Penguin Random House is closing Dial Books for Young Readers. Launched in 1961, the imprint has published books by Rosemary Wells, Mercer Mayer, Mildred D. Taylor, and Richard Peck, as well as Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri’s Dragons Love Tacos, B.J. Novak’s The Book With No Pictures, and Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun. “As a result [of the closure], a few employees will be leaving, and some will be joining other [Penguin Young Readers] imprints,” a spokesperson stated. The publisher did not respond to inquiries about the rationale behind the decision, the plans for forthcoming books, or how […]
