Walker Books

{{short description|British publisher of children's books}}

{{for|the defunct American publisher|Walker & Company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox publisher

| image = Walker Books logo.png

| parent = De Agostini

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| founded = 1978

| founders = Sebastian Walker, Amelia Edwards & Wendy Boase

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| country = United Kingdom

| headquarters = London

| distribution = The Book Service (UK)
Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (Australia)[https://www.walkerbooks.com.au/Booksellers/Distributors Distributors]
Pan Macmillan (South Africa){{Cite web| title = About « Pan Macmillan| access-date = 2018-01-21| url = http://panmacmillan.co.za/about/}}

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| publications = Books

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| imprints = {{unbulleted list|Candlewick Press

|Walker Books Australia}}

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| url = {{URL|http://www.walker.co.uk}}
{{URL|https://www.walkerbooks.com.au/}}

}}

{{Portal |Children's literature}}

Walker Books is a British publisher of children's books, founded in 1978 by Sebastian Walker, Amelia Edwards, and Wendy Boase.

In 1991, the success of Walker Books' Where's Wally? series enabled the company to expand into the American market, starting a sister company called Candlewick Press in 1991.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6410368.html |title=Candlewick Turns Sweet 15 |access-date=2008-05-25 |date=2007-01-29 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724203833/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6410368.html |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }} In 1993, Walker Books also entered the Australian market by establishing another sister company, called Walker Books Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.walker.co.uk/about-walker.aspx |title= About Walker: The Beginning |access-date=2014-11-29 |publisher=Walker Books}}

In 2001, co-founder of Walker Books Amelia Edwards won the Eleanor Farjeon Award for her contributions to children's literature as the publisher's art director.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA189876.html |title=In the Winners' Circle |access-date=2008-05-25 |date=2002-07-01 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724012810/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA189876.html |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }}

The company's logo of a bear holding a candle was designed by Helen Oxenbury.{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/picture-perfectionist/2006/05/27/1148524929511.html |title=Picture perfectionist |access-date=2008-05-25 |date=2006-05-28 |newspaper=The Age}}

In May 2020, the company was acquired by Trustbridge Global Media, together with its sister company in the US Candlewick Press and its other subsidiary in Australia.{{Cite web|title=Trustbridge Global Media Acquires Walker Books|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/83294-trustbridge-global-media-acquires-walker-books.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}