Contact Us
Candlewick Press
99 Dover St
Somerville, MA 02144 USA
Phone:617-661-3330
Fax: 617-661-0565
Email: bigbear@candlewick.com
Author and Illustrator Appearances
To schedule an appearance, contact authors and illustrators directly through their websites.
To order books for school and library events, contact authorvisits@candlewick.com.
Author and Illustrator Mail
Mail to:
<Author or Illustrator’s Name>
c/o Candlewick Press
99 Dover Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Catalog
Candlewick's catalogs are available here.
Character Costumes
Rental costumes are available through Costume Specialists. For more information, contact:
Heidi Rundio
csr@cospec.com
(800) 596-9357
Licensing
Requests for licensing Candlewick Press property (including images, titles, names, and characters) may be sent to licensing@candlewick.com. Please allow at least one month for us to respond to your request. Candlewick Press cannot process any request that is not submitted in writing.
Orders and Sales
For Individual Customers
Thank you for your interest in our books. Our books can be found at your local bookstore and online, including on our website. To find a bookseller near you, please click here.
You can also order our books by calling Penguin Random House, Inc., at (800) 733-3000. Please have your Visa, Mastercard, or American Express ready. You will be charged the list price plus a shipping and handling fee and any applicable sales tax.
For Teachers and Librarians
Orders can be placed by calling Penguin Random House, Inc., at (800) 733-3000.
If you are an approved Board of Education vendor interested in carrying our books and representing Candlewick to schools and/or libraries, please contact schoolandlibraryrep@candlewick.com.
For Retail and Wholesale Accounts
Candlewick Press books are distributed in the United States by Penguin Random House, Inc., and are available from all major wholesalers and prebinders.
Penguin Random House
Phone: (800) 733-3000
Email: CustomerService@randomhouse.com
Electronic Ordering: Penguin Random House, Inc., is a member of PUBNET. The SAN is 201-3975.
In Canada, Candlewick Press books are distributed by Penguin Random House of Canada Limited.
Penguin Random House of Canada
320 Front Street West, Suite 1400
Toronto, ON Canada M5V 3B6
Phone: (416) 364-4449
Permissions
If you wish to use content from our titles and/or this site, please submit your permission request to permissions@candlewick.com. We estimate a minimum of six weeks from the date of submission for a response to any request, but this estimation may be subject to variation. Please allow sufficient time for our response. Candlewick Press reserves all rights in its publications—you may NOT assume that if you have submitted a request that permission is granted to you unless and until we have sent you a formal permission license. You should bear in mind that it takes time to process requests and that we do not always control all rights in the material being requested from us. When contacting us for permission, please be sure to include the following information relevant to your request along with your contact details, including a postal address.
- Exact material to be used—both text and illustrations—including page numbers from the book (or please attach a copy of the exact material requested, indicating its context).
- Category of usage: commercial, educational, or nonprofit.
- Territory for distribution (e.g., local area, the United States, the world).
Please also supply details of the following information depending on the proposed use of the material. The prompts below are intended as guidelines to help with your permission request. They are not exhaustive, and we ask that you supply as much information as possible about your proposal.
Publication: Books
- Author name and title of your publication.
- Is your book to be published in hardback, paperback, or both?
- Is your book for educational or trade distribution?
- Name of your publisher and probable publication date of your book.
- Estimated number of copies to be printed and proposed retail price for each format requested.
- Approximate number of pages in your book and percentage of that number taken up by our material.
- Territory in which your book will be published.
- Language(s) in which your book will be published.
Publication: Newspapers/Magazines
- Publication date of the relevant issue of your newspaper/magazine.
- Approximate circulation of your newspaper/magazine.
- Territory in which your newspaper/magazine is distributed.
- Language(s) in which your newspaper/magazine is published.
- Retail price of your newspaper/magazine.
- One-off or serial usage? If the latter, give details as to frequency and dates for proposed usage.
Website
- URL/website address on which our material will be used.
- What is the proposed download/yearly license fee for your website?
- At what market is the website aimed?
- Is the website subscription-based or available to all?
- How long will our material remain on your website?
Audio/Audiovisual Recording (e.g., tape cassette, CD, video, DVD)
- Will this be a straight reading of the text and/or showing of illustrations? Please specify.
- If illustrations are to be used, do you propose a partial or full dramatization?
- For what market is the recording planned (e.g., commercial, educational, adaptive)?
- How many units do you plan to manufacture?
- Where do you plan to distribute the recording (e.g., local area, the United States, the world)?
- Approximate length of the recording and percentage of that length taken up by our material.
- Proposed retail price.
Event Promotion
- In what ways will the material be used to promote the event?
- How long will the event run (e.g., for one day/week/month/year)?
Television or Radio
- Is a straight reading of the text and/or showing of illustrations planned? Please specify.
- If illustrations are to be used, do you propose a partial or full dramatization?
- What is the proposed duration of the program?
- Where will the program be broadcast?
- What is the planned date(s) of broadcast?
- Approximate length of the program and percentage of that length taken up by our material.
Teaching Aid
- In what context will the material be used?
- Will the material be sold as part of a teachers’ pack?
- Do you plan to include photocopiable sheets?
- What is the proposed retail price of the teaching aid?
Press and Reviews
If you are a member of the press and would like to review published Candlewick books, interview an author or illustrator, or contact us about publicity or media matters, contact publicity@candlewick.com.
Submissions
We’re sorry, but we are not accepting unsolicited manuscripts or art submissions at this time.
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