Penguin Random House author Jacqueline Woodson was named the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Laureate, the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature. The prize amounts to 5 million Swedish krona (approximately $613,000).  Woodson is the author of more than thirty books, including novels, poetry and picture books. One of her most lauded titles is

A new Penguin Young Readers International Backlist Highlights catalog has been added to the site! See here to check it out and view the order form! An Edelweiss collection is available here .   Order form: PYRG International Backlist Highlights catalog OF_ 1118

Penguin Random House has purchased the trade-book publishing assets of Rodale Books, the pathfinding, highly regarded wellness publisher.

The New York Times exclusively reported that ISLANDBORN, a debut picture book by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Junot Díaz and illustrated by Leo Espinosa, will be published in March 2018 by Penguin Young Readers. Per the Times:  “Islandborn” is a picture book — Mr. Díaz’s first work of fiction for young readers. It grew out of