Atheneum Books
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Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. in 1959.
In the 2000s Atheneum Books for Young Readers is a children's-book imprint of Simon & Schuster. It has published the popular May Bird fantasy series for young adults, inaugurated by May Bird and the Ever After (2005), and the Olivia series of picture books featuring Olivia the pig (from 2000). The Higher Power of Lucky won the 2007 Newbery Medal.
History
Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. left his family publishing house and create Atheneum Books in 1959.[1] It became the publisher of Pulitzer Prize winners Edward Albee, Charles Johnson, and Theodore H. White. Knopf recruited editor Jean E. Karl personally, to come and establish a Children's Book Department in 1961.[2][3]
Atheneum merged with Charles Scribner's Sons to become The Scribner Book Company in 1978. The acquisition included Rawson Associates. Scribner was acquired by Macmillan in 1984. Macmillan was purchased by Simon & Schuster in 1994.[4]
References
- ^ Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (February 16, 2009). "Alfred A. Knopf Jr., Influential Publisher, Dies at 90". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/books/16knopf.html. Retrieved 2009-02-22. "Alfred A. Knopf Jr., who left the noted publishing house run by his parents to become one of the founders of Atheneum Publishers in 1959, died on Saturday. He was 90, the last of the surviving founders, and lived in New York City."
- ^ Karl, Jean (Edna). Summer 2006. Alan Jalowitz. Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Penn State University. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ Birthday Bios: Jean E. Karl. No date. Vicki Palmquist. Children's literature network. (c) 2002–2008. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "History". Simon & Schuster. http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=427728&agid=13. Retrieved 2009-02-22. "In 1978 Scribner acquired Atheneum, publishers of Edward Albee, Charles Johnson, and Theodore H. White. The Atheneum acquisition also brought with it the Rawson Associates imprint. And in 1984, the Scribner Book Companies, which by then included a great children's division and a distinguished reference division, merged with Macmillan."[dead link]
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