Children's Press

Children's Press (spelled as Childrens Press untill 1996) is an American publishing company founded in 1945 and originally based in Chicago, Illinois which is notable on publishing the Rookie Read-About series, A True Book series, and Young People's series (Young People's Science Encyclopedia, Young People's Science Dictionary, and Young People's Animal Encyclopedia). In 1995 (the publishing company's 50th anniversary), the company became a division of Grolier and five years later in 2000, it became an imprint of Scholastic Corporation.
==1945–2003==
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The first logo of Children's Press featured the letters C and P, with P is connected to a horizontal line (with a horizontal line symbolizes a book).
===1945–1970===
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A heptagram (seven-sided star) with the words "CHILDRENS BOOKS ARE IMPORTANT" encircling it can be seen on some of its books (including their editions) that were published from 1945 to 1970, such as the original 1962 edition of Young People's Science Encyclopedia (the one that uses light-blue color on the cover of its 20-volume books), at the rear of the encyclopedia's 1960s to 1970 edition of Volume 20 (Index) book, and on a publisher's copyright page of its 1960s edition.
==2003–present==
In 2003, the company introduced its new logo, featuring the company's name in lowercase letters.
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Category:Book publishers in the United States
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Category:Scholastic Inc.