Charlesbridge publishes high-quality books for children, with a goal of creating lifelong readers and lifelong learners. Our books encourage reading and discovery in the classroom, library, and home. We believe that books for children should offer accurate information, promote a positive worldview, and embrace a child's innate sense of wonder and fun. To this end, we continually strive to seek new voices, new visions, and new directions in children's literature.

Founded in 1980 as an educational publisher, Charlesbridge is dedicated to the publication of innovative resources that support quality teaching and help all children to reach their full potential. We publish supplemental and intervention program spanning a range of grade levels in reading, writing, math, science, and cognitive development. Charlesbridge programs are unique in their attention to modeling of exemplary instructional techniques for teachers in combination with explicit strategy instruction for students. The hallmark of each of these programs is this focus upon teaching for meaning and understanding.

Charlesbridge began publishing children's books in 1989 with the release of five nature titles. Encouraged by the success of a growing list of nature and environmental books, we expanded our focus in the intervening years to include books on the cultures of the world, on our national heritage, on fun adventures in math, and on exciting explorations in science. With the acquisition of Whispering Coyote Press in 1999, we added a list of imaginative stories and engaging nursery rhymes. Our children's books are informed by our educational experience; they connect easily to the classroom and appeal to the inquiring mind.

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