History of
Usborne Books

Usborne Publishing is a multiple-award winning worldwide children's publishing company, specializing in superbly researched and produced information books with a unique appeal to young readers.

When he founded the company in London over 25 years ago, Peter Usborne set out to fill a huge gap in the market for children's non-fiction that combined very high educational and editorial standards with every feature he could devise to attract and interest the widest possible range of children - humor wherever possible, surprise, puzzles, things to do and make and things to think about. Usborne books are designed to stimulate, entertain and inform

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Within months of first publication, Usborne books were a major international success. Now translated into over 60 languages, there can be very few bookshops anywhere in the world where there are no Usborne books. Widely imitated but never bettered, Usborne continues to earn glowing reviews and prestigious prizes. It has now added to its core non-fiction further specializations in computer guides, puzzle books, preschool fun and learning and books on music. Its latest development is a new range of internet-linked reference books, led by the Usborne Science and World History Encyclopedias, all of which offer quick access on-line to Usborne-reviewed and recommended Web sites via the Usborne Web site at Usborne.com.

Usborne books are distributed in English under the Usborne imprint in the UK (by Usborne Publishing Ltd), the USA (by EDC Publishing), Canada (Riverwood Publishers), Australia and New Zealand (Harper Collins) and Singapore (MPH); also in French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch (as Editions Usborne, Ediciones Usborne, Edizioni Usborne and Uitgeverij Peter Usborne respectively). In other markets they appear in local languages under the names of various local publishers.

Usborne Publishing Ltd is registered in England and Wales. Registered no. 1124359. Registered offices: Usborne House, 83-85 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8RT, England.