PAST WINNERS
2019 Nosy Crow
2018
Bloomsbury
2017 Nosy Crow
2016
HarperCollins
2015
HarperCollins
OF THE YEAR
OVERVIEW After another solid year for sales, this shortlist shows the vast Mixing publishers old and new, independent and corporate, it highlights successes in everything from picture books to as well as the strength in depth beyond the handful of mega- This is a category that is always hotly contested, and it will be no different
DK DK is shortlisted for this award for the ninth year in a row.
It was the TCM’s top children’s non-fiction publisher in 2019, but this is a truly international powerhouse of children’s reference and knowledge, with China among the fastest- growing territories. Its LEGO franchise and An Anthology of Intriguing Animals were among its successes.
HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS HarperCollins
Children’s once again swept the bestseller lists, with three David Walliams titles in the annual TCM top 10 and nearly £20m sales from him overall. But David Baddiel and Michael Morpurgo, hits in début fiction and picture books, and a host of heritage brands showed it was no one-trick pony.
PENGUIN
RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S PRH Children’s has
been the UK’s biggest kids’ publisher since the merger of Penguin and Random House, but 2019 was the year it took flight. It grew TCM sales by £2m, with notable débuts from Jamie Littler (pictured) and Sam Copeland to go alongside established author brands like Jeff Kinney and Robin Stevens.
USBORNE Usborne sat just below Scholastic in the TCM’s publisher
list, its sales up 6.8% year on year. It celebrated the 20th birthday of the “That’s Not My…” series, while the fiction side keeps growing under 2019 Editor of the Year, Rebecca Hill (pictured). Two-thirds of its revenue came from overseas, including via its nine foreign- language imprints.
MACMILLAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS Macmillan Children’s
had a seventh consecutive year of growth, with novelty, pre-school and fiction leading the way. Sales from Julia Donaldson rolled relentlessly on in the 20th anniversary year of The Gruffalo, Anna Fargher’s The Umbrella Mouse was a breakout début, and the backlist thrived as well.
SCHOLASTIC Scholastic was the TCM’s 10th-biggest publisher in 2019,
with growth touching 10%. Much of that was down to Craig Smith and Katz Cowley’s The Wonky Donkey rolling on, and yet another hit from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, but there was plenty of bench strength too. “Scholastic is one of the most exciting publishers going,” said one agent.
WONDERBLY The new kid on the block diversified in 2019 by adding
personalised early learning, sticker and journals. Bedtime for You and Where Are You? topped 2019’s pre-school and novelty bestseller lists respec- tively, and it pushed hard into new international, TV develop- ment and professional service markets. The result was sales growth of more than 20%.
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LAST YEAR’S WINNER
NOSY CROW Nosy Crow won this award in 2019 and 2017, and has now
broken into the TCM’s top 30 publishers after just nine years in business. Collaborations with big brands—including the National Trust, John Lewis and the British Museum—have helped lift it there, but it is in international rights, exports and coeditions where Nosy Crow truly flourishes.
ROBIN STEVENS
HAS BEEN BUILT INTO A BRAND AUTHOR
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