Walden Pond Press
HarperCollins' imprint of children's books
Walden Pond Press , established in 2008, is the co-publishing venture of film production company Walden Media and book publisher HarperCollins .[ 1] The venture operates as an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books, and its logo, a skipping stone on Walden Pond , is derivative of the Walden Media logo.
Background
Walden Pond Press publishes "middle-grade classics".[ 2] For example, Root Magic (2021) by Eden Royce [ 3] and The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy (2021) by Anne Ursu [ 4] were both published by Walden Media .
Audience
Walden Pond Press publishes a small, targeted list of middle grade book titles every year. Notable titles include Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce (2010); The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander (2011); Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu (2011); The Hero’s Guide series by Christopher Healy (2012–2015); Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson (2016); National Book Award longlist nominees The Real Boy by Anne Ursu (2013) and Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder (2017); A Boy Called Bat and sequels by Elana K. Arnold (2017–2020); York: The Shadow Cipher and sequels by Laura Ruby (2019–2021); Love Sugar Magic and sequels by Anna Meriano (2018–2020); and A Perilous Journey of Danger & Mayhem: The Dastardly Plot and sequels by Christopher Healy (2018–2020), among others.
Prior partnership
Walden Pond Press is Walden Media 's second co-publishing venture with a major US publishing house. From 2004 to 2008 Walden Media worked across all imprints at Penguin Young Readers Group , publishing the Newbery Honor -winning[ 5] Savvy by first-time author Ingrid Law (Dial/Walden Media), Mike Lupica 's The Comeback Kids series (Philomel/Walden Media), Lauren St John 's The White Giraffe series (Dial/Walden Media), and Michael Reisman's Simon Bloom series (Dutton/Walden Media), among other titles.[ 6] [ 7]
Authors
The publisher has published books by authors including Paul Adam , Steven Knight , Anne Ursu , Kevin Emerson , Jarrett J. Krosoczka , John David Anderson , Frank Cottrell-Boyce , Elana K. Arnold , Laura Ruby , and Laurel Snyder .[citation needed ]
Walden Pond Press publishing history
Year
Title
Author
Publication Date
2023
No One Leaves the Castle
Christopher Healy
August 15, 2023
2023
Conjure Island
Eden Royce
June 23. 2023
2023
The Greatest Kid in the World
John David Anderson
June 13, 2023
2023
The Witch of Woodland
Laurel Snyder
May 16, 2023
2023
Harriet Spies
Elana K. Arnold
February 7, 2023
2022
Homebound
John David Anderson
August 22, 2022
2022
The Hurricanes of Weakerville
Chris Rylander
June 28, 2022
2022
Drifters
Kevin Emerson
May 10, 2022
2022
Just Harriet
Elana K. Arnold
February 1, 2022
2022
Riley's Ghost
John David Anderson
January 11, 2022
2021
The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy
Anne Ursu
October 12, 2021
2021
Stowaway
John David Anderson
August 3. 2021
2021
Hollow Chest
Brita Sandstrom
June 8, 2021
2021
The House That Wasn't There
Elana K. Arnold
March 30, 2021
2021
The In-Between
Rebecca K. S. Ansari
January 26, 2021
2021
Root Magic
Eden Royce
January 5, 2021
2020
A Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem #3
Christopher Healy
December 1, 2020
2020
York: The Map of Stars
Laura Ruby
May 1, 2020
2020
One Last Shot
John David Anderson
May 5, 2020
2020
Love Sugar Magic: A Mixture of Mischief
Anna Meriano
February 4, 2020
2019
A Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem #2
Christopher Healy
November 5, 2019
2019
My Jasper June
Laurel Snyder
September 3, 2019
2019
Two Truths and a Lie: Forces of Nature
Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson
June 25, 2019
2019
York: The Clockwork Ghost
Laura Ruby
May 14, 2019
2019
Finding Orion
John David Anderson
May 7, 2019
2019
Bat and the End of Everything
Elana K. Arnold
March 26, 2019
2019
The Missing Piece of Charles O'Reilly
Rebecca K. S. Ansari
March 5, 2019
2019
The Shores Beyond Time
Kevin Emerson
February 12, 2019
2019
The Lost Girl
Anne Ursu
February 12, 2019
2019
Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits
Anna Meriano
February 5, 2019
2018
A Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem #1
Christopher Healy
September 25, 2018
2018
The Treasure of Mad Doc Magee
Elinor Teele
August 21, 2018
2018
Two Truths and a Lie: Histories and Mysteries
Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson
June 26, 2018
2018
Bat and the Waiting Game
Elana K. Arnold
March 27, 2018
2018
Granted
John David Anderson
February 13, 2018
2018
The Oceans Between Stars
Kevin Emerson
February 12, 2018
2018
Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble
Anna Meriano
January 2, 2018
2017
The Sea of The Dead
Barry Wolverton
December 12, 2017
2017
Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive
Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson
June 27, 2017
2017
Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
June 20, 2017
2017
Orphan Island
Laurel Snyder
May 30, 2017
2017
York: The Shadow Cipher
Laura Ruby
May 16, 2017
2017
Posted
John David Anderson
May 2, 2017
2017
Guys Read: Heroes and Villains
Jon Scieszka
April 4, 2017
2017
A Boy Called Bat
Elana K. Arnold
March 14, 2017
2017
Last Day on Mars
Kevin Emerson
February 14, 2017
2016
The Dragon's Gate
Barry Wolverton
November 1, 2016
2016
Ms. Bixby's Last Day
John David Anderson
June 21, 2016
2016
The Mechanical Mind of John Coggins
Elinor Teele
April 12, 2016
2016
Crisis Zero
Chris Rylander
February 2, 2016
2015
The Astounding Broccoli Boy
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
September 8, 2015
2015
The Vanishing Island
Barry Wolverton
September 1, 2015
2015
Guys Read: Terrifying Tales
Jon Scieszka
September 1, 2015
2015
The Dungeoneers
John David Anderson
June 23, 2015
2015
Platypus Police Squad: Last Panda Standing
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
May 5, 2015
2015
Countdown Zero
Chris Rylander
February 3, 2015
2014
Guys Read: True Stories
Jon Scieszka
September 16, 2014
2014
Disappearance at Hangman's Creek
John Thompson
September 2, 2014
2014
Minion
John David Anderson
June 24, 2014
2014
Platypus Police Squad: The Ostrich Conspiracy
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
May 6, 2014
2014
The Hero's Guide to Being An Outlaw
Christopher Healy
April 29, 2014
2014
The Dyerville Tales
M. P. Kozlowski
April 22, 2014
2014
Codename Zero
Chris Rylander
February 4, 2014
2013
The Real Boy
Anne Ursu
September 24, 2013
2013
Guys Read: Other Worlds
Jon Scieszka
September 17, 2013
2013
Sidekicked
John David Anderson
June 23, 2013
2013
Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
May 7, 2013
2013
The Girl from Felony Bay
John Thompson
April 30, 2013
2013
The Hero's Guide to Storming The Castle
Christopher Healy
April 29, 2013
2013
The Fellowship for Alien Detection
Kevin Emerson
February 26, 2013
2013
The Fourth Stall Part III
Chris Rylander
February 5, 2013
2012
Guys Read: The Sports Pages
Jon Scieszka
July 10, 2012
2012
The Mask of Destiny
Richard Newsome
May 15, 2012
2012
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
Christopher Healy
May 1, 2012
2012
Neversink
Barry Wolverton
March 27, 2012
2012
The Fourth Stall Part II
Chris Rylander
May 1, 2012
2011
Breadcrumbs
Anne Ursu
September 27, 2011
2011
Guys Read: Thriller
Jon Scieszka
September 20, 2011
2011
Juniper Berry
M. P. Kozlowski
April 26, 2011
2011
The Fourth Stall
Chris Rylander
February 8, 2011
2010
Guys Read: Funny Business
Jon Scieszka
September 21, 2010
2010
The Last Words of Will Wolfkin
Steven Knight
May 25, 2010
2010
The Billionaire's Curse
Richard Newsome
May 18, 2010
2010
Cosmic
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
January 19, 2010
References
^ Getlin, Josh."Maker of Children's Films Gets Into the Book Business" , The Los Angeles Times , May 13, 2008, accessed March 2, 2011.
^ "Childrens – HarperCollins" . www.harpercollins.com . Retrieved 2021-07-09 .
^ "Childrens – HarperCollins" . www.harpercollins.com . Retrieved 2021-07-09 .
^ "Childrens – HarperCollins" . www.harpercollins.com . Retrieved 2021-07-09 .
^ Newbery Honor Books
^ "Penguin Young Reader's Group and Walden Media Set Multi-Year Publishing, Film and Television Joint Venture", PR Newsire , March 27, 2006, accessed March 2, 2011.
^ Springen, Karen. "Walden Media Moves Into the Future" , Publishers Weekly , February 19, 2009, accessed March 2, 2011.
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