Candlewick Press, which will celebrate its fifteenth birthday throughout 2007, 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 M. T. Anderson’s National Book Award winner and Michael L. Printz Honor book, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party.

Candlewick is home to Kate DiCamillo, publishing 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 (including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Beginning Reader Honor book Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride), and the her most recent, 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.