the primary Black man to win the Caldecott Medal (solo) for The Lion & the Mouse and in 2024, Vashti Harrison made historical past as the primary Black girl to win the Caldecott Medal for Massive. Please click on right here to see a timeline of LBYR and trade historical past. 

Mentioned Tingley, “Having begun my profession at Little, Brown, I’m honored to have been right here for almost 40 years of its esteemed 100-year historical past and grateful to my colleagues and our authors and illustrators for his or her contributions to our success. Trying again at our accomplishments and accolades, in addition to our challenges, during the last century has made me deeply pleased with the influence these very important works have made on generations of readers—and aware of how essential it’s that our books proceed reaching the younger individuals who want them. A lot has modified over the a long time, however our dedication at LBYR stays fixed: to supply a supportive dwelling for all creators and excellent tales for all readers.” 

Different thrilling developments from LBYR which might be underway and upcoming in 2026: 

• Requited, a brand new grownup imprint introduced in 2025, will publish its first full title checklist in 2026 and its first 4 hardcover releases, Sable Sorensen’s Dire Sure (March) and Fury Sure (Might), Jordan Stephanie Grey’s The Depraved Sea (April), and Caty Rogan’s Kissed by the Gods (June) all debuted on the New York Instances and USA Immediately bestseller lists. 
• Alvina Ling, beforehand Editor-in-Chief and a 25-year veteran of LBYR, will launch her eponymous imprint, Alvina Ling Books, in Fall 2026. 
• Longtime LBYR writer Jewell Parker Rhodes, winner of the 2026 Coretta Scott King Guide Award for Will’s Race for Dwelling, just lately introduced—in collaboration with LBYR—The Jewell Parker Rhodes Fellowship for Rising Voices.
• LBYR will proceed supporting HBG’s pressing and long-term marketing campaign to lift consciousness in regards to the decline in kids studying for enjoyable, Elevating Readers—an initiative originated by Megan Tingley.  

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“LBYR brilliantly helps my lifelong dream to be a kids’s ebook writer. Professional enhancing, excellent advertising and marketing and publicity, and large Faculty and Library Outreach—certainly, the ENTIRE LBYR publishing crew helps and encourages me to write down my finest for probably the most valuable and prestigious viewers – kids. LBYR’s century-long dedication to narrative and high-quality publishing makes it an ideal literary dwelling for me.” 

—Jewell Parker Rhodes, writer of Ghost Boys and Will’s Race for Dwelling

“For 100 years, Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers has printed tales that enable children to find the magic of phrases. I’m honored for my books to be a part of their legacy and need LBYR many centuries of publishing to return.”  
—Holly Black, writer of The Novels of Elfame and The People of the Air sequence 

“As a kids’s bookstore purchaser for over forty years, I sit up for seeing what LBYR is publishing each shopping for season. I do know I’ll discover extra of the ‘eternally’ books that I treasure, the books that may at all times be on our cabinets. From the proprietor of a 150-year-old household bookstore, thanks for all you do in serving to us place good ‘eternally books’ into the arms of kids!” 
—Becky Anderson, proprietor, Anderson’s Bookshops, Chicago 

“The image ebook is an artwork object, and I’m delighted that Little, Brown acknowledges this as nicely and pays such cautious consideration to all facets of image ebook design such because the endpapers, mud jacket, case cowl and extra.” 
—Dr. Jonda C. McNair, Charlotte S. Huck Endowed Professor of Youngsters’s Literature, The Ohio State College 

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About Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers 

Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers is a division of Hachette Guide Group, a number one U.S. general-interest ebook writer made up of dozens of esteemed imprints inside the publishing teams Primary Books Group, Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Audio, Hachette Nashville, Little, Brown and Firm, Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers, Orbit, Working Press Group, and Workman Publishing. For extra data, go to hachettebookgroup.com.                                                                                                         

LBYR Contact: Mary McCue, VP, Publicity and Strategic Communications 908-489-0436, mary.mccue@hbgusa.com