Random House Children’s Books just announced they will be the new publishing house for Nickelodeon, previously published under Simon & Schuster. Chris Angelilli v-p and editor-in-chief, executive director of licensed products will manage the books that include such well known title as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and Bubble Guppies.
In a press release from Random House they stated: “The publishing program with Nickelodeon will expand to include a variety of new formats, including hardcover and paperback picture books, storybooks, leveled readers, chapter books, junior novels, and board books. Random House will continue publishing the coloring and activity books and Little Golden Book titles published since 2000 and 2009 , respectively.”
