Random House Children’s Books ranks amongst the top 5 children’s publishers in the UK. The five Random House Children’s Books hardback imprints (David Fickling, The Bodley Head, Jonathan Cape, Doubleday and Hutchinson) and two paperback imprints (Corgi and Red Fox) are proud to publish many fine writers and illustrators.

Classic names in illustration include Quentin Blake, Helen Cooper, Shirley Hughes, John Burningham and Babette Cole, and it publishes bestselling writers such as Jacqueline Wilson, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman and Roald Dahl amongst many others. It is also delighted to be the publisher of Eden Project Books.

David Fickling Books is the first bi-continental children’s publisher with books publishing simultaneously in the USA and the UK. Authors and illustrators on this list are: Peter Dickinson, Robin McKinley, Adele Geras, Jan Mark, Linda Newbery, Nick Sharratt and Philip Pullman.

Random House Children’s Books also has a strong association with Andersen Press. Andersen Press is renowned for its authors and illustrators who include Tony Ross, Melvin Burgess and David McKee, whose multi-coloured patchwork elephant, Elmer, is hugely popular the world over.

Random House Children’s Books is home to several award-winning black and Asian writers including Bali Rai, Malorie Blackman and Narinder Dhami. Recently they’ve made an exciting new acquisition of Tamarind Books, which was founded by Verna Wilkins in 1987 with the aim of publishing and promoting for children featuring black and ethnically diverse characters. Tamarind produces a range of high quality illustrated children’s books in which black children have a positive profile.