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Carus Publishing Company
Parent companyePals
Founded1973
FounderMarianne Carus
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationChicago
Publication typesMagazines, Books
ImprintsCricket, Cobblestone, Open Court

The Carus Publishing Company is a publisher with offices in Chicago and Peru, Illinois. Its Peterborough, New Hampshire office was closed June 30, 2015.[1] It owns the Open Court Publishing Company as well as the Cricket Magazine Group, and Cobblestone Publishing. Open Court is known for their Popular Culture and Philosophy books, while Cricket and Cobblestone produce a range of children's magazines.

Carus's other magazines for children and teens include Babybug, Ladybug, Click, Appleseeds, Ask, Spider, Dig, Cricket, Cobblestone, Muse, Faces, Calliope, Odyssey, and Cicada.

Carus was founded in 1973 and was acquired by the Canadian company ePals Corporation in December 2011.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Cobblestone to close Peterborough office". Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ Stefanie Botelho (December 1, 2011). "Digital Platform ePals Acquires Carus". Folio:. Retrieved 16 December 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ "Carus Publishing Company: Private Company Information - Businessweek". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 22 May 2012.