What Makes Usborne Different? | Usborne | Be Curious (2024)

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What Makes Usborne Different? | Usborne | Be Curious? ›

We only publish books for children, so we come at the world from a kid's point of view: all our books are written in their language and designed for their curious eyes. We love facts and drawing and stories and finding out more about our favourite things, just like kids do.

What we stand for. Creating brilliant books for all children - and looking after people and the planet while we do so.

In 2009, Educational Development Corporation acquired Kane Miller Publishing – the “more” in Usborne Books & More – now renamed to PaperPie. Kane Miller specializes in award-winning children's books from around the world and are primarily our chapter books and pictures books.

Create YOUR OWN BUSINESS with a low start-up investment. Usborne remains one of the fastest growing and MOST SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN'S PUBLISHERS in the UK. Receive support from a DEDICATED MENTOR from the start. You'll receive a STARTER KIT of beautiful Usborne books and stationery to support you from the beginning.

Usborne Publishing, often called Usborne Books, is a British publisher of children's books.

We only publish books for children, so we come at the world from a kid's point of view: all our books are written in their language and designed for their curious eyes. We love facts and drawing and stories and finding out more about our favourite things, just like kids do.

The benefits of becoming an Independent Usborne Partner

On joining, you will gain access to everything you need to get started and run a successful home-based business. You earn commission on every book you sell, plus there are additional bonuses and rewards as you move your new business forward.

Usborne Publishing's top competitors include Bellwether Media, Books-A-Million, and Penguin Books. Bellwether Media specializes in the production of nonfiction books for children, operating within the publishing industry. The company's main offerings include leveled,…

You can buy Usborne books in the USA from PaperPie, through their network of Brand Partners. PaperPie used to be known as Usborne Books and More. PaperPie is not owned by Usborne Publishing Ltd (they are an entirely separate company).

There's no subscription fee - to get started you simply buy a Starter Kit box of Usborne books and stationery, which costs £48. You'll be assigned a mentor, get access to loads of free online training, and be selling before you know it.

How much of a discount do Usborne Consultants get? ›

As soon as you join, you can start selling Usborne Books. New Consultants earn 20% commission on their first $1,000 in sales, and then 25% on retail and party sales after that!

As an Independent Usborne Partner, you can reap rewards through earnings that you control, books at special prices, lots of exciting incentives and by doing what you love.

If you have a shop and would like to sell Usborne books, we'd love to hear from you. Usborne books are sold in bookshops, toy shops, art galleries, museums, department stores and more.

Usborne Books & More is a secular company, so their books are not meant to be “Christian”. However, there are educational books from Usborne that can be used successfully in a Christian homeschool without compromising Christian values.

Usborne is a UK children's publishing company founded by Peter Usborne in 1973, with its headquarters in London, England. All our books are conceived, written and produced at our offices in London, Oxford and Wolverhampton in the UK.

The Usborne surname itself is thought to be derived from an Old Norse personal name "Asbjorn" made up of "às," meaning "god" and "bjorn," or "bear." The name became Osbern in old English.

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library's mission statement is: “Create a love for books and reading – give every child the start they need in education and life.” Children who are enrolled in the program receive free, high quality, and age appropriate books chosen by a panel of early literacy experts.

Raising a Reader supports families and inspires the development of literacy skills and a lifelong love for reading. We help children attain brighter futures in which they can thrive and contribute in school, the workforce and society.

Our mission is to give all children the chance to read and succeed. We provide proven programs to ensure our youngest children discover the joy of books, develop critical emergent literacy and language skills, and start school ready.

Our book-loving team is dedicated to supporting Books for Keeps' mission to inspire joyful experiences with literacy that children can forever associate with learning.