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Report from Westminster: Another Spelling Bee Win for Our Colleagues

The 18th Annual Spelling Bee benefiting the Literacy Council of Carroll County, Inc. recently took place in Westminster and Penguin Random House was well represented with three teams of spellers.

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There’s a Book for That: Jewish American Heritage Month

May is Jewish American Heritage Month – proclaimed such in 2006 by President George W. Bush to honor the more than 350-year history of Jewish contributions to American culture.

This year Penguin Random House was pleased to have the following nine books win, or be finalists for, National Jewish Book Awards in eight categories. The National Jewish Book Continue reading →

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Random House Relaunches YouTube Channel to Harness the Power of Video

Video content continues to rise to the top of how consumers are choosing to access information and entertainment. In a further step towards harnessing the power of online video, the Random House Publishing Group has relaunched its YouTube Channel with a compelling and inspiring trailer titled “Who is Random House? Highlights from Our Authors.” Watch the trailer here. Continue reading →

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Inside Four New Heavyweight Biographies

This week’s Igloo Book Buzz celebrates the release of four major biographies that delve inside the lives of four distinctly different, supremely gifted individuals: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Hemingway, Otis Redding and Maurice Sendak. While Ali, Hemingway and Redding are instantly Continue reading →

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VIDEO: PRH Employees’ Children Talking About Our Company Story

To coincide with Penguin Random House’s annual Take Our Children to Work Day on Thursday, April 27, our Corporate Communications and Kid’s Day teams created a light-hearted, informal, “handmade” video of our employees’ children reading or reciting lines from our Penguin Random House company Continue reading →

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TSP Creative Director Emma Campion on Collaborating with House Industries

The newly unveiled Watson-Guptill colophon came to life because of a close collaboration between House Industries and a visionary team led Ten Speed Press Creative Director Emma Campion. Here Emma answers three questions about this very fruitful working partnership.

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Watson-Guptill Unveils New Colophon Created by House Industries

The Crown Publishing Group is pleased to announce a new colophon design for its Watson-Guptill imprint, which publishes instructional and influential illustrated art books for both amateur and professional artists around the world. The new logo, which will debut on books published this summer, is a reimagining of Watson-Guptill’s classic horse icon, and was created by the renowned font design studio House Industries. Continue reading →

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New Show Based on Who Was? Series Coming to Netflix in 2018

From Page to Screen: Netflix has ordered 13 half-hour episodes of The Who Was? Show, a new family variety series based on Penguin Workshop’s bestselling Who Was? series, slated for release in 2018.

The show is described as “a mixture of comedy and history [that] will feature key leaders, innovators and creative trendsetters while placing historical figures into context for today’s children” Continue reading →

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First Literary Landmark in Arizona Honors Junie B. Jones Author Barbara Park

The first Literary Landmark in Arizona was presented in honor of the late Junie B. Jones author Barbara Park, in partnership with the Arizona Center for the Book at Arizona State Library and Random House Children’s Books. The landmark designation was Cherokee Elementary School in Paradise Valley, AZ, which served as the inspiration for Junie B. Jones. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Originating with Congress in the 1970s, this celebration was initially only one week in May (a resolution signed by President Jimmy Carter). In 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-450 which designated May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. The Continue reading →

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