founder peter usborne country of origin united kingdom distribution worldwide fiction genres children s literature official website http www.usborne.co.uk usborne publishing often called usborne books is a united kingdom based publisher of children s literature . founded by peter usborne in 1973 1 usborne publishing uses an in house team of writers editors and designers and is translated into over 100 languages . 2 its sister company usborne books at home a direct sales association selling to families schools and communities was founded in 1981 and won the direct sales association award for innovation in 2004 . 3 to coincide with the 2008 national year of reading usborne created the usborne reading programme with a marketing campaign to encourage beginner readers . the programme is a collection of over 150 titles graded in seven levels covering a range of subjects both fiction and non fiction . making a range of books for all ages fiction and non fiction some of usborne s series include touchy feely history of britain discovery look & say first picture books phonics readers farmyard tales true stories classics retold see inside fabulous fiction things to make and do puzzle adventures beginners first thousand words spotter s guides usborne reading programme contents 1 usborne books at home and usborne books for schools 2 awards 3 touchy feely books 4 quicklinks 5 farmyard tales 6 authors 7 series 8 see also 9 references 10 external links usborne books at home and usborne books for schools edit usborne books at home is a franchise operation that was founded in 1981 . at its heart are usborne s independent organisers who sell the entire range of usborne books directly to friends families and libraries at discounted prices . usborne books for schools is a branch of this operation and focuses on delivering books to schools nationwide with sales representatives running book fairs sponsored reads themed events storytime events and summer fetes . awards edit children s publisher of the year 2014 independent publisher of the year 2014 publisher of the year 2012 touchy feely that s not my penguin nominated for children s book of the year 2008 at the british book awards uk times literary supplement award touchy feely that s not my series voted best buy in the toddler book category of the prima baby reader awards 2006 first picture action rhymes practical pre school gold award 2006 snuggletime sleepy baby practical pre school silver award 2006 touchy feely books edit the award winning touchy feely board books created by fiona watt include the hide and seek touchy feely series the noisy touchy feely series the sparkly touchy feely series and the that s not my . series . aimed at young children they are designed to develop sensory and language awareness with their bright pictures and patches of different textures . 4 over 7.5 million of these books have been sold worldwide . citation needed quicklinks edit quicklinks were first introduced in 2000 as a way to incorporate the internet into modern reading habits . peter usborne has been quoted in the trade magazine the bookseller as saying i initially thought that the internet would kill non fiction because teachers would tell children to use the internet to help with homework . but if you key in castles on a search engine you get 900 000 possible websites . the internet is an inadequate resource for children . 5 throughout each internet linked book there are small entries informing the reader that more information on certain topics can be found using the usborne quicklinks website . by selecting the title and page number of the book in the site a list of recommended websites are given with extra material on the subject such as video clips activities and games . farmyard tales edit farmyard tales is one of usborne s series following the adventures of poppy and sam their dog rusty curly the pig and woolly the sheep as they go about their lives at apple tree farm . 6 the series includes board and flap books farmyard tales activity books farmyard tales stories games and jigsaws and word books and flashcards . the books are designed for children who are just learning to read . illustrations are by artist stephen cartwright . authors edit usborne fiction authors include diana kimpton sue mongredien tony bradman cindy jefferies kelly mckain pauline francis graham marks tim wynne jones adele geras linda newbery ann turnbull geraldine mccaughrean andrew matthews susan price meg harper carol hedges john pilkington kimberly greene k.m. peyton thom madley ann evans susan gates gus grenfell edith patou bernard ashley l.m. elliott rodman philbrick mary ann rodman charles butler teri gower malcolm rose ann bryant nancy butcher andrew matthews lloyd alexander terry deary sandra glover paul stewart michelle bates susannah leigh heather amery series edit usborne puzzle adventure series usborne young puzzles series usborne spinechiller series usborne young reading usborne whodunnit series that s not my ... for pre school age children see also edit uk children s book publishers children s literature portal references edit who we are . usborne.co.uk . retrieved 2007 11 12 . obituary stephen cartwright . london guardian.co.uk . 21 february 2004 . retrieved 2009 03 18 . http www.linkedin.com company usborne books at home that s not my truck ... review . dad s space . retrieved 2009 03 18 . the usborne identity an interview with peter usborne . the bookseller . retrieved 2008 05 08 . extract of blurb from farmyard tales the snow storm by amery heather . isbn 978 0 7460 6195 4 external links edit official website of usborne publishing usborne books at home usborne books for schools retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title usborne publishing & oldid 731467966 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from may 2014all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2009 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