Children’s book publisher Albert Whitman has filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Northern District of Illinois. According to the filing, the company owes approximately $1.66 million to creditors, the largest sum being nearly $256,000 to Lakeside Book Company. For years now, going back to 2020 but also recently, there have been complaints about the publisher being delinquent on royalty payments. In 2023, Whitman sold the rights to the Boxcar Children books to Random House Children’s.
